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Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) comic books 1990-1999

  • Issue #1
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 1

    All reprints: The Durango Kid in "The Son of the Sheriff!" (pencils by Joe Certa, inks by John Belfi); the Haunted Horseman in "The Green Men From Horro!" and "To Touch Is To Die!" (art by Dick Ayers); Redmask in "The Three Deaths of Redmask!" (art by Frank Bolle); and Lightnin' and the Lone Rider (art by Jack Kirby, two pages). B&W Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #2
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 2

    Reprints: the Durango Kid in "War on the Sioux Trail!" (script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Joe Certa, inks by John Belfi; from Durango Kid 9); Redmask in "The Man Who Lost Yesterday!" (art by Frank Bolle); and "Rocky Lane Faces the Texas Killer!" (script by Bill Black, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Vince Alascia). Also in this issue, a previously unpublished Haunted Horseman story produced in 1982: "The Book of Doom" (pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Bill Black) B&W Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #3
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 3

    All reprints: the Durango Kid in "Whiplash" (from Durango Kid 14); the Haunted Horseman in "The Haunted Tomb!" (script by Gardner Fox, art by Dick Ayers, from Ghost Rider 7, 1952) and "Dead Man's Son!" (art by Ayers; from Red Mask 44); and Redmask in "The Good Badman!" (script by Gardner Fox, art by Frank Bolle, from Tim Holt 37). B&W Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #4
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 4

    Cover features Redmask, Roy Rogers (photo) and The Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett). Stories by Gaylord DuBois, Gardner Fox, Bill Black and unknown. Art by John Buscema, Mario Aquaviva, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle and unknown. Featuring: Roy Rogers in "Roy Ropes a Tiger"; The Durango Kid in "Danger Rides a Bluff"; Rocky Lane in "The Alibi"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Night the World Ended!"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "The Cinderella Boot"; Pistol Packin' Pattie in "The Deep Freeze" (1 page)! Plus: text article "Vin Sullivan, Pioneer Comic Book Publisher, Dies...But His Legacy Lives On!" 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #5
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 5

    All reprints: the Durango Kid in "Fraud on the Hoof" and "Manhunt" (art by Joe Certa); John Wayne in "Dead Man's Boots" (art by Al Gordon); Redmask in "The Flying Daggers!" (art by Frank Bolle); and the Haunted Horseman in "Dead Man's Bluff!" (art by Dick Ayers). B&W Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #6
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 6

    New story: the Durango Kid, Redmask, the Black Phantom, and the Presto Kid in "Six-Gun Showdown!" (script by Bill Black, pencils by John Nadeau, inks by Dick Ayers). Reprints: Black Diamond in "Redman's Vengeance" (script and art by Pete Morisi, from Blaqck Diamond Western 55); Rocky Lane in "The Wrong Man!" (pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Vince Alascia); Redmask in "Bait for Bandit Bullets!" (art by Frank Bolle, from M.E.'s Best of the West 8); the Haunted Horseman in "The Rifle That Never Missed!" (art by Dick Ayers, from Red Mask 47); and the Durango Kid in "The Senorita and the Killers!" (pencils by Joe Certa, inks by John Belfi, from M.E.'s Best of the West 3). B&W Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #7
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 7

    Cover by Bill Black. Stories by Gardner Fox?, William Overgard and unknown. Art by Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Joe Maneely, Carl Pfeufer, William Overgard and Frank Bolle. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "The Mystery of Gunsmoke Pass"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Laughing Boy"; Wild Bill Hickok in "Showdown Street"; Monte Hale in "Top Hat's Trouble"; Black Diamond in "The Strange Saga of the Pirate Treasure"; Redmask in "The Ghost Picture"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #8
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 8

    All reprints: Black Diamond in "Rendezvous With Death" (art by Doug Wildey, from Black Diamond 50); Redmask in "Death's Hostage" (art by Frank Bolle, from Red Mask 43); Tex Ritter in "Outlaw's Range" (art by Stan Campbell); the Durango Kid in "Vengeance is Mine!" (art by Fred Gardineer, from M.E.'s Best of the West 10); "Buffalo Bill and the Dime Novel King" (art by Denis McLoughlin, from Buffalo Bill Wild West Annual 1953); and the Haunted Horseman in "Haunted Horseman Gone Bad!" (art by Dick Ayers, from M.E.'s Best of the West 6). Gil Kane cover? B&W Cover price $5.95.