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Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) comic books 2001-2003

  • Issue #19
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 19

    Stories by unknown. Art by Tom Cooke, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers and Frank Bolle. Featuring: Rocky Lane in "Trouble Boss"; The Durango Kid in "Barehanded Against Death"; Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders in "Fiesta For Forty-Fives"; Redmask in "Death Mission"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Ghost Bell of Terror Valley"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #20
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 20

    Stories by unknown. Art by Fred Guardineer, John Severin, Bill Elder, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Pete Morisi, Dick Ayers and Frank Bolle. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "Tornado!"; American Eagle in "Hidden Gold Mine"; Rocky Lane in "Showdown at Noon"; Black Diamond in "The Last Notch" (title from original story; removed in this reprint); The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Hangman's Town"; Redmask in "The Ghost Picture"! Plus: text article "Dale Evans...Queen of the West"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #21
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 21

    Stories by unknown. Art by Frank Bolle, Mort Lawrence, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani and unknown. Featuring: Redmask in "The Substitute Sheriff"; Wild Bill Pecos in "The Riddle of the Petrified Forest"; The Durango Kid in "The Scourge of the Vigilantes"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Death Wears a White Mask"; Rocky Lane in "The Strange Draw"; The Masked Marvel in "Phantom Devils of Lorado"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #22
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 22

    Cover by Fred Guardineer. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Carl Pfeufer, Frank Bolle, Joe Certa, John Dell and Ruben Moreira. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Scourge of Guilt"; Ken Maynard in "The Battle For Black Gold"; Pistol Packing Pattie in "Dew Tell!"; The Durango Kid in "Showdown Battle"; Golden Arrow in "The Return of Black Arrow"; Redmask in "The Girl Who Saw Double"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #23
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 23

    Cover by Dick Ayers. Stories by Bill Black and unknown. Art by Pete Morisi, Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Ed Good, Ken Battefield and Frank Bolle. Featuring: Black Diamond in an untitled story; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Freaks of Fear!"; The Durango Kid in "The Charge Is Murder"; The Hooded Horseman in an untitled story; The Lone Rider in an untitled story; Tim Holt as Redmask with Black Phantom in "Sixguns of Skullhead"; Masked Raider in "Outside the Law"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #24
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 24

    Cover by Frank Bolle. Stories by Jerry De Fuccio and unknown. Art by Ric Estrada, Bill Elder, Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers and Carl Pfeufer. Featuring: American Eagle in "Deserter"; Redmask in "Bait For Death"; The Durango Kid in "Showdown At Doom Canyon"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Wagon Load of Doom!"; Ken Maynard in "The Outlaw Hoax"! Plus: text article "Foosh...Mark Heike Remembers Jerry DeFuccio" by Heike, with art by John Severin. 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #25
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 25

    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Mike Sekowsky and Syd Shores. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Haunted Castle"; Tim Holt [Redmask] in "Tyrant of San Tomas"; The Durango Kid in "The Lady Packs a Six-Gun"; Masked Raider in "For Talon's Nest" (note: title is from the original story, not this reprint); Wild Bill Pecos in "The Killers of the Plains"! Plus: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in the text story "The Hooks of Horror" by Gardner Fox and Frank Frazetta! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #26
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 26

    Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Powell, Dick Ayers, Marvin Stein, Frank Bolle, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani and Fred Guardineer. Featuring: The Lemonade Kid in "The Terrible Three"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Death Raced the Wagon Train"; The Lazo Kid in "Outlaw Trail!"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "Three Graves in Boot Hill"; Rocky Lane in "$1,000,000 Stagecoach"; The Durango Kid in "Readin', 'Ritin', Rustlin'"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #27
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 27

    Photo Cover of Roy Rogers. Stories by Gaylord DuBois and unknown. Art by John Buscema, Mario Aquaviva, Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Dick Giordano and Dick Ayers. Featuring: Roy Rogers in "Roy Rides a Hunch"; Tim Holt [Redmask] in "The Death Rattle"; The Durango Kid in "The Vanishing Hats of Hollering Gap"; Black Phantom in "The Dangerous Dude"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "A Trap For Nemesis"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #29
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 29

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby (Jim Bowie figure) and unknown. Stories by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Gardner Fox? and unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle, Bob Powell and Pete Morisi. Featuring: Jim Bowie in "Jim Bowie Makes a Magic Knife"; The Durango Kid in "The Law of the Mask"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Death's Stagecoach"; Redmask in "Powdersmoke Hero"; Red Hawk in "The Weapon Maker"; Masked Raider in "Stolen Watch"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #30
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 30

    Cover by Joe Certa. Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Certa, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle, Ben Brown and unknown. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "Duel To the Finish"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Grim Treasure"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "Apache Killer"; Black Diamond in "The Pastures of Peril"; Rocky Lane in "The Riders of the Fog"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #31
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 31

    Cover by Dick Ayers. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman in the new story "The Curse of the Carpathians," written by Bill Black and drawn by Dick Ayers. Reprints: Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Walton, Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, Frank Bolle, Fred Meagher and Fred Guardineer. Featuring: Black Diamond in "Six Gun Showdown"; Rocky Lane in "The Nester's Treasure"; Tim Holt [Redmask] in "The Men Death Wanted"; White Indian [Straight Arrow] in "The Boy From Back East"; The Durango Kid in "Trail of the Sawbones"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #32
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 32

    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories by Gardner Fox and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Joe Certa, John Belfi, Frank Bolle, Bob Powell and Al Luster. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Terror of the Night"; The Durango Kid in "XXX"; Tim Holt [Redmask] in "The Cave of Gold"; The Lemonade Kid in "Guns Talk Loud in Spooktown"; Black Diamond in "Pastures of Death"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #33
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 33

    Painted Cover. Stories by Gardner Fox? and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle, Carl Pfeufer, John Jordan, Charles Nicholas, Warren Tufts and Fred Guardineer. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Terror Travels North"; Redmask in "Terror Over the Border"; Tom Mix in "The Doctor's Dilemma"; Masked Rider in "Doom in the Desert"; Zorro in "Garcia's Package"; The Durango Kid in "The Mansion of Murder"! Plus: inside front cover has the Zorro story "Clash With Diego" drawn by Alex Toth! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #34
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 34

    Features Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys and the Lost Explorers with art by John Buscema, Wild Bill Hickock and Jingles in Noon Deadline with art by Al Williamson, The Haunted Horseman in The Headless Horsemen with art by Dick Ayers, The Durango Kid in XXX with art by Joe Certa and John Belfi, Red Mask in A Tin Soldier with art by Frank Bolle, and Renegade Kid with art by Doug Wildey. B&W Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #35
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 35

    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories by Gardner Fox and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Frank Bolle, Ross Andru & Mike Esposito, Bob Fujitani and unknown. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Hangman's Hate!"; The Durango Kid in "Whole Town Gone Loco!"; Redmask in "The Doom Trail"; Annie Oakley in "The Cowboy"; Black Diamond in "The Unmasking of Black Diamond"; Two Gun Lil [Two-Gun Lil] in "The Masked Outlaw!" 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #36
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 36

    Photo Cover of Gene Autry. Stories by unknown. Art by Nicholas Firfires, Joe Certa, Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Featuring: Gene Autry in "The Bighorn Hunt"; The Durango Kid in "One Night of Death"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "The Desert Robbers"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Ghost's Apprentice"! Plus: text article "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys-or-A Day at the Autry Museum" by Jeffrey M. Bembaron. 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #37
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 37

    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Special origins issue! Stories by Gardner Fox, Ray Krank and unknown. Art by Joe Certa & John Belfi, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle and Bob Powell. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "Durango's Greatest Battle"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Haunted Horseman"; Redmask in "Redmask of the Rio Grande" and "The Reform of the Black Phantom"; The Lemonade Kid in "Crooks in Cactus"; Pistol Packing Pattie in "Dancing Words"; Red Hawk in "The Men of the Green Feather"! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #38
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 38

    Stories by unknown. Art by Frank Bolle, Carl Pfeufer & John Jordan, Fred Guardineer, Syd Shores, Dick Ayers and unknown. Featuring: Tim Holt as Redmask in "The Mark of the Wolf"; Tom Mix in "The Two-Way Crime"; The Durango Kid in "The Sting of Death"; Wild Bill Pecos in "Marshall of No-Gun Town"; The Haunted Horseman in "The Death of Rex Fury"; Sugarfoot in "Judgement of Soloman"; Lawman in "The Wisdom of Solomon"! Plus: 1-page map of Tim Holt's Home Range! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.