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Issue: Best of the West #6
Publication Date: January 1999
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Issues: #6 of 71 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: AC Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 48
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $5.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Black (editor); Mark Heike (associate editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
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Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Enter the Presto Kid!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Black [as Black] (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Black [as Black] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Durango Kid; Redmask; Black Phantom; Presto Kid
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Pages: 1
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Photo of Durango Kid from Unknown Movie

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Durango Kid
Character(s): Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett)
Synopsis: The Durango Kid uses his fist on an outlaw's jaw.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. No text.
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Six-Gun Showdown!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Black (credited)
Penciller(s): John Nadeau (credited)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (credited)
Letterer(s): Dick Ayers (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Durango Kid; Redmask; Black Phantom; Presto Kid
Character(s): Redmask; Black Phantom; Presto Kid; Sheriff Ben Gage; Presto Kid [Jeff Grant]; Durango Kid [Steve Brand]; Muley Pike; Molly; Trig Harding (villain); Pete (villain)
Synopsis: Black Phantom wants to go straight but Sheriff Ben Gage insists that she brings in Trig Harding first to gain his trust. The Durango Kid and Presto Kid inadvertantly help her to bring him in and she is made deputy.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: New story.
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Redman's Vengeance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Pete Morisi (signed)
Penciller(s): Pete Morisi (signed)
Inker(s): Pete Morisi (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Black Diamond
Character(s): Black Diamond; Bumper; Reliapon; Sheriff Jed Blake; Red Deer; Brave Cloud; Bat Slade (villain); Billy (villain)
Synopsis: To stop Bat Slade's plan to wipe out the indians to get at gold on their land Black Diamond has to fight his "adoptive" brother Brave Cloud to the death.
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Diamond Western #55 published April 1955
was Redman's Vengeance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally printed in color.
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The Wrong Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Giordano
Inker(s): Vince Alascia
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Rocky Lane
Character(s): Rocky Lane; Lem Stover; Carson (villain)
Synopsis: Two con artists try to frame Rocky Lane for a crime he didn't commit.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Originally in color.
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Writers of the West!

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Black
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Tim Holt; Duke (horse)
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Photo of Tim Holt on his horse Duke is also included. Letters from H. Krissoff (Middlesex, NJ), Steve Ogden (Germantown, MD), and Dick Ayers (New York, NY)
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Black Diamonds & Phantoms

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Black
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Durango Kid; Redmask; Ghost Rider; Black Diamond; Rocky Lane
Synopsis: Editorial giving background on stories in this issue, information on Black Diamond and information on future stories to be reprinted in Best of the West.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes two photos, first one is from The Bold Frontiersman (1948) with Rocky Lane, Fred Graham and Roy Barcroft. The second photo is from Blazing the Western Trail (1945) with The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett), Carole Matthews and Tex Harding.
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Bait for Bandit Bullets!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Bolle
Inker(s): Frank Bolle
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Tim Holt as Redmask
Character(s): Redmask; Sheriff Gage; Blackjack Travis (villain); El Sombrero (villain); Sundance Kid (villain)
Synopsis: Three different gangs try to kill Redmask at the same time.
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From Content Item: FlagBest of the West #8 [A-1 #81] published May 1953
was Bait for Bandit Bullets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Originally in color.
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The Rifle That Never Missed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]
Character(s): Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]; Pedro Lopez; El Morte (villain)
Synopsis: The Haunted Horseman debunks the legend of the rifle that never misses.
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From Content Item: FlagRed Mask #47 published April 1955
was The Rifle That Never Missed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally in color. Originally a Ghost Rider story, with all references changed to "The Haunted Horseman."
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The Senorita and the Killers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Certa
Inker(s): John Belfi
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Durango Kid
Character(s): Durango Kid; Muley Pike; Dona Clara; Marina; Villain; Senor Diego Robino
Synopsis: Durango Kid saves Marina from marrying Senor Diego Robino and then being murdered.
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From Content Item: FlagBest of the West #3 [A-1 #52] published January 1952
was The Senorita and the Killers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6.67
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Western Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AC Comics
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for AC Western comics available by mail from AC Comics, Box 521216, Longwood, FL 32752. Very small versions of the covers to 14 different issues depicted.
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Preserving the Heroes of Yesterday for the Fans of Today!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AC Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for back issues of Golden Age Greats and Golden Age Men of Mystery (and a few others) available by mail from Paragon Publications, P. O. Box 521216, Longwood, FL 32752.
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Now Featured in Best of the West... Black Diamond!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AC Comics
Character(s): Black Diamond
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover, contents of Best of the West (AC) #7, illustration of Black Diamond, small version of the covers of Best of the West (AC) #7 and The Haunted Horseman (AC) #1.

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