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Issue: Best of the West #7
Publication Date: January 1999
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Issues: #7 of 71 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagAC
Brand: AC ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: AC Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $5.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (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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Binding:  
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Black (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Black (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Durango Kid
Character(s): Durango Kid; Monte Hale (inset); Redmask (inset); Black Diamond (inset); Wild Bill Hickock (inset); Haunted Horseman (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Republic Pictures Ace Western Star - Monte Hale

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Monte Hale
Character(s): Monte Hale (photo)
Synopsis: Hale, sitting, with drawn gun pointing upward.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Publicity still.
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The Mystery of Gunsmoke Pass

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox ?
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Durango Kid
Character(s): Durango Kid; Muley; Raider (horse)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCharles Starrett as the Durango Kid #41 published October 1955
was The Mystery of Gunsmoke Pass [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Laughing Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Letterer(s): Dick Ayers
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, western
Feature(s): Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]
Character(s): Haunted Horseman [Rex Fury]; Sing Song; Bulk Walker
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Ghost Rider #5 [A-1 #37] published January 1951
was Laughing Boy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Ghost Rider's name relettered as the Haunted Horseman.
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Showdown Street

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Maneely
Inker(s): Joe Maneely
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Wild Bill Hickok
Character(s): Wild Bill Hickock; Gil Burke
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCowboy Western #67 published March 1958
was Showdown Street [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Top Hat's Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Pfeufer
Inker(s): Carl Pfeufer
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Monte Hale
Character(s): Monte Hale
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMonte Hale Western #30 published November 1948
was Top Hat's Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Printed in the centerfold on orchid-colored paper that is only 8.5 inches high. Pages printed out of order in this sequence: 1, 2, 5, 6, 3, 4, 7.
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Attention Western Fans! Read This!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Black
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AC Comics
Character(s): Monte Hale (photo); Lane Bradford (photo)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: AC Comics announces they have a domain name for their website and plan to be able to sell books over the internet. Also on the page is a still of Lane Bradford and Monte Hale from Republic's "The Old Frontier" (1950). This is part of the smaller-size insert on colored paper.
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The Strange Saga of the Pirate Treasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Overgard
Penciller(s): William Overgard
Inker(s): William Overgard
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Black Diamond
Character(s): Black Diamond; Bumper
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagBlack Diamond Western #23 published February 1951
was The Strange Saga of the Pirate Treasure [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Ghost Picture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Bolle (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Bolle (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Red Mask
Character(s): Redmask
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRed Mask #46 published January 1955
was The Ghost Picture [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Black (response)
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Writers of the West!
Character(s): Monte Hale (photo); Roy Rogers (photo)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letter from Steve Ogden (Germantown, MD). Also publicity still of Roy Rogers and Monte Hale on the set of Republic's "Trail of Robin Hood" (1950).
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AC Westerns

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AC Comics
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Promo for AC western comics back issues, available by mail from AC Comics, Box 521216, Longwood, FL 32752.
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Frightfully Good... AC Westerns!

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): Haunted Horseman; Roy Rogers; Durango Kid
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for AC Westerns. Covers of Best of the West #9 and Roy Rogers Western #3 superimposed over a background illustration of the cover of The Haunted Horseman #1.

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