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Issue: Best of the West #5
Publication Date: January 1999
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Issues: #5 of 71 Issues
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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: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Inker(s): ?; ? (painting)
Colorist(s): ?; ? (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Durango Kid [Steve Brand]; John Wayne; Redmask; Haunted Horseman
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Pages: 1
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Charles Starrett and the Durango Kid

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett); Charles Starrett (photo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Publicity still with doctored photo of Charles Starrett standing next to his alter ego, the Durango Kid.
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Fraud on the Hoof

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Durango Kid [Steve Brand]; Muley Pike; Jagger (villain)
Synopsis: In Gunhammer Gulch, Steve Brand, aka The Durango Kid, exposes and defeats Jagger, a banker who has hired gunmen to rob money from his own bank in order to cause local ranchers to go broke, whereupon Jagger buys up their properties cheap.
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From Content Item: FlagCharles Starrett as the Durango Kid #1 published October 1949
was Fraud on the Hoof [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Manhunt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Durango Kid [Steve Brand]; Muley Pike; Waring (villain)
Synopsis: The Durango Kid tracks down and stops a familiar villain, Waring, from blowing up a Union Pacific train trestle the next time a train passes by.
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From Content Item: FlagCharles Starrett as the Durango Kid #4 published April 1950
was Manhunt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Durango in the Comics

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett)
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Article on the Durango Kid with the photo cover of Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (Magazine Enterprises, 1949 series) #1 reprinted.
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Dead Man's Boots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): John Wayne; Billy Corbeau; Totem Charlie; Inspector Forbes
Synopsis: John Wayne is asked by the R.C.M.P. to find out what happened to a missing Mountie they sent north into the Canadian wilderness to investigate a uranium mine.
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From Content Item: FlagJohn Wayne Adventure Comics #28 published October 1954
was Dead Man's Boots [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Flying Daggers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Redmask [Tim Holt]; Chito; Jim French; Sheriff Gage; Mack Benson; Don Gregorio
Synopsis: In the town of Bullet, Tim Holt is set up for the murder of his friend Jim French and must flee ahead of a lynch mob. As the masked vigilante Redmask, Tim solves the crime and brings the guilty party to justice.
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From Content Item: FlagTim Holt #33 published December 1952
was The Flying Daggers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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Dead Man's Bluff!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, western
Character(s): Haunted Horseman [Rex Fury]; Sing-Song; Myra Brainard; Hennessey (villain)
Synopsis: Someone is trying to kill Myra Brainard for her ranch and it’s up to Rex Fury as the Haunted Horseman to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Ghost Rider #3 [A-1 No. 31] published January 1951
was Dead Man's Bluff! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as featuring "The Haunted Horseman"
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Ghost Rider's name relettered as "Haunted Horseman" in this story.
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Golden Age Greats

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): various (cover thumbnails)
Inker(s): various (cover thumbnails)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Back issues of Golden Age Greats, Golden Age Men of Mystery and other titles from Paragon Publications, Longwood, FL 32752.
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Now Featured in Best of the West--Black Diamond!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): various (cover reproductions; illustration)
Inker(s): various (cover reproductions; illustration)
Colorist(s): various (cover reproductions; illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Black Diamond; Durango Kid; Haunted Horseman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for Best of the West #7 and The Haunted Horseman #1 with covers depicted.

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