Best of the West #16
AC Comics
United States
- Published
- [November] 2000
- Page count
- 44
- Cover price
- 5.95 USD
- Colour
- Black & white
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/328696
Credits
- Editing
- Bill Black (editor)
Mark Heike (associate editor)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(The Whip; Durango Kid; Redmask; Haunted Horseman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- The Whip; Durango Kid; Redmask; Haunted Horseman
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- The Whip; Durango Kid (inset); Redmask (inset); Haunted Horseman (inset)
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
1Featuring
- Feature
- Durango Kid
- Characters
- Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett)
Credits
- Art
- ? (photo)
Synopsis
Exterior shot of the Durango Kid on horseback among some trees and rocks.
Notes
Inside front cover. No text.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]
- Genre
- Superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- Haunted Horseman [Rex Fury]
Credits
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers [as Ayers]
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
Bill Black
Notes
All references to "The Ghost Rider" have been re-lettered to "The Haunted Horseman."
3Featuring
- Feature
- Whip
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- The Whip (origin); Pedro Gonzalez (death); Diablo (horse)
Credits
- Art
- Reed Crandall
Reprint history
- First print
-
Crack Western (Quality, 1949 series) #70 (January 1951) — Crimson Vengeance
- Also printed
-
Adventure Comics (Times, 1951?) ([1951?]) — Crimson Vengeance
-
Crack Western (Red Circle, 1950 series) #6 (March 1951) —Adventure Comics — Crimson Vengeance!
-
New Spaceways Comic Annual (T.V. Boardman, 1954 series) #1 (Christmas 1954) — Crimson Vengeance
4Featuring
- Feature
- Arizona Raines
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Arizona Raines; Spurs
Credits
- Script
- Paul Gustavson
- Art
- Paul Gustavson
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson
Reprint history
- First print
-
Crack Western (Quality, 1949 series) #70 (January 1951) — Water-Hogs Die Broke
- Also printed
-
New Spaceways Comic Annual (T.V. Boardman, 1954 series) #1 (Christmas 1954) — Water Hogs Die Broke
Notes
Script and letterer credits courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Tim Holt as Redmask
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Redmask [Tim Holt]; Wrangler (horse); The Black Phantom
Credits
- Art
- Frank Bolle
Reprint history
6Featuring
- Feature
- Durango Kid
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Durango Kid; Muley
Credits
- Art
- Fred Guardineer
Reprint history
- First print
-
Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (Magazine Enterprises, 1949 series) #36 ([March 1955]) — Rodeo Ruckus!
- Also printed
-
The Durango Kid (Yaffa/Page, 1966 series) #28 ([1967?]) — Rodeo Ruckus
-
The Durango Kid (Yaffa/Page, 1966 series) #30 ([December 1971]) —Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid — Rodeo Ruckus!
7Featuring
- Feature
- AC Comics
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside back cover. Promo for ordering back issues of AC western comics by mail from AC Comics, Box 521216, Longwood, FL 32752.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Durango Kid
- Characters
- Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett); Charles Starrett (photo)
Credits
- Art
- ? (photo)
- Colours
- ? (photo)
Synopsis
Trick photography of Starrett in cowboy outfit and Starrett as the Durango Kid standing side-by-side, each with a gun in his right hand.
Notes
Back cover. No text.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.