Red Mask #54
Magazine Enterprises
United States
- Published
- September 1957
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Silver Age size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/241802
Credits
- Editing
- Raymond Krank, editor
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(The Presto Kid)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- The Presto Kid
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- The Presto Kid; Red Mask (as part of logo)
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Dick Ayers, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Ayers credit per Nick Caputo, May 2014.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Red Mask
- Genre
- Western-frontier
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Frank Bolle, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- John Duffy, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #42
- Cowboy Action (L. Miller & Son, 1956 series) #9
Synopsis
A calvary officer's "bad luck" imperils the troops under him.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Red Mask
- Genre
- Western-frontier
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Frank Bolle, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- John Duffy, letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #21 ([June] 2001)
- Cowboy Action (L. Miller & Son, 1956 series) #9
Synopsis
When Sheriff Gage of Bullet takes a vacation, his clumsy and not particularly bright cousin Billy takes over for him.
3Featuring
- Feature
- The Presto Kid
- Genre
- Western-frontier
Credits
- Writing
- Carl Memling, scripter
- Art
- Dick Ayers, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- Dick Ayers, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Bumper Western Comic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #30 ([February 1967?]) — The Floating Renegade!
-
Presto Kid (AC, 1989 series) #1 (1989) — The Floating Renegade
- Printed in
- Cowboy Action (L. Miller & Son, 1956 series) #9
Synopsis
To stop the vicious Marlow from inciting Indians to violence, the Presto Kid must prove his "magic" is stronger than their firepower.
Notes
The Presto Kid is given a new black costume in his final appearance.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- , penciller (illustration)
- , inker (illustration)
- Colours
- , colourist (illustration)
- Text
- , typeset
Synopsis
Explains terms and expressions, and tells of people and items of the Old West that readers may come across in this and other western comic books. In this issue: Abilene, bunkhouse, chuckwagon, dogie, ewe, freighter, (Pat) Garrett, and (the) Hole-in-the-Wall Gang.
5Featuring
- Feature
- Red Mask
- Genre
- Western-frontier
- Characters
- Black Phantom
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Frank Bolle, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- John Duffy, letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #29 ([September 1967]) — The Unknown Treasure!
- Printed in
- Best of the West (AC, 1998 series) #60 (2007)
- Heroes of the West (L. Miller & Son, 1959 series) #151
Synopsis
Red Mask and the Black Phantom battle outlaws inexplicably seeking to rob a penniless rancher.
Notes
Indexed from a scan from http://goldenagecomics.co.uk/.
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.