(November-December 1954)

American Comics Group, 1954 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Best Syndicated Features Inc.
Brand
American Comics Group ACG
Editing
Richard Hughes [as Richard E. Hughes](credited)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Hooded Horseman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ken Bald ?
Inks
Ken Bald ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ed Hamilton (logo)

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possible Bald art per Nick Caputo, June 2023. Previous indexer credited Ogden Whitney.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Hooded Horseman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The old West -- the flaming frontier -- where men lived with danger...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Hooded Horseman; Flash (his dog)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids; Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Heroic Coward (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Cowboy Sahib / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leonard Starr
Inks
Leonard Starr
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Think you know all about cowboys?
Genre
jungle; western-frontier
Characters
Cowboy Sahib [Joe King]; Almita; Konchak; Petrov
Synopsis
Communist agents, in league with Konchak, attempt to capture the city of Larijuna.
Keywords
Communist Party; elephants; Larijuna (Indian sultanate); rhinoceroses; stereotyping of Russians; Tibet

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Flash the Hooded Horseman's Miracle Dog! / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inks
Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm tellin' yuh the ol' chief's cracked --
Genre
animal; western-frontier
Characters
Hooded Horseman; Flash (his dog)

Indexer Notes

Flash is the Hooded Horseman's dog.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Roundup Time / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

No letters.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Johnny Injun / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob McCarthy
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This was the frontier pushing westward, ever westward...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Injun

Indexer Notes

GCD Mail page suggests this to be art by McCarty, and the faces and horses compare well with signed or credited work on Kid Colt Outlaw #50 (Marvel) and in Black Magic #16 (Prize). He is not found in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The inker is not certain.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Hooded Horseman
  2. 1. ["The old West -- the flaming frontier -- where men lived with danger..."]
    The Hooded Horseman
  3. 2. ["There's nothing I like better than a parade!"]
    Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids; Dubble Bubble Gum
  4. 3. Heroic Coward
  5. 4. ["Think you know all about cowboys?"]
    Cowboy Sahib
  6. 5. ["I'm tellin' yuh the ol' chief's cracked --"]
    Flash the Hooded Horseman's Miracle Dog!
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Roundup Time
  8. 7. ["This was the frontier pushing westward, ever westward..."]
    Johnny Injun
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore