(2000)

AC, 1989 Series
Price
4.95 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
AC Comics
Brand
AC Comics [straight, star in A]
Editing
Bill Black (credited) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Cheyenne Kid; Latigo Kid / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Williamson (cover); John Severin (inset panel)
Inks
Angelo Torres (cover); ? (inset panel)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Cheyenne Kid; Latigo Kid (inset)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils/inks credits per "The Art of Al Williamson" by James Van Hise (1983).

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

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Black (credited as Wild Bill Black)
Pencils
Al Williamson (illustration)
Inks
Al Williamson (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Bill Black discusses how Al Williamson ended up working for the low-paying Charlton Comics.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Geronimo: The War Chief of the Apaches, Part 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Cheyenne Kid / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill (credited)
Pencils
Al Williamson (credited)
Inks
Angelo Torres (credited)
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Cheyenne Kid [Cheyenne Jones]; Geronimo; Lieutenant Turner; Sergeant Kass; Colonel Tarbes
Synopsis
Sent by Colonel Tarbes to find Geronimo and try to negotiate a peace, Cheyenne Jones rides out with a small troop who don't seem to be too enthused about parleying with the Apache chief. While Jones and Geronimo speak of peace, Sergeant Kass fires off a round but is quickly prevented from continuing. When Mexicans attack Geronimo and his braves, Jones and the soldiers help the Apaches, for which Geronimo promises not to raid American supply trains. They separate with an uneasy truce in hand.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils/inks credits per "The Art of Al Williamson" by James Van Hise (1983). Previous indexer credited Angelo Torres with both pencils and inks. Subsequent editor credited both Williamson and Torres with pencils and inks. Letters credits from GCD entry for Cheyenne Kid (Charlton, 1957 series) #11 (February 1958).

Geronimo's Challenge, Part 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

Cheyenne Kid / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Gill (credited)
Pencils
Al Williamson (credited)
Inks
Angelo Torres (credited)
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Cheyennne Kid [Cheyenne Jones]; Geronimo; Colonel Tarbes; Lt. Turner; Barlow; Pasch; Big Bear
Synopsis
On Colonel Tarbes' suggestion, the Cheyenne Kid rides out and joins up with Geronimo's tribe to maintain the peace he had earlier forged with him. The peace is threatened as two traders, Barlow and Pasch, pistol-whip a lone Apache. Cheyenne and Geronimo track them down, find them among a troop of soldiers headed by Lieutenant Turner, and meet out a just punishment to both of them. Cheyenne tells Turner to let the colonel know he likes his assignment just fine and rides off with Geronimo and his men.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils/inks credits per "The Art of Al Williamson" by James Van Hise (1983). Previous indexer credited Angelo Torres with both pencils and inks. Subsequent editor credited both Williamson and Torres with pencils and inks. Letter credits from GCD entry for Cheyenne Kid (Charlton, 1957 series) #11 (February 1958).

The Taming of Wild-Man Feeney! (Table of Contents: 4)

Ghost Rider; The Haunted Horseman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox (credited as Gardner F. Fox)
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited) (signed as Dick Ayers [circle])
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited) (signed as Dick Ayers [circle])
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
The Haunted Horseman [Rex Fury]; Sing Song; Wild-Man Feeney; Jed Larkin; Sheriff Leadsteer; Crandall
Synopsis
The Haunted Horseman tricks a band of horse thieves into believing he's a ghost and breaks up their plans. The formerly tough Wild-Man Feeney and others give themselves up in Lobo Gap to Sheriff Leadsteer.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ghost Rider story with references to the Ghost Rider changed to "The Haunted Horseman" or "The Haunter."

Bounty Hunter (Table of Contents: 5)

Latigo Kid / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Severin (credited) (signed as JS [interlocking])
Inks
John Severin (credited) (signed as JS [interlocking])
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Latigo Kid; Clyde Mason; Dan Mason; Marshal Len Engel; Fen Borke; Mack Clay
Synopsis
Rancher and widower Clyde Mason used to be an outlaw but has gone straight. He meets up with the Latigo Kid and asks for his help. He wants Latigo to collect the reward money for turning him in, and send it along with his son Dan, who is crippled, to Boston for an operation. He'll have to go to jail but he says it's worth it. Two bounty hunters, Borke and Clay, also have ideas about taking in Mason, but Latigo persuades them otherwise and the deal goes off without a hitch.
Reprints
  • from Billy the Kid (Charlton, 1957 series) #23 ?

Indexer Notes

Apparently a Billy the Kid story edited into a Latigo Kid story.

Indian Medicine Man! (Table of Contents: 6)

Wild Bill Pecos / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
John Buscema (credited)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Pecos; Nuggets Nugent; Grey Otter; Smiling Fawn; Rain Cloud
Synopsis
Wild Bill Pecos becomes the medicine man of the Dakota tribe and uses his ingenuity to broker a peace between the Dakotas and the aggresive Sioux tribe.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Penciller credit from the French fan magazine Back Up #14, as submitted by Stephane Petit, via the GCD Errors list, February 2009.

Western Comics (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

AC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Durango Kid / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Cheyenne Kid; Latigo Kid
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Geronimo: The War Chief of the Apaches, Part 1
    Cheyenne Kid
  4. 3. Geronimo's Challenge, Part 2
    Cheyenne Kid
  5. 4. The Taming of Wild-Man Feeney!
    Ghost Rider; The Haunted Horseman
  6. 5. Bounty Hunter
    Latigo Kid
  7. 6. Indian Medicine Man!
    Wild Bill Pecos
  8. 7. Western Comics
    AC Comics
  9. 8. [""In November, 2000, AC Comics celebrates...""]
    Durango Kid
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Roger Reus
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore