(1999)

AC, 1998 Series
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Price
5.95 USD
Pages
44
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
AC Comics
Brand
AC Comics [straight, star in A]
Editing
Bill Black (credited) (editor); Mark Heike (credited) (associate editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Durango Kid / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?; ? (painting)
Inks
?; ? (painting)
Colors
?; ? (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Durango Kid [Steve Brand]; John Wayne; Redmask; Haunted Horseman

[Charles Starrett and the Durango Kid] (Table of Contents: 1)

Durango Kid / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Black ?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett); Charles Starrett (photo)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Publicity still with doctored photo of Charles Starrett standing next to his alter ego, the Durango Kid.

Fraud on the Hoof (Table of Contents: 2)

Durango Kid / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Joe Certa (credited)
Inks
Joe Certa (credited)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
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.
Reprints

Manhunt! (Table of Contents: 3)

Durango Kid / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Joe Certa (credited)
Inks
Joe Certa (credited)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
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.
Reprints

Durango in the Comics (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Black (credited)
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett)

Indexer Notes

Article on the Durango Kid with the photo cover of Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (Magazine Enterprises, 1949 series) #1 reprinted.

Dead Man's Boots (Table of Contents: 5)

John Wayne / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Gordon (credited) (signed as Al Gordon)
Inks
Al Gordon (credited) (signed as Al Gordon)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
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.
Reprints

The Flying Daggers (Table of Contents: 6)

Tim Holt / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Frank Bolle (credited) (signed as FRANK [over] BOLLE)
Inks
Frank Bolle (credited) (signed as FRANK [over] BOLLE)
Letters
?

Feature Logo
TIM HOLT AS REDMASK
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
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.
Reprints

Dead Man's Bluff! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Dick Ayers (credited) (signed as Dick AYERS (circle))
Inks
Dick Ayers (credited) (signed as Dick AYERS (circle))
Letters
Dick Ayers ?

Genre
superhero; western-frontier
Characters
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.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ghost Rider's name relettered as "Haunted Horseman" in this story.

Golden Age Greats (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Now Featured in Best of the West--Black Diamond! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Durango Kid
  2. 1. [Charles Starrett and the Durango Kid]
    Durango Kid
  3. 2. Fraud on the Hoof
    Durango Kid
  4. 3. Manhunt!
    Durango Kid
  5. 4. Durango in the Comics
  6. 5. Dead Man's Boots
    John Wayne
  7. 6. The Flying Daggers
    Tim Holt
  8. 7. Dead Man's Bluff!
    The Haunted Horseman
  9. 8. Golden Age Greats
  10. 9. Now Featured in Best of the West--Black Diamond!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Merlin Haas
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore