Best of the West #6

(1999)

Photo of Durango Kid from unknown movie (Table of Contents)

Durango Kid / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (photograph)

Inks:

? (photograph)

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Durango Kid

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Six-Gun Showdown! (Table of Contents)

Durango Kid; Redmask; Black Phantom; Presto Kid / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Black

Pencils:

John Nadeau

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Letters:

Dick Ayers

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Durango Kid; Redmask; Black Phantom; Presto Kid; Sheriff Ben Gage; Jeff Grant [Presto Kid]; Steve Brand [Durango Kid]; Muley Pike; Molly; Villain: Trig Harding; Pete

Synopsis:

Black Phantom wants to go straight but Sheriff Ben Gage insists that she brings in Trig Harding first to gain his trust. The Durango Kid and Presto Kid inadvertantly help her to bring him in and she is made deputy.

Indexer Notes

New story.

Redman's Vengeance (Table of Contents)

Black Diamond / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Pete Morisi

Pencils:

Pete Morisi

Inks:

Pete Morisi

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Black Diamond; Bumper; Reliapon; Sheriff Jed Blake; Red Deer; Brave Cloud; Villain: Bat Slade; Billy

Synopsis:

To stop Bat Slade's plan to wipe out the indians to get at gold on their land Black Diamond has to fight his "adoptive" brother Brave Cloud to the death.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Black Diamond Western (Lev Gleason, 1949 series) #55 (April-May 1955)

Indexer Notes

Originally printed in color.

The Wrong Man! (Table of Contents)

Rocky Lane / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dick Giordano

Inks:

Vince Alascia

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Rocky Lane; Lem Stover; Villain: Carson

Synopsis:

Two con artists try to frame Rocky Lane for a crime he didn't commit.

Reprints:

• from ?

Indexer Notes

Originally in color.

Writers of the West! (Table of Contents)

letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Black

Pencils:

? (photograph)

Inks:

? (photograph)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Tim Holt; Duke

Indexer Notes

Photo of Tim Holt on his horse Duke is also included.

Black Diamonds & Phantoms (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Black

Pencils:

? (photographs)

Inks:

? (photographs)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Durango Kid; Redmask; Ghost Rider; Black Diamond; Rocky Lane

Synopsis:

Editorial giving background on stories in this issue, information on Black Diamond and information on future stories to be reprinted in Best of the West.

Indexer Notes

Includes two photos, first one is from The Bold Frontiersman (1948) with Rocky Lane, Fred Graham and Roy Barcroft. The second photo is from Blazing the Western Trail (1945) with The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett), Carole Matthews and Tex Harding.

Bait For Bandit Bullets! (Table of Contents)

Redmask / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Frank Bolle

Inks:

Frank Bolle

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Redmask; Sheriff Gage; Villain: Blackjack Travis; El Sombrero; Sundance Kid

Synopsis:

Three different gangs try to kill Redmask at the same time.

Reprints:

• from Best of the West (Magazine Enterprises, 1951 series) #8 [A-1 #81]

Indexer Notes

Originally in color.

The Rifle That Never Missed! (Table of Contents)

The Haunted Horseman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dick Ayers

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Haunted Horseman; Pedro Lopez; Villain: El Morte

Synopsis:

The Haunted Horseman debunks the legend of the rifle that never misses.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Red Mask (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #47 (April 1955)

Indexer Notes

Originally in color.

The Senorita and the Killers! (Table of Contents)

Durango Kid / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Certa

Inks:

John Belfi

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Durango Kid; Muley Pike; Dona Clara; Marina; Villain; Senor Diego Robino

Synopsis:

Durango Kid saves Marina from marrying Senor Diego Robino and then being murdered.

Reprints:

• from Best of the West (Magazine Enterprises, 1951 series) #3 [A-1 #52]

Indexer Notes

Originally in color, inker credit for John Belfi comes from Best of the West (AC) #6, the GCD database has Joe Certa as the inker in their records for Best of the West (Magazine Enterprises) #3.

Western comics available from AC (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Golden Age reprints available from AC (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Indexer Notes

Back cover, contents of Best of the West (AC) #7, illustration of Black Diamond, small version of the cover of Best of the West (AC) #7 and The Haunted Horseman (AC) #1.