((January) 2000)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Red Mask / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Frank Bolle [as FWB] (signed)
Inks
Frank Bolle [as FWB] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Red Mask; Black Diamond (inset); Haunted Horseman (inset); Durango Kid (inset); Sunset Carson (inset)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Insets under logo not on the original cover.

Sunset Carson in "Sheriff of Cimarron" (Table of Contents: 1)

Sunset Carson / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Sunset Carson (photo)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Full-page movie still.

The Death Mask (Table of Contents: 2)

Tim Holt as Red Mask / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle [as FWB] (signed)
Inks
Frank Bolle [as FWB] (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Red Mask [Tim Holt]
Reprints

Rustler's Range (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
John Belfi
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Durango Kid [Steve Brand]
Reprints

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

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

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Dick Ayers
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There! She's starting to sag at th' hinges!
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Calico Kid; Sing-Song
Reprints

Traitor's Mission (Table of Contents: 5)

Black Diamond / comic story / 7.33 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Luster (signed)
Inks
Al Luster (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Black Diamond; Bumper
Reprints

Best of the West No. 9 (Table of Contents: 6)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.67 page (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

Comments on the stories in the issue.

Sunset Carson and the "Too Late" Bandits (Table of Contents: 7)

Sunset Carson / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Keats Petree [as Petree] (signed)
Inks
Keats Petree [as Petree] (signed)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Sunset Carson
Reprints
  • from ?

"Seven Great Adventures of the Spectral Rider..." (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Red Mask; Haunted Horseman

Indexer Notes

Promo for Haunted Horseman #1 and Red Mask of the Rio Grande #1, with covers depicted.

The Fiery Prison (Table of Contents: 9)

Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox ?
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Dick Ayers
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; western-frontier
Characters
Haunted Horseman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ghost Rider story with "Ghost Rider" replaced by "The Haunted Horseman" or "The Haunter."

[Roy Rogers Western] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
(various)
Inks
(various)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Promo for back issues of western-themed AC Comics.

Western Movie Hero (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Johnny Mack Brown (photo)

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for "Western Movie Hero" from AC Comics.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Red Mask
  2. 1. Sunset Carson in "Sheriff of Cimarron"
    Sunset Carson
  3. 2. The Death Mask
    Tim Holt as Red Mask
  4. 3. Rustler's Range
    Durango Kid
  5. 4. ["There! She's starting to sag at th' hinges!"]
    Calico Kid
  6. 5. Traitor's Mission
    Black Diamond
  7. 6. Best of the West No. 9
  8. 7. Sunset Carson and the "Too Late" Bandits
    Sunset Carson
  9. 8. "Seven Great Adventures of the Spectral Rider..."
    AC Comics
  10. 9. The Fiery Prison
    Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]
  11. 10. [Roy Rogers Western]
    AC Comics
  12. 11. Western Movie Hero
    Western Movie Hero
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore