Best of the West #23

([September] 2001)

[Durango Kid on Horseback] (Table of Contents)

Durango Kid / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett)

Synopsis:

Action photo of the Durango Kid, on horseback, aiming his six-shooter

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Full-page movie still or screen capture.

The Freaks of Fear! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dick Ayers

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero; western-frontier

Characters:

Haunted Horseman

Reprints:

• from Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #15 (July-August 1952)

Indexer Notes

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

Coming Soon from AC Comics (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Fighting Yank

Indexer Notes

Promo for "Fighting Yank" comics. Covers to #1 and #2 are depicted.

["It was a tricky situation."] (Table of Contents)

Black Diamond / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Black

Pencils:

Pete Morisi

Inks:

Pete Morisi

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Reprints:

• from Black Diamond Western (Lev Gleason, 1949 series) #?

The Charge Is Murder (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks:

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Durango Kid [Steve Brand]; Muley

Reprints:

• from Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (Magazine Enterprises, 1949 series) #27 (January-February 1954)

["To the Western outlaw of 140 years ago..."] (Table of Contents)

The Hooded Horseman / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Good

Inks:

Ed Good

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Hooded Horseman; Flash (dog)

Reprints:

• from The Hooded Horseman (American Comics Group, 1952 series) #?

["Again and again the law was broken..."] (Table of Contents)

The Lone Rider / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ken Battefield

Inks:

Ken Battefield

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Lone Rider

Reprints:

• from The Lone Rider (Ajax; Farrell; 1951 series) #?

Sixguns of Skullhead (Table of Contents)

Tim Holt as Red Mask with Black Phantom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Frank Bolle

Inks:

Frank Bolle

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Red Mask [Tim Holt]; Black Phantom; Skullhead (villain)

Reprints:

• from Tim Holt (Magazine Enterprises, 1948 series) #40 (February-March 1954)

[Western Movie Hero] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Promo for "Western Movie Hero." Cover to #2 is depicted.

Outside the Law (Table of Contents)

Masked Raider / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pete Morisi

Inks:

Pete Morisi

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Reprints:

• from Masked Raider (Charlton, 1958 series) #17 (March 1959)

[Monte Hale with Rifle] (Table of Contents)

Monte Hale / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Monte Hale (photo)

Synopsis:

Monte Hale and an old cowboy sit in the front of a covered wagon, with Hale holding a rifle.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Full-page movie still.

[The Missourians] (Table of Contents)

Monte Hale / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

? (photo)

Inks:

? (photo)

Colors:

? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Monte Hale (photo)

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Lobby card for "The Missourians" featuring Monte Hale on a running horse.