(2001)

AC, 2001 Series
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Price
5.95 USD
Pages
44
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
AC Comics
Brand
AC Comics [curved overlapped A, no outline]
Editing
Bill Black (credited) (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jock Mahoney / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jock Mahoney (photograph); Roy Rogers (photograph); Guy Madison (photograph)
Keywords
celebrity

[Range Rider and Dick West] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Flying A's Range Rider / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jock Mahoney
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
Jock Mahoney

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Range Rider (photo of Jock Mahoney); Dick West (photo of Dick Jones)
Synopsis
Range Rider and Dick West in a rocky background.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Photo faintly signed "To Bill, a good friend. Thank you. Jocco, Range Rider."

Nitro (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flying A's Range Rider / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
Colors
Alex Toth (grey tones)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Ranger Rider; Dick West
Synopsis
A peddler tries to sell bottles of nitroglycerin to townspeople, then threatens to blow up the bank with a bottle of nitro if they don't give him money.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Graytones added by Alex Toth 44 years after drawing the story.

Special Thanks to Alex Toth! (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 0.2 page (report information)

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

Characters
Alex Toth (photograph)

Welcome to TV Western! (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
Bill Black (signed) (credited as Wild Bill Black)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Comments on the issue.

Jock Mahoney (Table of Contents: 5)

Jock Mahoney / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Rob Word; Bill Black
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jock Mahoney (photographs); Dick Jones (photograph); Charles Starrett (photograph); Rawhide (horse; photograph)

What Was It Like to Be Range Rider? Jock Mahoney Explains in His Own Words (Table of Contents: 6)

Jock Mahoney / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jock Mahoney
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Jock Mahoney (photographs)
Reprints
  • from Who's Who of Western Stars (1953)

Indexer Notes

Reprinted text with five photos, including one of Jock Mahoney in 1983.

[Stage Coach to Yuma] (Table of Contents: 7)

Colt .45 / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eric Freiwald; Robert Schaefer
Pencils
Dan Spiegle
Inks
Dan Spiegle
Colors
? (grey tones)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Chris Colt; Don Diablo
Synopsis
While riding in a stage, Chris Colt recognizes a fellow passenger is the bandit Don Diablo and tricks the bandit into letting him look at his gun.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

From original index: "Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)."

Roy Rogers and the Missing Brother (Table of Contents: 8)

Roy Rogers / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Gaylord Du Bois
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
? (grey tones)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers; Pat Brady; Silver (horse); Bullet (dog)
Synopsis
Roy traps an attempted murderer by staging a phony funeral.
Reprints

Roy Rogers (Table of Contents: 9)

Roy Rogers / text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Jeff Bembaron
Pencils
Jeff Bembaron (photographs); Tawny Marshall (photographs); ? (photographs)
Inks
Jeff Bembaron (photographs); Tawny Marshall (photographs); ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Roy Rogers (photo); Dale Evans (photo); Trigger (horse, photo); Dustin Rogers (photo); Dusty Rogers (photo); Jeff Bembaron (photos)
Synopsis
A visit to the Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Museum in Apple Valley, California

Trapped in the Badlands (Table of Contents: 10)

Wild Bill Hickok / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely
Inks
Joe Maneely
Colors
? (grey tones)
Letters
?

Job Number
3285
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Hickok; Bull Trask
Synopsis
Wild Bill pretends to be an outlaw to infiltrate a gang of rustlers operating from "The Badlands."
Reprints

Wild Bill Hickok [Guy Madison] (Table of Contents: 11)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre
biography
Characters
Wild Bill Hickok (photo of Guy Madison); Jingles (photo of Andy Devine)
Synopsis
Biography of Guy Madison, who was Wild Bill Hickok in the TV series.

Hidden Treasure (Table of Contents: 12)

The Flying A's Range Rider / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
Colors
Alex Toth (grey tones)
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Range Rider; Dick West
Synopsis
Range Rider and Dick West meet a two-wagon medicine show while headed for town. While there the bank is robbed and signs point to a performer in the show.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

Range Rider Stars in TV Western (Table of Contents: 14)

The Flying A's Range Rider / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Range Rider (photos of Jock Mahoney)
Keywords
celebrity

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Cover photos from The Flying A's Range Rider (Dell, 1953 series) #8 and #17.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Jock Mahoney
  2. 1. [Range Rider and Dick West]
    The Flying A's Range Rider
  3. 2. Nitro
    The Flying A's Range Rider
  4. 3. Special Thanks to Alex Toth!
  5. 4. Welcome to TV Western!
  6. 5. Jock Mahoney
    Jock Mahoney
  7. 6. What Was It Like to Be Range Rider? Jock Mahoney Explains in His Own Words
    Jock Mahoney
  8. 7. [Stage Coach to Yuma]
    Colt .45
  9. 8. Roy Rogers and the Missing Brother
    Roy Rogers
  10. 9. Roy Rogers
    Roy Rogers
  11. 10. Trapped in the Badlands
    Wild Bill Hickok
  12. 11. Wild Bill Hickok [Guy Madison]
  13. 12. Hidden Treasure
    The Flying A's Range Rider
  14. 13. ["From the wide open spaces to the wild..."]
    AC Comics
  15. 14. Range Rider Stars in TV Western
    The Flying A's Range Rider
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Paul Lefebvre
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Douglas Sederberg
  • Jim Van Dore