Best of the West #8 [A-1 #81]
(May-June 1953)

Magazine Enterprises, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Enterprises
Brand
Magazine Enterprises ME
Editing
Raymond C. Krank

Issue Notes

"BEST OF THE WEST No. 8 (A-1 No. 81.)" in indicia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Straight Arrow; The Ghost Rider; Tim Holt; The Durango Kid / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Fred Meagher; Dick Ayers; Frank Bolle; ?
Inks
Fred Meagher; Dick Ayers; Frank Bolle; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier

Bait for Bandit Bullets! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Bolle (signed)
Inks
Frank Bolle (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

The Pits of Peril! (Table of Contents: 2)

Straight Arrow / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Meagher (signed)
Inks
Fred Meagher (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

The Mad Commander! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Ghost Rider / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Memling ?
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Ernie Bache
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ayers

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bache inks per Nick Caputo, May 2014. Previous indexer credited Dick Ayers.

Code of the Drygulcher! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Straight Arrow; The Ghost Rider; Tim Holt; The Durango Kid
  2. 1. Bait for Bandit Bullets!
    Tim Holt
  3. 2. The Pits of Peril!
    Straight Arrow
  4. 3. The Mad Commander!
    The Ghost Rider
  5. 4. Code of the Drygulcher!
    The Durango Kid
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jim Van Dore