(1999)
- Price
- 5.95 USD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- AC Comics
- Brand
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AC Comics [straight, star in A]
- Editing
- Bill Black (editor); Mark Heike (associate editor)
Republic Pictures Ace Western Star - Monte Hale
Monte Hale / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Monte Hale (photo)
- Synopsis
- Hale, sitting, with drawn gun pointing upward.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Publicity still.
The Mystery of Gunsmoke Pass
Durango Kid / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Durango Kid; Muley; Raider (horse)
- Reprints
-
from Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (Magazine Enterprises, 1949 series) #41 (October-November 1955) -
in Sheriff Classics (Windmill Comics, 2011 series) #9267 ([maart] 2017)
-
Laughing Boy
Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- Haunted Horseman [Rex Fury]; Sing Song; Bulk Walker
- Reprints
- from The Ghost Rider (Magazine Enterprises, 1950 series) #5 [A-1 #37] (1951)
- in Best of the West Roundup (AC, 2005 series) #3 (2006)
- in Sheriff Classics (Windmill Comics, 2011 series) #9267 ([maart] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Ghost Rider's name relettered as the Haunted Horseman.
Showdown Street
Wild Bill Hickok / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wild Bill Hickock; Gil Burke
- Reprints
- from Cowboy Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #67 (March 1958)
-
Top Hat's Trouble
Monte Hale / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Monte Hale
- Reprints
- from Monte Hale Western (Fawcett, 1948 series) #30 (November 1948)
- in Sheriff Classics (Windmill Comics, 2011 series) #9267 ([maart] 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Printed in the centerfold on orchid-colored paper that is only 8.5 inches high. Pages printed out of order in this sequence: 1, 2, 5, 6, 3, 4, 7.
Attention Western Fans! Read This!
AC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Monte Hale (photo); Lane Bradford (photo)
Indexer Notes
AC Comics announces they have a domain name for their website and plan to be able to sell books over the internet. Also on the page is a still of Lane Bradford and Monte Hale from Republic's "The Old Frontier" (1950). This is part of the smaller-size insert on colored paper.
The Strange Saga of the Pirate Treasure
Black Diamond / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Black Diamond; Bumper
- Reprints
- from Black Diamond Western (Lev Gleason, 1949 series) #23 (February 1951)
-
The Ghost Picture
Red Mask / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Redmask
- Reprints
- from Red Mask (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #46 (January 1955)
- in Sheriff Classics (Windmill Comics, 2011 series) #9267 ([maart] 2017)
-
[no title indexed]
Writers of the West! / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Monte Hale (photo); Roy Rogers (photo)
Indexer Notes
Letter from Steve Ogden (Germantown, MD). Also publicity still of Roy Rogers and Monte Hale on the set of Republic's "Trail of Robin Hood" (1950).
[AC Westerns]
AC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Promo for AC western comics back issues, available by mail from AC Comics, Box 521216, Longwood, FL 32752.
Frightfully Good... AC Westerns!
AC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Haunted Horseman; Roy Rogers; Durango Kid
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Promo for AC Westerns. Covers of Best of the West #9 and Roy Rogers Western #3 superimposed over a background illustration of the cover of The Haunted Horseman #1.
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0.
[no title indexed]
Durango Kid -
1.
Republic Pictures Ace Western Star - Monte Hale
Monte Hale -
2.
The Mystery of Gunsmoke Pass
Durango Kid -
3.
Laughing Boy
Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] -
4.
Showdown Street
Wild Bill Hickok -
5.
Top Hat's Trouble
Monte Hale -
6.
Attention Western Fans! Read This!
AC Comics -
7.
The Strange Saga of the Pirate Treasure
Black Diamond -
8.
The Ghost Picture
Red Mask -
9.
[no title indexed]
Writers of the West! -
10.
[AC Westerns]
AC Comics -
11.
Frightfully Good... AC Westerns!
AC Comics
- Merlin Haas
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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