Best of the West #24

([October] 2001)

[Durango Kid still] (Table of Contents: 1)

Durango Kid / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

? (photo)

Inks

? (photo)

Job Number

D-3088-50

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett)

Synopsis

A storekeeper shows the Durango Kid an old rifle.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Full-page movie still.

Bait For Death (Table of Contents: 2)

Red Mask / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Bolle (signed)

Inks

Frank Bolle (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

RM-149 #47

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Red Mask; Black Phantom

Reprints

• from Red Mask (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #47 (April 1955)

Showdown At Doom Canyon (Table of Contents: 3)

Durango Kid / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Letters

?

Job Number

DK-135

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Durango Kid; Muley

Reprints

• from Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (Magazine Enterprises, 1949 series) #41 (October-November 1955)

Wagon Load of Doom! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)

Inks

Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

superhero; western-frontier

Characters

Haunted Horseman

Reprints

• from Red Mask (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #49 (May-June 1955)

Indexer Notes

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

Foosh...Mark Heike Remembers Jerry DeFuccio (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mark Heike

Pencils

John Severin

Inks

John Severin

Letters

typeset

Characters

Jerry DeFuccio (caricature)

Synopsis

Brief anecdotes about Jerry DeFuccio on the occasion of his death.

Deserter (Table of Contents: 6)

American Eagle / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry De Fuccio

Pencils

Ric Estrada

Inks

Bill Elder

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

American Eagle

Reprints

• from Prize Comics Western (Prize, 1948 series) #v12#1 (98) (March-April 1953)

Indexer Notes

Text page says pencils were by Ric Estrada, imitating John Severin.

The Outlaw Hoax (Table of Contents: 7)

Ken Maynard / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Carl Pfeufer

Inks

Carl Pfeufer

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Ken Maynard; Tarzan (horse)

Reprints

• from Ken Maynard (Fawcett, 1950 series) #4 (June 1951), #4 (June 1951)

Peril Prowls the Prairie (Table of Contents: 8)

Lash LaRue / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (photos)

Inks

? (photos)

Letters

typeset

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Marshal Lash LaRue (photo of Lash Larue); Fuzzy St. John (photo of Al St. John)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Two stills from the movie "King of the Bull Whip."

Stand Proud, America! (Table of Contents: 9)

Fighting Yank / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Black ?

Pencils

Bill Black ?

Inks

Bill Black ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fighting Yank

Synopsis

Fighting Yank saluting with a background of an American Flag. Text says "September 11, 2001. The Second Day of Infamy. Everyone is now a Fighting Yank!"

Indexer Notes

Back cover.