Best of the West #24

([October] 2001)

[Durango Kid still] (Table of Contents)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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 Western (Fawcett, 1950 series) #4 (June 1951), #4 (June 1951)

Peril Prowls the Prairie (Table of Contents)

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)

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.