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Issue: Best of the West #1 [A-1 #42] Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1951
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Issues: #1 [A-1 #42] of 12 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMagazine Enterprises
Brand: Magazine Enterprises; ME
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Enterprises
On Sale Date: 08/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Raymond C. Krank
Disclose Notes: Approximate "cover" date of September-October 1951 is based on the back cover "Now On Sale" house ad in Tick Tock Tales #32 which indicates that the two comics are contemporary.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Fred Meagher; Joe Certa ?; Frank Frazetta; Bob Powell
Inker(s): Fred Meagher; Joe Certa ?; Frank Frazetta; Bob Powell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Straight Arrow; Durango Kid; Ghost Rider; Bobby Benson
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGreat American Western #2 published January 1988
as Magazine Enterprises... The Best of the West [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Giant-Killer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Meagher (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Meagher (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Straight Arrow
Character(s): Straight Arrow; Pow-Tah-Kan (giant Crow champion)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The horses of Meagher are extremely elegant. The inking makes them appear shiny with the few inklines, or heavy clean blacks on muscles.
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Death on the Buffalo Trail!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Certa
Inker(s): Joe Certa
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Durango Kid
Character(s): The Durango Kid
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSheriff Classics #9158 published January 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRanchserien #50 published January 1970
as Døden på prærien! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBest of the West #11 published April 2000
as Death on the Buffalo Trail! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Joe Certa, John Belfi and Fred Guardineer is credited to Durango Kid in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. This is Certa. Guardineer (Durango Kid #20) has very small eyes on his horses and faces, and gun holsters usually without any straps across, where Certa and Belfi (Best of the West #4) has one or two. Belfi often assisted Certa in inking, but if you notice the hairline under the hat of Durango, it is a broad V-shape, when Belfi in #4 has more waves. So this must be inked by Certa.
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The Timber Rustlers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Powell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bobby Benson
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSheriff Classics #9157 published January 1970
as De houtdieven [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRanchserien #49 published January 1970
as Tømmertyvene! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Ghost Rider Holds the Fort!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Dick Ayers
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Ghost Rider
Character(s): The Ghost Rider [Rex Fury]; Sing-song (chef)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSheriff Classics #9158 published January 1970
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRanchserien #50 published January 1970
as Spøkelsesrytteren forsvarer fortet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBest of the West #60 published January 2007
as The Haunted Horseman Holds the Fort! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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