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Issue: Best of the West #3
Publication Date: January 1998
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Issues: #3 of 71 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagAC
Brand: Paragon Publications
Indicia Publisher: Paragon Publications
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Black
Disclose Notes: These early issues of BOTW are a smaller 7 inches by 7 inches in size. Rather than reduce the original page size to fit, the pages have been rearranged, using less panels per page, leaving the art large and the page count longer, which explains why the page counts here might not match their original appearances.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock:  
Binding:  
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Can the Haunted Horseman Survive the Tomb of Horror!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers [as R Ayers] (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers [as R Ayers] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]
Character(s): Haunted Horseman; Durango Kid (inset); Red Mask (inset)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Ghost Rider #7 [A-1 #51] published January 1952
was The Haunted Tomb! [Illustration on Cover, Front]recolored
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Haunted Horseman is a renamed Ghost Rider.
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Photo of Charles Starrett as The Durango Kid

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Durango Kid
Character(s): Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett)
Synopsis: Durango Kid kneels behind the wheel of wagon, with his gun drawn.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Full-page publicity photo.
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Whiplash

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner F. Fox
Penciller(s): Joe Certa
Inker(s): John Belfi
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Durango Kid
Character(s): Durango Kid
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCharles Starrett as the Durango Kid #14 published December 1951
was Whiplash [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Black [as Wild Bill Black] (responses)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Best of the West
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters from Charles J. Sperling; Pat Garcia; Steve Ogden; Jim Johnston; and Dick Ayers.
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The Haunted Tomb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner F. Fox
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Ayers (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]
Character(s): Haunted Horseman; Spectre (horse)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Ghost Rider #7 [A-1 #51] published January 1952
was The Haunted Tomb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: A modified Ghost Rider story. All references to Ghost Rider are replaced by "the Haunted Horseman" or "the Haunter."
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New Books for Western Fans!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Black (signed)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AC Comics
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for The Great American Western Sampler and Roy Rogers Western #1.
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The Good Badman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner F. Fox
Penciller(s): Frank Bolle
Inker(s): Frank Bolle
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Tim Holt as Redmask
Character(s): Red Mask [Tim Holt]
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From Content Item: FlagTim Holt #37 published August 1953
was The Good Badman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10.5
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Red Mask appears in these 4 books, ready to mail!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): (various)
Inker(s): (various)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AC Comics
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for back issues of AC Comics featuring Red Mask. Covers to Red Mask #1, #2, & #3 and Tim Holt #1 are depicted.
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Western Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): (various)
Inker(s): (various)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AC Comics
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for back issues of AC Comics western titles.
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Dead Man's Son

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Ayers
Inker(s): Dick Ayers
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Haunted Horseman
Character(s): Haunted Horseman
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRed Mask #44 published October 1954
was Dead Man's Son! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: A modified Ghost Rider story. All references to Ghost Rider have been replaced by "The Haunted Horseman" or "the Haunter."
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Durango Kid standing by horse

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Durango Kid
Character(s): The Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett)
Synopsis: Durango Kid with drawn gun, standing by white horse
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Full-page publicity still.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mike Machlan [as Machlan] (signed)
Inker(s): Mark Heike [as Heike] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doctor Dimension
Character(s): Doctor Dimension
First Line: Watch out! Here comes the dynamic debut of Doctor Dimension
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for Doctor Dimension. Cover is printed upside-down compared to the rest of the comic.

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