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Issue: Best of the West #5
Publication Date: January 1999
 
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Publisher: FlagAC
Brand: AC ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: AC Comics
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Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $5.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
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Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
western
Durango Kid [Steve Brand]; John Wayne; Redmask; Haunted Horseman
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Charles Starrett and the Durango Kid

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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western
Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett); Charles Starrett (photo)
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Inside front cover. Publicity still with doctored photo of Charles Starrett standing next to his alter ego, the Durango Kid.
Fraud on the Hoof

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Durango Kid [Steve Brand]; Muley Pike; Jagger (villain)
In Gunhammer Gulch, Steve Brand, aka The Durango Kid, exposes and defeats Jagger, a banker who has hired gunmen to rob money from his own bank in order to cause local ranchers to go broke, whereupon Jagger buys up their properties cheap.
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FlagCharles Starrett as the Durango Kid #1 published October 1949
was Fraud on the Hoof [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Manhunt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Durango Kid [Steve Brand]; Muley Pike; Waring (villain)
The Durango Kid tracks down and stops a familiar villain, Waring, from blowing up a Union Pacific train trestle the next time a train passes by.
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FlagCharles Starrett as the Durango Kid #4 published April 1950
was Manhunt! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Durango in the Comics

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett)
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Article on the Durango Kid with the photo cover of Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid (Magazine Enterprises, 1949 series) #1 reprinted.
Dead Man's Boots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
John Wayne; Billy Corbeau; Totem Charlie; Inspector Forbes
John Wayne is asked by the R.C.M.P. to find out what happened to a missing Mountie they sent north into the Canadian wilderness to investigate a uranium mine.
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FlagJohn Wayne Adventure Comics #28 published October 1954
was Dead Man's Boots [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Flying Daggers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
western
Redmask [Tim Holt]; Chito; Jim French; Sheriff Gage; Mack Benson; Don Gregorio
In the town of Bullet, Tim Holt is set up for the murder of his friend Jim French and must flee ahead of a lynch mob. As the masked vigilante Redmask, Tim solves the crime and brings the guilty party to justice.
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FlagTim Holt #33 published December 1952
was The Flying Daggers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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7
Dead Man's Bluff!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero, western
Haunted Horseman [Rex Fury]; Sing-Song; Myra Brainard; Hennessey (villain)
Someone is trying to kill Myra Brainard for her ranch and it’s up to Rex Fury as the Haunted Horseman to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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FlagThe Ghost Rider #3 [A-1 No. 31] published January 1951
was Dead Man's Bluff! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as featuring "The Haunted Horseman"
 
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Ghost Rider's name relettered as "Haunted Horseman" in this story.
Golden Age Greats

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Inside back cover. Back issues of Golden Age Greats, Golden Age Men of Mystery and other titles from Paragon Publications, Longwood, FL 32752.
Now Featured in Best of the West--Black Diamond!

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? (promo copy)
various (cover reproductions; illustration)
various (cover reproductions; illustration)
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Black Diamond; Durango Kid; Haunted Horseman
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Back cover. Promo for Best of the West #7 and The Haunted Horseman #1 with covers depicted.

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