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Issue: Best of the West #12
Publication Date: April 2000
 
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Publisher: FlagAC
Brand: AC ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: AC Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 44
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $5.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bill Black
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Bill Black (signed)
Bill Black (signed)
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typeset
Subject Matter
western
Latigo Kid; Haunted Horseman; Red Mask; Black Diamond; Durango Kid
Latigo Kid; Haunted Horseman; Red Mask; Black Diamond; Durango Kid
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Miscellaneous
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Durango Kid Movie Still

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Durango Kid
Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett); Raider (horse, photo); Smiley Burnette (photo)
Durango Kid and Smiley Burnett, on horseback, along with two other mounted cowboys.
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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover. Movie still.
Eyes of the Hypnotist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Black
Bill Black (signed)
Bill Black (signed)
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Subject Matter
western
Latigo Kid
Latigo Kid; Demon (horse); Duke Cartee (death); Doc Marvel; Two Knives; Mary Lord
Outlaw Duke Cartee's hypnotic eyes freeze his opponents and give him time to shoot them. He takes over the town of San Clavel before Latigo learns the secret of Cartee's power and returns with Two Knives to gain revenge over the killer.
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Miscellaneous
7
New story.
They Dig by Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dick Ayers (signed)
Dick Ayers (signed)
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Subject Matter
superhero, western
Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]
Haunted Horseman; Spectre (horse); Sheriff Bannon; Sam Spanner
Reprinting
FlagTim Holt #19 published August 1950
was They Dig by Night! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Ghost Rider's name relettered as Haunted Horseman.
Passage to Poison Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Fred Guardineer (signed)
Fred Guardineer (signed)
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Subject Matter
western
Durango Kid
Durango Kid; Muley
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FlagCharles Starrett as the Durango Kid #23 published June 1953
was Passage to Poison Valley [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
The Return of the Gaucho Kid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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John Rosenberger
John Rosenberger
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Subject Matter
western
Calamity Kate
Calamity Kate [Patricia Layne]; Gaucho Kid
Reprinting
FlagThe Westerner Comics #31 published December 1950
was The Return of the Gaucho Kid [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Ruthless Railroad Double-Cross

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Al Luster
Al Luster
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Subject Matter
western
Black Diamond
Black Diamond; Bumper
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FlagBlack Diamond Western #29 published December 1951
was Ruthless Railroad Double-Cross [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
The Red Wheel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Frank Bolle [as FWB] (signed)
Frank Bolle [as FWB] (signed)
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Subject Matter
western
Red Mask
Redmask; Black Phantom (host)
Reprinting
FlagRed Mask #50 published July 1955
was The Red Wheel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
AC Westerns

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
AC Comics
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover. Promo for ordering back issues of AC Western comics by mail from AC Comics Box 521216, Longwood FL 32752.
Western Movie Hero

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
AC Comics
Tex Ritter (photo); Rocky Lane (photo of Allan "Rocky" Lane); Johnny Mack Brown (photo)
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover. Promo for Western Movie Hero #1 with photos.

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