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Issue: Best of the West #17
Publication Date: January 2001
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Issues: #17 of 71 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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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: 11 (6 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]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Lone Rider; Durango Kid; Redmask; Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]
Character(s): Lone Rider; Durango Kid; Redmask; Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Durango Kid Movie Still

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett)
Synopsis: The Durango Kid has the drop on two cowboys with raised hands.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Movie still with no text.
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Three Famous Badmen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Redmask; Billy the Kid (impostor); Jesse James (impostor); Sam Bass (impostor); Black Phantom (cameo)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagRed Mask #48 published March 1955
was Three Famous Badmen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Red Mask is two words in the logo, but one word in all references in the story.
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Challenge of the Crusher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Durango Kid [Steve Brand]; Muley
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagCharles Starrett as the Durango Kid #33 published December 1954
was Challenge of the Crusher! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Murder Mine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): The Lone Rider; Bright Feather; Seth Morse; Clay Worthing; Joe Bax
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Original title was "Death on the Desert."
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Gold Fever!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Black Diamond; Bumper; Webb Raymond; Morton Blaine
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From Content Item: FlagBlack Diamond Western #56 published June 1955
was Gold Fever [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Shanghaied!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Lash Larue
Synopsis: In San Francisco, Lash gets shanghaied on a cattle boat.
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Pages: 5
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The Brain Came West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, western
Feature(s): Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider]
Character(s): The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider; Rex Fury]; Spectre (horse); The Brain
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagTim Holt #32 published October 1952
was The Brain Came West [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Ghost Rider's name re-lettered as "Haunted Horseman" or "The Haunter." (Except for the last panel, where a reference to "The Ghost Rider" slipped through.)
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Writers of the West!
Character(s): American Eagle (cameo)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letter from H. Krissoff (Middlesex, NJ). Also small repro of the cover of Prize Comics Western #101.
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AC Westerns

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AC Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Back issues of AC western comics available by mail from AC Comics, Box 521216, Longwood, FL 32752.
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AC Comics - Preserving Yesterday's Heroes for Today's Readers

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Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): AC Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Promo for AC Comics, with covers of Best of the West #19, Fun Comics #2, and Men of Mystery #28 depicted.

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