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Issue Details

Issue #10 [A-1 #87]
Published September-October 1953
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Raymond C. Krank
Notes In indicia: BEST OF THE WEST Number 10 (A-1 No. 87).

Cover Details

Genre western

7 page Tim Holt story "Death Trails the Lady!"

Genre western
Pencils Frank Bolle (credited)
Inks Frank Bolle (credited)

7 page The Ghost Rider story "The Ghost of Longhair John!"

Characters Ghost Rider [Rex Fury]; Longhair John (death); Rex Fury; Spectre; Sing Song; Mr. Brady; Mrs. Kinsler
Synopsis A killer named Longhair John terrorizes the western frontier until the Ghost Rider catches him and he is hanged. Unfortunately, it appears that he has returned as a ghost when a person looking like him continues to terrorize the area. The Ghost Rider decides to prove he is just a man and not the ghost that people think he is.
Genre western
Script Gardner Fox ?
Pencils Dick Ayers (signed)
Inks Dick Ayers (signed)
Notes Name is changed from Ghost Rider to Haunted Horseman in the reprint and it is printed in black and white.
Reprinted in Horrors of the Haunter (AC, 1994 series) #1 (1994) [in black and white]

7 page The Durango Kid story "Vengeance Is Mine!"

Genre western
Pencils Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks Fred Guardineer (credited)

7 page Straight Arrow story "The Law of the Arrow!"

Genre western
Pencils Fred Meagher
Inks Fred Meagher