Issue | #6 |
Published | 1999 |
Cover Price | 5.95 USD |
Pages | 48 |
Editing | Bill Black (reprint editor) |
Notes | Special thanks to Mick Harvey and Stig Olsen. |
Characters | Durango Kid; Redmask; Black Phantom; Presto Kid |
Genre | Western |
Pencils | Bill Black |
Inks | Bill Black |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Special thanks to Mick Harvey and Stig Olsen. |
Characters | Durango Kid |
Genre | Western |
Pencils | ? (photograph) |
Inks | ? (photograph) |
Notes | Inside front cover. |
Characters | Durango Kid; Redmask; Black Phantom; Presto Kid; Sheriff Ben Gage; Jeff Grant [Presto Kid]; Steve Brand [Durango Kid]; Muley Pike; Molly; Villain: Trig Harding; Pete |
Synopsis | Black Phantom wants to go straight but Sheriff Ben Gage insists that she brings in Trig Harding first to gain his trust. The Durango Kid and Presto Kid inadvertantly help her to bring him in and she is made deputy. |
Genre | Western |
Script | Bill Black |
Pencils | John Nadeau |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Letters | Dick Ayers |
Notes | New story. |
Characters | Black Diamond; Bumper; Reliapon; Sheriff Jed Blake; Red Deer; Brave Cloud; Villain: Bat Slade; Billy |
Synopsis | To stop Bat Slade's plan to wipe out the indians to get at gold on their land Black Diamond has to fight his "adoptive" brother Brave Cloud to the death. |
Genre | Western |
Script | Pete Morisi |
Pencils | Pete Morisi |
Inks | Pete Morisi |
Notes | Originally printed in color. |
Reprinted | from Black Diamond Western (Lev Gleason, 1949 series) #55. |
Characters | Rocky Lane; Lem Stover; Villain: Carson |
Synopsis | Two con artists try to frame Rocky Lane for a crime he didn't commit. |
Genre | Western |
Pencils | Dick Giordano |
Inks | Vince Alascia |
Notes | Originally in color. |
Reprinted | from ? |
Characters | Tim Holt; Duke |
Script | Bill Black |
Pencils | ? (photograph) |
Inks | ? (photograph) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Photo of Tim Holt on his horse Duke is also included. |
Characters | Durango Kid; Redmask; Ghost Rider; Black Diamond; Rocky Lane |
Synopsis | Editorial giving background on stories in this issue, information on Black Diamond and information on future stories to be reprinted in Best of the West. |
Genre | Western |
Script | Bill Black |
Pencils | ? (photographs) |
Inks | ? (photographs) |
Notes | Includes two photos, first one is from The Bold Frontiersman (1948) with Rocky Lane, Fred Graham and Roy Barcroft. The second photo is from Blazing the Western Trail (1945) with The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett), Carole Matthews and Tex Harding. |
Characters | Redmask; Sheriff Gage; Villain: Blackjack Travis; El Sombrero; Sundance Kid |
Synopsis | Three different gangs try to kill Redmask at the same time. |
Genre | Western |
Pencils | Frank Bolle |
Inks | Frank Bolle |
Notes | Originally in color. |
Reprinted | from Best of the West (Magazine Enterprises, 1951 series) #8 [A-1 #81] |
Characters | Haunted Horseman; Pedro Lopez; Villain: El Morte |
Synopsis | The Haunted Horseman debunks the legend of the rifle that never misses. |
Genre | Western |
Pencils | Dick Ayers |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Notes | Originally in color. |
Reprinted | from Red Mask (Magazine Enterprises, 1954 series) #47. |
Characters | Durango Kid; Muley Pike; Dona Clara; Marina; Villain; Senor Diego Robino |
Synopsis | Durango Kid saves Marina from marrying Senor Diego Robino and then being murdered. |
Genre | Western |
Pencils | Joe Certa |
Inks | John Belfi |
Notes | Originally in color, inker credit for John Belfi comes from Best of the West (AC) #6, the GCD database has Joe Certa as the inker in their records for Best of the West (Magazine Enterprises) #3. |
Reprinted | from Best of the West (Magazine Enterprises, 1951 series) #3 [A-1 #52] |
Notes | Inside back cover. |
Notes | Back cover, contents of Best of the West (AC) #7, illustration of Black Diamond, small version of the cover of Best of the West (AC) #7 and The Haunted Horseman (AC) #1. |