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Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 1

    All reprints: The Durango Kid in "The Son of the Sheriff!" (pencils by Joe Certa, inks by John Belfi); the Haunted Horseman in "The Green Men From Horro!" and "To Touch Is To Die!" (art by Dick Ayers); Redmask in "The Three Deaths of Redmask!" (art by Frank Bolle); and Lightnin' and the Lone Rider (art by Jack Kirby, two pages). B&W Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #2
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 2

    Reprints: the Durango Kid in "War on the Sioux Trail!" (script by Gardner Fox, pencils by Joe Certa, inks by John Belfi; from Durango Kid 9); Redmask in "The Man Who Lost Yesterday!" (art by Frank Bolle); and "Rocky Lane Faces the Texas Killer!" (script by Bill Black, pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Vince Alascia). Also in this issue, a previously unpublished Haunted Horseman story produced in 1982: "The Book of Doom" (pencils by Dick Ayers, inks by Bill Black) B&W Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #3
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 3

    All reprints: the Durango Kid in "Whiplash" (from Durango Kid 14); the Haunted Horseman in "The Haunted Tomb!" (script by Gardner Fox, art by Dick Ayers, from Ghost Rider 7, 1952) and "Dead Man's Son!" (art by Ayers; from Red Mask 44); and Redmask in "The Good Badman!" (script by Gardner Fox, art by Frank Bolle, from Tim Holt 37). B&W Cover price $4.95.

  • Issue #4
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 4

    Cover features Redmask, Roy Rogers (photo) and The Durango Kid (photo of Charles Starrett). Stories by Gaylord DuBois, Gardner Fox, Bill Black and unknown. Art by John Buscema, Mario Aquaviva, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle and unknown. Featuring: Roy Rogers in "Roy Ropes a Tiger"; The Durango Kid in "Danger Rides a Bluff"; Rocky Lane in "The Alibi"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Night the World Ended!"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "The Cinderella Boot"; Pistol Packin' Pattie in "The Deep Freeze" (1 page)! Plus: text article "Vin Sullivan, Pioneer Comic Book Publisher, Dies...But His Legacy Lives On!" 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #5
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 5

    All reprints: the Durango Kid in "Fraud on the Hoof" and "Manhunt" (art by Joe Certa); John Wayne in "Dead Man's Boots" (art by Al Gordon); Redmask in "The Flying Daggers!" (art by Frank Bolle); and the Haunted Horseman in "Dead Man's Bluff!" (art by Dick Ayers). B&W Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #6
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 6

    New story: the Durango Kid, Redmask, the Black Phantom, and the Presto Kid in "Six-Gun Showdown!" (script by Bill Black, pencils by John Nadeau, inks by Dick Ayers). Reprints: Black Diamond in "Redman's Vengeance" (script and art by Pete Morisi, from Blaqck Diamond Western 55); Rocky Lane in "The Wrong Man!" (pencils by Dick Giordano, inks by Vince Alascia); Redmask in "Bait for Bandit Bullets!" (art by Frank Bolle, from M.E.'s Best of the West 8); the Haunted Horseman in "The Rifle That Never Missed!" (art by Dick Ayers, from Red Mask 47); and the Durango Kid in "The Senorita and the Killers!" (pencils by Joe Certa, inks by John Belfi, from M.E.'s Best of the West 3). B&W Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #7
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 7

    Cover by Bill Black. Stories by Gardner Fox?, William Overgard and unknown. Art by Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Joe Maneely, Carl Pfeufer, William Overgard and Frank Bolle. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "The Mystery of Gunsmoke Pass"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Laughing Boy"; Wild Bill Hickok in "Showdown Street"; Monte Hale in "Top Hat's Trouble"; Black Diamond in "The Strange Saga of the Pirate Treasure"; Redmask in "The Ghost Picture"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #8
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 8

    All reprints: Black Diamond in "Rendezvous With Death" (art by Doug Wildey, from Black Diamond 50); Redmask in "Death's Hostage" (art by Frank Bolle, from Red Mask 43); Tex Ritter in "Outlaw's Range" (art by Stan Campbell); the Durango Kid in "Vengeance is Mine!" (art by Fred Gardineer, from M.E.'s Best of the West 10); "Buffalo Bill and the Dime Novel King" (art by Denis McLoughlin, from Buffalo Bill Wild West Annual 1953); and the Haunted Horseman in "Haunted Horseman Gone Bad!" (art by Dick Ayers, from M.E.'s Best of the West 6). Gil Kane cover? B&W Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #9
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 9

    All reprints: Redmask in "The Death Mask!" (art by Frank Bolle; from Tim Holt 37); the Durango Kid in "Rustler's Range!" (pencils by Joe Certa, inks by John Belfi; from Durango Kid 5); the Calico Kid in an untitled story (art by Dick Ayers, from Tim Holt 7); Black Diamond in "Traitor's Mission" (art by Al Luster); Sunset Carson in "The Too Late Bandits" (art by Keats Petree); and the Haunted Horseman in "The Fiery Prison!" (art by Dick Ayers, from M.E.'s Best of the West 5). Bolle cover. B&W Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #10
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 10

    All reprints: the Durango Kid in "Under the Skull and Crossbones"; the Lemonade Kid in "The Clutching Claws of Terror!" (art by Bob Powell); "The Hooded Horseman" (art by Ogden Whitney)' the Haunted Horseman in "The Haunted Horseman Strikes By Day!" (art by Dick Ayers); Black Diamond in "Dressed To Kill" (art by Howard O'Donnell); and Redmask in "The Finding of Redmask's Cave" (art by Frank Bolle). B&W Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #11
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 11

    All reprints: Black Diamond in "The Apache Reign of Terror" (art by Al Luster); the Haunted Horseman in "The Ghost of Longhair John!" (art by Dick Ayers); Redmask in "Gun of Death!" (art by Frank Bolle, from Tim Holt 35); the Lemonade Kid in "The Trail of King Smokey!" (art by Bob Powell, from B-Bar-B Riders 7); and the Durango Kid in "Death on the Buffalo Trail!" (pencils by Joe Certa, inks by John Belfi, from M.E.'s Best of the West 1). B&W Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #12
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 12

    New story: Latigoi Kid in "Eyes of the Hypnotist!" (art by Bill Black); the Haunted Horseman in "They Dig By Night!" (art by Dick Ayers); the Durango Kid in "Passage To Poison Valley" (art by Fred Gardineer); Calamity Kate in "The Return of the Gaucho Kid" (art by John Rosenberger); Black Diamond in "The Ruthless Railroad Double-Cross" (art by Al Luster, from Black Diamond Western 29); and Redmask in "The Red Wheel" (art by Frank Bolle) B&W Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #13
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 13

    Stories by Gardner Fox?, Bill Black and unknown. Art by Joe Certa, John Belfi, Dick Ayers, Dick Giordano, Bill Black, Will Elder, John Severin, Al Luster and Frank Bolle. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "Horsethief!"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Horns of Horror"; Rocky Lane in "Marshall Without a Gun" (note: new dialogue and inking by Bill Black); American Eagle in "Blood Indians"; Black Diamond in "The Gold Strike Hoaxers"; Redmask in "Redmask Vs. the Black Domino"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #14
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 14

    Cover by Bill Black. Stories by Myron Fass and unknown. Art by Myron Fass, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Bob Powell, John Severin and Bill Elder. Featuring: Black Diamond in "Range War"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Talking Head"; Redmask in "The Bandits of Bloody Basin"; The Durango Kid in "The Return of the Owlhoot"; Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders in "The Golden Palomino"; American Eagle in "The Hostage"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #15
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 15

    Cover has Roy Rogers photo, plus inset art of The Durango Kid, The Haunted Horseman and Redmask. Stories by Gaylord DuBois and unknown. Art by John Buscema, Hi Mankin, Mario Aquaviva, Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Frank Bolle, Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia and Myron Fass. Featuring: Roy Rogers in "The Cougar of Lost Canyon"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Phantom Guns of Feather Gap"; The Durango Kid in "Sure Death For Durango"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "The Trail of the Gun!"; Lash LaRue in "Close Shave"; Black Diamond in "Escaped!" 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #16
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 16

    Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Reed Crandall, Paul Gustavson, Frank Bolle and Fred Guardineer. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Devil Deals in Death"; The Whip in "Crimson Vengeance"; Arizona Raines in "Water-Hogs Die Broke"; Redmask in "The Twin Phantom"; The Durango Kid in "Rodeo Ruckus"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #17
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 17

    Stories by Gardner Fox?, Myron Fass and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Myron Fass, Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Ken Battefield and Pete Morisi. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Brain Came West"; Black Diamond in "Gold Fever"; Redmask in "Three Famous Badmen"; The Durango Kid in "Challenge of the Crusher"; Lone Rider in "The Murder Mine"; Lash LaRue in "Shanghaied!" 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #18
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 18

    Cover by Bill Black. Stories by unknown. Art by Fred Guardineer, John Severin, Will Elder, Al Luster, Dick Ayers and Frank Bolle. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "War In Wyoming"; Black Bull in "A Meteor Saves the Ranch"; Black Diamond in "Reliapon's Last Race"; American Eagle in "Two-Barrelled Gun"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Coffin of Snow"; Redmask in "The Loot of Texas Jack"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #19
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 19

    Stories by unknown. Art by Tom Cooke, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers and Frank Bolle. Featuring: Rocky Lane in "Trouble Boss"; The Durango Kid in "Barehanded Against Death"; Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders in "Fiesta For Forty-Fives"; Redmask in "Death Mission"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Ghost Bell of Terror Valley"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #20
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 20

    Stories by unknown. Art by Fred Guardineer, John Severin, Bill Elder, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Pete Morisi, Dick Ayers and Frank Bolle. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "Tornado!"; American Eagle in "Hidden Gold Mine"; Rocky Lane in "Showdown at Noon"; Black Diamond in "The Last Notch" (title from original story; removed in this reprint); The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Hangman's Town"; Redmask in "The Ghost Picture"! Plus: text article "Dale Evans...Queen of the West"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #21
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 21

    Stories by unknown. Art by Frank Bolle, Mort Lawrence, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani and unknown. Featuring: Redmask in "The Substitute Sheriff"; Wild Bill Pecos in "The Riddle of the Petrified Forest"; The Durango Kid in "The Scourge of the Vigilantes"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Death Wears a White Mask"; Rocky Lane in "The Strange Draw"; The Masked Marvel in "Phantom Devils of Lorado"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #22
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 22

    Cover by Fred Guardineer. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Carl Pfeufer, Frank Bolle, Joe Certa, John Dell and Ruben Moreira. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Scourge of Guilt"; Ken Maynard in "The Battle For Black Gold"; Pistol Packing Pattie in "Dew Tell!"; The Durango Kid in "Showdown Battle"; Golden Arrow in "The Return of Black Arrow"; Redmask in "The Girl Who Saw Double"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #23
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 23

    Cover by Dick Ayers. Stories by Bill Black and unknown. Art by Pete Morisi, Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Ed Good, Ken Battefield and Frank Bolle. Featuring: Black Diamond in an untitled story; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Freaks of Fear!"; The Durango Kid in "The Charge Is Murder"; The Hooded Horseman in an untitled story; The Lone Rider in an untitled story; Tim Holt as Redmask with Black Phantom in "Sixguns of Skullhead"; Masked Raider in "Outside the Law"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #24
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 24

    Cover by Frank Bolle. Stories by Jerry De Fuccio and unknown. Art by Ric Estrada, Bill Elder, Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers and Carl Pfeufer. Featuring: American Eagle in "Deserter"; Redmask in "Bait For Death"; The Durango Kid in "Showdown At Doom Canyon"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Wagon Load of Doom!"; Ken Maynard in "The Outlaw Hoax"! Plus: text article "Foosh...Mark Heike Remembers Jerry DeFuccio" by Heike, with art by John Severin. 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #25
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 25

    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Mike Sekowsky and Syd Shores. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Haunted Castle"; Tim Holt [Redmask] in "Tyrant of San Tomas"; The Durango Kid in "The Lady Packs a Six-Gun"; Masked Raider in "For Talon's Nest" (note: title is from the original story, not this reprint); Wild Bill Pecos in "The Killers of the Plains"! Plus: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in the text story "The Hooks of Horror" by Gardner Fox and Frank Frazetta! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #26
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 26

    Stories by unknown. Art by Bob Powell, Dick Ayers, Marvin Stein, Frank Bolle, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani and Fred Guardineer. Featuring: The Lemonade Kid in "The Terrible Three"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Death Raced the Wagon Train"; The Lazo Kid in "Outlaw Trail!"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "Three Graves in Boot Hill"; Rocky Lane in "$1,000,000 Stagecoach"; The Durango Kid in "Readin', 'Ritin', Rustlin'"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #27
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 27

    Photo Cover of Roy Rogers. Stories by Gaylord DuBois and unknown. Art by John Buscema, Mario Aquaviva, Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Dick Giordano and Dick Ayers. Featuring: Roy Rogers in "Roy Rides a Hunch"; Tim Holt [Redmask] in "The Death Rattle"; The Durango Kid in "The Vanishing Hats of Hollering Gap"; Black Phantom in "The Dangerous Dude"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "A Trap For Nemesis"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #29
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 29

    Cover pencils by Jack Kirby (Jim Bowie figure) and unknown. Stories by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Gardner Fox? and unknown. Art by Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle, Bob Powell and Pete Morisi. Featuring: Jim Bowie in "Jim Bowie Makes a Magic Knife"; The Durango Kid in "The Law of the Mask"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Death's Stagecoach"; Redmask in "Powdersmoke Hero"; Red Hawk in "The Weapon Maker"; Masked Raider in "Stolen Watch"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #30
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 30

    Cover by Joe Certa. Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Certa, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle, Ben Brown and unknown. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "Duel To the Finish"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Grim Treasure"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "Apache Killer"; Black Diamond in "The Pastures of Peril"; Rocky Lane in "The Riders of the Fog"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #31
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 31

    Cover by Dick Ayers. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman in the new story "The Curse of the Carpathians," written by Bill Black and drawn by Dick Ayers. Reprints: Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Walton, Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, Frank Bolle, Fred Meagher and Fred Guardineer. Featuring: Black Diamond in "Six Gun Showdown"; Rocky Lane in "The Nester's Treasure"; Tim Holt [Redmask] in "The Men Death Wanted"; White Indian [Straight Arrow] in "The Boy From Back East"; The Durango Kid in "Trail of the Sawbones"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

  • Issue #34
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 34

    Features Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys and the Lost Explorers with art by John Buscema, Wild Bill Hickock and Jingles in Noon Deadline with art by Al Williamson, The Haunted Horseman in The Headless Horsemen with art by Dick Ayers, The Durango Kid in XXX with art by Joe Certa and John Belfi, Red Mask in A Tin Soldier with art by Frank Bolle, and Renegade Kid with art by Doug Wildey. B&W Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #35
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 35

    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories by Gardner Fox and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Frank Bolle, Ross Andru & Mike Esposito, Bob Fujitani and unknown. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Hangman's Hate!"; The Durango Kid in "Whole Town Gone Loco!"; Redmask in "The Doom Trail"; Annie Oakley in "The Cowboy"; Black Diamond in "The Unmasking of Black Diamond"; Two Gun Lil [Two-Gun Lil] in "The Masked Outlaw!" 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #36
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 36

    Photo Cover of Gene Autry. Stories by unknown. Art by Nicholas Firfires, Joe Certa, Frank Bolle and Dick Ayers. Featuring: Gene Autry in "The Bighorn Hunt"; The Durango Kid in "One Night of Death"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "The Desert Robbers"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Ghost's Apprentice"! Plus: text article "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys-or-A Day at the Autry Museum" by Jeffrey M. Bembaron. 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #37
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 37

    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Special origins issue! Stories by Gardner Fox, Ray Krank and unknown. Art by Joe Certa & John Belfi, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle and Bob Powell. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "Durango's Greatest Battle"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Haunted Horseman"; Redmask in "Redmask of the Rio Grande" and "The Reform of the Black Phantom"; The Lemonade Kid in "Crooks in Cactus"; Pistol Packing Pattie in "Dancing Words"; Red Hawk in "The Men of the Green Feather"! 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #38
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 38

    Stories by unknown. Art by Frank Bolle, Carl Pfeufer & John Jordan, Fred Guardineer, Syd Shores, Dick Ayers and unknown. Featuring: Tim Holt as Redmask in "The Mark of the Wolf"; Tom Mix in "The Two-Way Crime"; The Durango Kid in "The Sting of Death"; Wild Bill Pecos in "Marshall of No-Gun Town"; The Haunted Horseman in "The Death of Rex Fury"; Sugarfoot in "Judgement of Soloman"; Lawman in "The Wisdom of Solomon"! Plus: 1-page map of Tim Holt's Home Range! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #39
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 39

    Photo Cover of Roy Rogers. Stories by Gardner Fox and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Alex Toth, Joe Certa & John Belfi, Frank Bolle and Ruben Moreira. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Looking-Glass Killer"; Roy Rogers in "The Temptation of Sam McGraw"; The Durango Kid in "The Battle of the Dams"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "The Kiowa Kid"; Golden Arrow in "The Great Reward Swindle"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #40
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 40

    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories by unknown. Art by Frank Bolle, Bill Everett, Dick Ayers, Louis Zansky, Pete Morisi and Fred Guardineer. Featuring: Tim Holt as Redmask in "The Crazy Quilt Suit"; Calamity Kate in "Readin', Ridin', and Robbin'"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Spectral Witness"; Smiley Burnette in "The River Boat Escapade"; Masked Rider in "Double Ambush"; The Durango Kid in "The Showdown"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #41
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 41

    Cover by Frank Frazetta. Stories by Gardner Fox and unknown. Art by Joe Certa & John Belfi, Bob Lubbers, Dick Giordano & Vince Alascia, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle and Bob Powell. Featuring: The Durango Kid in "The Big Frame-Up"; Firehair in an untitled story; Wild Bill Hickok in "Tenderfoot Terror"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Blasts of Doom"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "Ride Against Death"; Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders in an untitled story (originally a Windy Wales story)! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #42
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 42

    Painted Cover. Stories by Carl Memling and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle, Bill Walton, Fred Guardineer, John Severin & Bill Elder and unknown. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "Magico Versus the Haunted Horseman"; Redmask in "The Luck of Major Hanley"; Black Diamond in "Terror Island"; The Durango Kid in "The Man Who Hated Everybody"; American Eagle in "Laughing Dog's Revenge"; Pistol Packing Pattie in "Ill Feelings" and "Pistol Packing Pattie Cuts Him Short!"; Lone Rider in "Glittering Shadows"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #43
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 43

    Cover by Dick Ayers and Ed Coutts. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, John Severin, Joe Certa & John Belfi, Frank Bolle and Pete Morisi. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Ghost Ants of San Pedro"; Tales of the Haunted Horseman - "A Web For Her Wedding Dress" and "Death Came Calling"; American Eagle in "Life For a Life"; The Durango Kid in "Blood and Oil"; Tim Holt as Redmask in "The Junk Robbers"; Masked Raider in "Trail of the Eagle"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #44
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 44

    Stories by unknown. Art by Ogden Whitney, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Frank Bolle, Bob Powell and unknown. Featuring: The Hooded Horseman in "Buzzard Bait"; The Durango Kid in "Get Out of My Sight!"; The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Haunted Portrait"; Redmask in "Reward For Redmask"; Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders in "Bobby Wins His Spurs"; Tales of the Haunted Horseman - "Tortures of the Damned"; Black Jack in "Black Jack's Hitching Post"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #45
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 45

    Stories by Gardner Fox and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers and various. The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] meets "The Greedy Ghosts of Boot Hill"; The Durango Kid faces the "Roar of the Rapids"; Tim Holt as Redmask faces off with "The Man of 1000 Faces"; White Indian fires "Arrows of Justice"; and more! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #46
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 46

    Cover pencils by Dick Ayers. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Sparky Moore and unknown. Featuring: The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider] in "The Vulture Swoops"; The Durango Kid in "Six-Gun Empire"; Wild Bill Elliott in "The Clock"; Lash LaRue in "The Dead Man Walks the Range"! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #47
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 47

    Cover by Dick Ayers. Movie star cowboy, Monte Hale, confronts his old villain, The Minstrel, who is determined to play the "Song of Death!" Plus: stories featuring The Durango Kid, The Haunted Horseman [Ghost Rider], Redmask and more! 44 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #48
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 48

    Cover by Dick Ayers. Edited by Bill Black. Stories by Dick Ayers and Gill Fox. Art by Frank Bolle, Joe Certa, John Belfi, Dick Ayers, Tony Sgroi, and John Severin. AC Comics reprints classic Western stories that originally appeared in comics from Magazine Enterprises, Dell, and Prize in the Golden Age. Gunplay and horsemanship from Western heroes the Durango Kid, The Haunted Horseman, Daniel Boone and Redmask (aka Western movie star Tim Holt). Inheritance of Death; The Scourge of Guilt; The Big Guns; The Giant of Gold Hill; Black Fire; The Devils Own. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

  • Issue #49
    Best of the West (1998 AC Comics) 49

    Edited by Bill Black. Art by Frank Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, and Mort Lawrence. AC Comics reprints classic Western stories that originally appeared in comics from Magazine Enterprises, Dell, Orbit and others in the Golden Age. The Haunted Horseman faces The Spectral Warrior; The Durango Kid learns the code of the drygulcher; Real-life sharpshooter Annie Oakley encounters The Black Knight. The Weapons of Redmask; The Spectral Warrior; Code of the Drygulcher; The Black Knight; Timber Treachery; Call Your Shots. 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.