Best of the West (AC)

    (AC, 1989, 2000-2009)
™ Americomics, © AC Comics

This anthology title from Bill Black’s AC Comics is hosted by Buckaroo Betty and features the Haunted Horseman, the Durango Kid, and Tim Holt—all refugees from Magazine Enterprises titles of the late 1940s and the early 1950s. The Haunted Horseman was originally called the Ghost Rider, but Marvel has since used the name for a similar Western hero in the late 1960s, and finally adopted the name as the nom de guerre for the skull-headed, motorcycle-riding demon who took to the streets in the early 1970s. This is vintage material from one of the industry’s leading preservationist publishers.

— Thomas Moudry
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  • 1
    #1
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    A: Frank W. Bolle, Joe Certa, Dick Ayers
    B&W; ca. 1998
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  • 2
    #2
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    W: Gardner Fox, Bill Black  ·  A: Joe Certa, Frank W. Bolle, Dick Ayers, Dick Giordano
    B&W; ca. 1998
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  • 3
    #3
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle
    B&W; ca. 1998
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  • 4
    #4
    Jul 1999
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Fred Guardineer, Tom Cooke, Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle
    B&W
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  • 5
    #5
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    A: Joe Certa, Al Gordon, Frank W. Bolle, Dick Ayers
    B&W; ca. 1999
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    #6
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    W: Bill Black, Myron Fass  ·  A: John Nadeau, Pete Hiroshi, Dick Giordano, Myron Fass, Frank W. Bolle, Joe Certa
    (non-reprint lead story); B&W; ca. 1999
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    #7
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    A: Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Joe Maneely, Carl Pfeufer, William Overgard, Frank W. Bolle
    B&W; ca. 1999
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  • 8
    #8
    Dec 1999
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    A: Doug Wildey, Frank W. Bolle, Stan Campbell, Fred Guardineer, Denis McLoughlin, Dick Ayers
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  • 9
    #9
    Jan 2000
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    A: Frank W. Bolle, Joe Certa, Dick Ayers, Al Luster, Keats Petree
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    #10
    Mar 2000
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    A: Bob Powell, Frank W. Bolle
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    #11
    Apr 2000
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    A: Al Luster, Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle, Bob Powell, Joe Certa
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    #12
    Apr 2000
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    A: Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, John Rosenberger, Al Luster, Frank W. Bolle
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    #13
    Jun 2000
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    W: Bill Black  ·  A: Joe Certa, Dick Ayers, Dick Giordano, Will Elder, Al Luster, Frank W. Bolle
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    #14
    Aug 2000
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    W: Myron Fass  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Bob Powell, Will Elder, Myron Fass
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    #15
    Oct 2000
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    W: Myron Fass  ·  A: John Buscema, Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Frank W. Bolle, Dick Giordano, Myron Fass
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    #16
    Nov 2000
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    A: Dick Ayers, Reed Crandall, Paul Gustavson, Frank W. Bolle, Fred Guardineer
    B&W
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  • 17
    #17
    Jan 2001
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    W: Myron Fass  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Ken Battefield, Myron Fass, Pete Morisi, Dick Ayers
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    #18
    Jan 2001
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    A: Fred Guardineer, Will Elder, Al Luster, Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle
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    #19
    Mar 2001
    A: Tom Cooke, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle
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    #20
    May 2001
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    A: Fred Guardineer, Will Elder, Charles Nicholas, Pete Morisi, Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle
    B&W
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  • 21
    #21
    Jun 2001
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    A: Frank W. Bolle, Mort Lawrence, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Charles Nicholas
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    #22
    Jul 2001
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    A: Dick Ayers, Carl Pfeufer, Frank W. Bolle, Joe Certa, Ruben Moreira
    B&W
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  • 23
    #23
    Sep 2001
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    W: Bill Black  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Pete Morisi, Fred Guardineer, Edmond Good, Ken Battefield, Frank W. Bolle
    B&W
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  • 24
    #24
    Oct 2001
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    W: Jerry DeFuccio  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Ric Estrada, Carl Pfeufer
    B&W
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    #25
    Feb 2002
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Mike Sekowsky, Frank Frazetta, Syd Shores
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    #26
    Mar 2002
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    A: Bob Powell, Dick Ayers, Marvin Stein, Frank W. Bolle, Charles Nicholas, Fred Guardineer
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    #27
    May 2002
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    A: John Buscema
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    #28
    Jul 2002
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    B&W
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    #29
    Jul 2002
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    B&W
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    #30
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    #31
    Oct 2002
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    #32
    Oct 2002
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    #33
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    B&W
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    #34
    Jan 1989
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    B&W
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    #35
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    B&W
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    #36
    Jun 2003
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    B&W
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    #37
    Aug 2003
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    B&W
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    #38
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    #39
    Feb 2004
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    B&W
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    #40
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    #41
    Jun 2004
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    B&W
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    #42
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    A: Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle, Bill Walton, Fred Guardineer, Walter Howarth
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  • 43
    #43
    Oct 2004
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    W: Joe Certa, Gardner Fox  ·  A: Dick Ayers, John Belfi, Frank W. Bolle, John Severin, Pete Morisi
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    #44
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    #45
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    A: Fred Guardineer, Fred Meagher, Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle
    Reprints Durango Kid #33; Ghost Rider (Magazine Enterprises) #4; B&W
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    #46
    Dec 2004
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    W: Dick Ayers  ·  A: Dick Ayers
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  • 47
    #47
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    W: Dick Ayers  ·  A: Dick Ayers
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  • 48
    #48
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    W: Dick Ayers, Gill Fox  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Joe Certa, John Belfi, Dick Ayers, Tony Sgroi, John Severin
    B&W
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    #49
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    W: Dick Ayers  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle
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  • 50
    #50
    May 2005
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    W: Dick Ayers  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle
    B&W
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  • 51
    #51
    Jun 2005
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    W: Ann Adams  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Al Luster, Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Ralph Mayo
    B&W
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    #52
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    #53
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    A: Joe Certa, Tom Cooke, Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle, Ruben Moreira
    Reprints from Durango Kid #2, Rocky Lane #46, Ghost Rider #14, Whiz Comics; ca. 2005
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  • 54
    #54
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    A: Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Mort Meskin, Al Luster, Ted Galindo, John Severin, Tom Cooke
    Reprints from Redmast #46, Prize Western, Rocky Lane Western #46, and Black Diamond Western; B&W
    1 copy for $5.50
  • 55
    #55
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    A: Frank W. Bolle, Dick Ayers, Tom Cooke, Carl Pfeufer, John Jordan, Fred Guardineer
    Reprints from Tim Holt #27, Ghost Rider #13, Rocky Lane Western, Master Comics #110,; ca. 2006
    1 copy for $5.50
  • 56
    #56
    Jul 2006
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    A: Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Tom Cooke, Clem Weisbecker
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  • 57
    #57
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    W: John Starr  ·  A: Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers, Joe Maneely, Lee Elias, Frank W. Bolle
    Reprints from Durango Kid #19, Redmask #50, Latigo Kid #2, and Me’s Dan’l Boone #4; ca. 2006
    1 copy for $5.50
  • 58
    #58
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Joe Certa, John Belfi, Frank W. Bolle, Dick Ayers, Joe Maneely, Bob Powell
    ca. 2006
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  • 59
    #59
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    W: Bill Durham  ·  A: Gil Kane, Edmond Good, Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle, Fred Guardineer, Bob Powell
    Monte Hale tribute issue; B&W; ca. 2006
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  • 60
    #60
    May 2007
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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Dick Ayers, John Severin, Will Elder, Joe Certa, John Belfi, Frank W. Bolle, Ken Battefield
    B&W
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  • 61
    #61
    Jul 2007
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    W: Gardner Fox, Len Lawson  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Max Elkan, Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Len Lawson
    Ca 2007; B&W
    2 copies from $6.98
  • 62
    #62
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    W: Gardner Fox, Len Lawson  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Max Elkan, Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Len Lawson
    B&W; ca. 2007
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  • 63
    #63
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    A: Frank W. Bolle, John Buscema, Pete Morisi, Joe Certa, John Belfi, Carl Pfeufer, Bob Laughlin, Ayers
    B&W; ca. 2007
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  • 64
    #64
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    A: Frank W. Bolle, Edmond Good, Norman Maurer, Fred Guardineer, Dick Ayers
    B&W; ca. 2007
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  • 65
    #65
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    A: Joe Certa, John Belfi, Dick Ayers, Edmond Good, Frank W. Bolle
    Reprints from Tim Holt #8, Monte Hale Western, and Best of teh West #6; B&W
    1 copy for $5.50
  • 66
    #66
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    W: Myron Fass  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Joe Certa, John Belfi, Myron Fass, Dick Ayers, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani
    1 copy for $14.50
  • 67
    #67
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    A: Frank W. Bolle, Dick Ayers, Joe Certa, John Belfi, John Severin, Will Elder, Edmond Good, Bob Powell
    Includes reprints from Best of the West #12, Tim Holt #22, Monte Hale Wester #45, and Kerry Drake #15; ca. 2008
    1 copy for $5.50
  • 68
    #68
    Jul 2008
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    W: Robert Bernstein  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Dick Ayers, Scott Pike, Edmond Good, Joe Certa, John Belfi
    B&W
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  • 69
    #69
    Aug 2008
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    A: Joe Certa, John Belfi, Dick Ayers, John Buscema, Tony Tallarico, Frank W. Bolle, Doug Wildey
    1 copy for $8.50
  • 70
    #70
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    W: William Overgard, Frank W. Bolle  ·  A: William Overgard, Joe Certa, John Belfi, Jack Abel, Bob Laughlin, Dick Ayers, Syd Shores, Frank W. Bolle, Joe Maneely, Max Elkan
    ca. 2009
    2 copies from $12.00
  • 71
    #71
    Apr 2009
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    A: Dick Ayers
    1 copy for $8.50