Best of the West (AC)

    (AC, 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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    W: Gardner Fox  ·  A: Dick Ayers, Frank W. Bolle
    B&W; ca. 1998
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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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    May 2002
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    #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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    Dec 2004
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    May 2005
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    #51
    Jun 2005
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    W: Ann Adams  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Al Luster, Dick Ayers, Fred Guardineer, Ralph Mayo
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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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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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
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    #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
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    #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
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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
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    #66
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    W: Myron Fass  ·  A: Frank W. Bolle, Joe Certa, John Belfi, Myron Fass, Dick Ayers, Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani
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  • 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
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    #69
    Aug 2008
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    A: Joe Certa, John Belfi, Dick Ayers, John Buscema, Tony Tallarico, Frank W. Bolle, Doug Wildey
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    #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
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    #71
    Apr 2009
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    A: Dick Ayers
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