Best Western 59

Title Published
June 1949 to August 1949
Issue Numbers
58 to 59
Number of Issues
2
Continued Into
Western Outlaws & Sheriffs
Issue Information
Cover Date
August 1949
 
 
Cover Titles
The Black Rider Strikes!
 
 
Starring
The Black Rider starring
 
 
Cover Credits
John Severin pencils and inks unsigned
Notes: John Severin claims in Squa Tront #11 that this was his first ever cover, so I think he deserves the credit. - JVJ
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Stories
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  Job
Number
Title Pages Credits
  5065
The Mystery of the Mad Monk!
·Kid Colt starring
10 pg art Russ Heath pencils and inks unsigned
Notes: There is simply no one at Timely in 1949 who could ink like this except Russ Heath.

Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
  5132
Siege of the Alamo

Feature: Scrapbook of the West
1 pg art Mario DeMarco pencils guess

Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
  5587
The Black Rider Strikes!
·The Black Rider starring
5 pg art John Severin pencils unsigned

Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
  SL-3785
City Kid Carver
2 pg text
  5372
The Secret of the Valley of Fear!
·Two-Gun Kid starring

Notes: Shores pages 1-3, Severin pages 4-8 and possibly somebody. Weird books. - Doc V.
8 pg art Syd Shores pencils attributed
Notes: Pages 1-3.
John Severin pencils unsigned
Notes: Pages 4-8. Severin claims responsibility for these pages in the Squa Tront #11 interview, claiming "I still draw that way!"

Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Doc V.: Creator Credit