Weird West ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER "Claws of Horror!"

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...in hand-to-claw action against a flying demon..or is that demoness?

Penciled by Dick Ayers, inked by Ernie Bache and likely scripted by Gardner Fox, this never-reprinted story from Magazine Enterprises' Tim Holt #30 (1952) was typical of the "Haunted Horseman's" exploits, though there were a couple of tales involving the supernatural, which we already ran HERE and HERE!

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Christmas on the Prairie SUPER-STAR HOLIDAY SPECIAL Jonah Hex in "Fawn and the Star"

Unseen since publication in 1980...

...this over 40 year-old Yuletide tale offers us insight into how and why Jonah Hex turned into who he was!

Written by Michael Fleisher, penciled by Dick Ayers, and inked by Romeo Tanghal, this story appeared in DC Special #21 (1980): Super-Star Holiday Special, an anthology featuring all-new Xmas tales starring Batman, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Sgt Rock, Jonah Hex, and the hosts/stars of DC's mystery comics.

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TALES OF THE GHOST RIDER "A Thirst for Blood!"

Besides frightening and apprehending owlhoots and blackguards...

...the original Ghost Rider also narrated a series of supernatural-themed Western tales he didn't actually appear in!

This chapter of the ongoing Tales of the Ghost Rider strip from Magazine Enterprises' Ghost Rider #8 (1953), like almost all of the Tales series, has never been reprinted!

Pity, because it's pretty damned good!

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ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER "Talking Head!"

It wasn't just cowboys and owlhoots who preyed upon peoples' superstitions and fears in the Weird West!

Native Americans also took advantage of them!

Penciled by co-creator Dick Ayers and inked by Ernie Bache, this tale from Magazine Enterprises' Best of the West #4 (1952) wasn't the only time the baddie was a Native American, nor the only time the evildoer was a woman!
In the Old West (as well as today), crime was an equal-opportunity business!

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ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER "Monster in the Mist!"

Monsters and creatures abounded in the Old West...

...as this never-reprinted tale from Magazine Enterprises' anthology Best of the West #2 (1951) shows!

Best of the West was a bi-monthly anthology title featuring new tales of four ME Western characters who already had their own books...

...done by the various series' usual creative teams to maintain consistency and continuity with the "parent" books!
It lasted from the end of 1951 to the beginning of 1954.

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ORIGINAL GHOST RIDER "Spirit Spurs"

Our Halloween journey through the Weird West continues...

...with the frontier's first masked "mystical" manhunter...who now faces a monster!

As this never-reprinted tale from Magazine Enterprises' Ghost Rider #10 (1952) shows, the Ghost Rider wasn't the only person to prey upon superstitious settlers' fears!

You should note the sheriff is extremely-skeptical about such creatures...and doesn't consider GR to be supernatural, even after his "escape"!

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