Western comic books came into their own in 1948 and soon publishers were scrambling for material. Movie matinee Western stars were an obvious choice for four color heroes and by the early 1950's such actors as Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, Monte Hale, Tom Mix, Rocky Lane, Charles Starrett and Tim Holt all had their own titles. Dell Comics and Fawcett Publications had an extensive line-up of movie star Westerns. Atlas (Marvel) and DC Comics relied mainly on their own original Western characters. Magazine Enterprises had a good mix of both. By 1957, most Western comics had faded into the sunset with DC's titles running into 1961. Marvel rebounded in the early 1960's and kept Westerns in print (although mostly as reprints) through out the 1970's. Charlton Comics was the last publisher of Westerns holding on until the mids-80's.

AC Comics has published lots of Western material over the years beginning in 1987. Our goal is to keep this genre alive as a part of American heritage. To this end we have licensed many Western film heroes (Roy Rogers, Tom Mix, etc.), acquired permission to reprint ME's output (Durango Kid, Redmask, etc.) and lassoed many heroes who had fallen into public domain. Most books are supplemented with photographs, articles and interviews. Many smaller publishers of the 1950's had interesting Western characters that have all but been forgotten by 2001. Relaunching many of these characters (Wild Bill Pecos, Black Diamond, The Whip, American Eagle and others) has been fun and we're glad that they have been well received by today's readers.

Our BEST OF THE WEST title features three regular stars... THE DURANGO KID, REDMASK and THE HAUNTED HORSEMAN (Ghost Rider) and also features appearances by Rocky Lane, Wild Bill Hickok, Lash LaRue, The Lemonade Kid, Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders, John Wayne, Black Bull, Arizona Raines, Sunset Carson on a revolving basis. Our WESTERN MOVIE HERO title stars Johnny Mack Brown in the first issue, No. 2 spotlights the career of MONTE HALE (this book features an interview with Monte), No.3 John Wayne etc. Lots of material is available for ordering. Visit the "Roy Rogers Product" page and the "Other Westerns" page and review what we have. To order, either go to our Online Store and click on Westerns or to order by mail, go to the Order Form page, print it out, fill it in and mail to AC Comics.

We love Westerns and are proud to keep our Western heroes riding!

These Western pages are published by AC Comics and all editorial content is copyright 2004, AC Comics.