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Best Western 58

Atlas Tales

PublishedJune 1949 – August 1949
Issue Numbers58 – 59
Total Issues2
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Issue Information
Cover Date
June 1949
 
Cover Titles
The Million-Dollar Train Robbery!
 
Starring
Two-Gun Kid starring
 
Cover Credits
Syd Shores pencils and inks attributed
Notes: I see this as a Shores/Colan collaboration. The figures are too bulky/massive to be so much Shores. Perhaps there is even some Buscema here, too. Shores always struck me as more lithe and slim in his figures, not so much like these at all. -JVJ
Gene Colan pencils and inks attributed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
How much is Best Western #58 worth? View Full Market Prices

Current market pricing for Best Western #58 shows a latest raw sale of FN/VF sold for $83.65 on June 15th, 2008, a latest graded sale of CGC NM- 9.2 sold for $1,560 on September 12th, 2021.
Raw price ranges include Fine/Very Fine 6.0-7.5 $83.65 (1 comp).
Graded price ranges include CGC 6.0 $95.60 (1 comp); CGC 6.5 $95.60 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated May 7th, 2026.

Stories

The Million Dollar-Train Robbery!

Credits
Syd Shores pencils attributed (This is a real shop job, with the first three or four pages filled with heavy-set, Buscema-esque figures, which switch to Shores as soon as the TGK shows up in pages 4-7 seem more Shores than anybody else and then the Buscema (possibly Colan)-esque style returns for the last few pages. - JVJ) John Severin inks guess
Two-Gun Kid starring
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Job # 5106
Pages 12
Type art
Notes: With John Severin in some capacity - Doc V.

A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Pages 1
Type editorial

Double Pay-Off

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Job # SL-5111
Pages 2
Type text

Blood on the Range!

Credits
John Severin pencils unsigned John Severin inks guess (I'm pretty sure that this is what John's inks looked like. Some of the signs in the background "Kennedy's", "Jack's", "Powers" indicate Severin did the lettering, which hints that he probably inked it, too. There isn't anything here that is really UN-Severin-like for this era. - JVJ)
The Black Rider starring
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # 5212
Pages 9
Type art

The Wicked Wedding!

Credits
Russ Heath pencils unsigned Russ Heath inks attributed (I'm all but positive that these are Russ's inks. Again, there are indications (the "RH" brand on pg.2 pnl.4) that show that Russ was involved at the ink stage, and I think he did the whole thing. - JVJ)
Kid Colt starring
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # 5282
Pages 4
Type art

Market Pricing

Last Updated 2026-05-07 15:21:20
Last Raw Sale FN/VF sold for $83.65 on June 15th, 2008
Last Graded Sale CGC NM- 9.2 sold for $1,560 on September 12th, 2021
Reported Sources Heritage Auctions

Raw Price Ranges

Fine/Very Fine 6.0-7.5 $83.65 (1 comp)

Graded Price Ranges

CGC 6.0 $95.60 (1 comp)
CGC 6.5 $95.60 (1 comp)
CGC 9.0 $1,560 (1 comp)
CGC 9.2 $1,560 (1 comp)
CGC 9.4 $178.25-$345 (2 comps)
View Sold Comps (5)
Grade
Price
Date
Source
Link
FN/VF
$83.65
June 15th, 2008
Heritage Auctions
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NM- 9.2
$1,560
September 12th, 2021
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$345
May 20th, 2005
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-
$178.25
September 19th, 2004
Heritage Auctions
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$61
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eBay/MyComicShop
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Issue Overview

Best Western #58 was published in June 1949. It is part of Best Western, a western series that began in 1949.

Cover credits include Syd Shores and Gene Colan. This issue features Two-Gun Kid.

Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "The Million Dollar-Train Robbery!." Indexed story credits include Syd Shores and John Severin, among others.

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