Best Western 58

Title Published: June 1949 to August 1949
Issue Numbers: 58 to 59
Number of Issues: 2
Continued Into: Western Outlaws & Sheriffs

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

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Job Number	Title	Pages	Credits
5106	The Million Dollar-Train Robbery! ·Two-Gun Kid starring Notes: With John Severin in some capacity - Doc V.	12 pg art	Syd Shores pencils attributed Notes: 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 Contributors: Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit Doc V.: Creator Credit
-	A Letter to Our Readers and Their Parents!	1 pg editorial
SL-5111	Double Pay-Off	2 pg text
5212	Blood on the Range! ·The Black Rider starring	9 pg art	John Severin pencils unsigned John Severin inks guess Notes: 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 Contributors: Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
5282	The Wicked Wedding! ·Kid Colt starring	4 pg art	Russ Heath pencils unsigned Russ Heath inks attributed Notes: 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 Contributors: Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit