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Rangeland Romances (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Rangeland Romances.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: Popular Publications Canada
Formats: pulp



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Rangeland Romances (UK)

British reprint edition of Rangeland Romances.

Issues & Index Sources: late 1940s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Publishers: Thorpe & Porter
Formats: pulp

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Rangeland Stories

Total Issues: 12+38+13=63

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1928 – Oct-1929:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Nov-1928; Dec-1928)

Nov-1929 – Dec-1932, as Rangeland Love Story Magazine:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Nov-1932)

Jan-1933 – Jul-1934, as Rangeland Love Stories:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Jan-1933; May/Jun-1933)

Publishers

  Nov-1928 – May-1931: Climax Publishing Corp. (Clayton Magazines)
  Jun-1931 – May-1933: Clayton Magazines
  Nov-1933 – Jul-1934: A.M. Clayton (Clayton Magazines)

Formats

  Nov-1928 – Dec-1932: standard pulp
  Jan-1933 – May-1933: bedsheet
  Nov-1933 – Jul-1934: standard pulp

Frequency

mostly monthly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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Rangeland Sweethearts

Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1940 – Apr-1941:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Feb-1941)

Publishers:   Fictioneers, Inc.
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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Rangeland Westerns (Australia)

Total Issues: 2?

A thin Australian digest printing original stories by Australian authors.

Issues & Index Sources: late 1940s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all except #2)

Publishers: Atlas Publications Pty. Ltd., 48 Queen Street, Melbourne


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The Ranger [1931]

Total Issues: 130+112=242

Contains "original adventure stories (5000 words), series or serials (65,000 words) to appeal to boys age 9-14."

Incorporates: Pioneer from 4-Aug-1934

Issues & Index Sources

14-Feb-1931 – 5-Aug-1933:

Story Paper Index

(incomplete)

12-Aug-1933 – 28-Sep-1935:

Story Paper Index

(incomplete)

#becomes Pilot

Publishers

Amalgamated Press

Editors

  Hedley O'Mant
  G. Cecil Graveley [Assistant Editor]
  Clifford Gates [Assistant Editor]

Prices

2d

Pagecounts

28pp, 24pp

Frequency

weekly



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Ranger [1965]

Total Issues: 40

Issues & Index Sources

18-Sep-1965 – 18-Jun-1966

#incorporated into Look and Learn

Publishers

Fleetway

Pagecounts

36pp

Frequency

weekly

Range Riders

Total Issues: 8+67=75

The first issue was numbered v3#2, presumably continuing from some other title.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1938 – Feb-1940:

Western Fiction Index

Fall 1940 – Apr-1953, as Range Riders Western:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Winter 1942, Summer 1942)

Publishers

Better Publications (Standard Magazines)

Editors

  mid 1940s: G.B. Farnum
  Nov-1950: Edmund Collier
  Mar-1952: Morris Jones

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

Oct-1937 – Dec-1939: 15c
Feb-1940 – Apr-1953: 10c

Pagecounts

Oct-1937 – Dec-1939: 128pp
Feb-1940 – ?: 112pp (pages further reduced)

Frequency

bimonthly to Feb-1940; quarterly Fall 1940 - Summer 1945; bimonthly from Oct-1945

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Range Riders Western (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Range Riders Western.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1950:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Better/Thrilling Publications
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   The Pulpster #11, 2001



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Range Riders Western (UK)

Total Issues: 13?

British reprint edition of Range Riders Western.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: #2-#8; #10; any after #13)

Publishers:   Pemberton's (of Manchester) Ltd.
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   9d
Pagecounts:   66pp


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Range Riders (UK)

Total Issues: 2?

British reprint edition of Range Riders Western.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar/Apr-1960 – ?:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all after Mar/Apr-1960)

Publishers:   Atlas Publishing
Formats:   digest
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   64pp


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Range Western

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Southdown Press


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Ransom!

A sample, ashcan, issue was distributed but did not generate enough interest to merit a full run.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1933

Rapid

see under The Rapid Review

Rapid-Fire Action Stories

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: Nov-1932 – Dec-1932:

Adventure Fiction Index

Publishers:   Rapid-Fire Publications (Clayton Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   monthly
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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Rapid-Fire Detective Stories

Total Issues: 8

Published as a companion to Rapid-Fire Action Stories and Rapid-Fire Western Stories, Rapid-Fire Detective Stories was an undistinguished detective pulp that ran for 8 issues.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1932 – May-1933:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Publishers:   Rapid-Fire Publications (Clayton Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   monthly
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Rapid-Fire Western Stories

Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1932 – May-1933:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Mar-1933)

Publishers:   Rapid-Fire Publications (Clayton Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   monthly
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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