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Ranch Love Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-1950: Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Interstate
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western


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Ranch Romances

Country: US
Total Issues: 884?

The "last of the pulps," it continued throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s as a quasi-pulp, although in 1967 the magazine went entirely reprint.

In early 1958 the issue numbering went from v209 #1 to v210 #2. It is unclear if this was a temporary glitch or not; if not the count of issues should be reduced to 880.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1924 – Nov-1968:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Feb-1969 – Nov-1971, as Ranch Romances & Adventures:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  Dec-1924 – May-1931: Western Stories Publishing (Clayton Magazines)
  Jun-1931 – Sep-1933: Clayton Magazines
  Nov-1933 – Sep-1950: Warner Publications, Inc.
  Oct-1950 – Feb-1955: Best Books, Inc.
  Mar-1955 – 1958: Literary Enterprises, Inc
  1959 – Nov-1971: Popular Library, Inc.

Editors

  Dec-1924 – 20-Nov-1953: Fanny Ellsworth
  4-Dec-1953 – 13-Aug-1953: Helen Davidge
  27-Aug-1953 – 27-Dec-1957: Helen Tono
  17-Jan-1958 – 1968: Jim Hendryx, Jr.
  Feb-1970 – Nov-1971: Sharon Moore

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

  Dec-1924 – ?: monthly
  ? – 17-Jan-1958: fortnightly
  Jun-1958 – Jan-1959: irregular
  May-1959 – 1971: quarterly

Related Sites

The Pulp Magazines Project

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

Online Sources

Online Books (2 issues)



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Ranch Romances (Australia)

see under American Ranch Romances

Ranch Romances (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Ranch Romances.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: America News Company
Formats: standard pulp



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Ranch Romances (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 8+5=13

British reprint edition of Ranch Romances.

Issues & Index Sources

1952 – Feb-1954:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: #1; #3; #4; #6)

Sep-1956 – Jan-1957:

Western Fiction Index

#merges with Thrilling Western (UK)

Publishers

1952 – Feb-1954: Pemberton's (of Manchester) Ltd.
Sep-1956 – Jan-1957: Atlas Publishing & Distributing

Formats

standard pulp



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Random Realities

Country: US
Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1992 – #8, 1995: Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   The Graphos Fiction Writers Group of Norcross, Georgia (#1); Random Realities Publications, Norcross, GA (#2-#8)
Editors:   Jeff Dennis, Norcross, GA.



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Rangeland Love Stories [1950]

Country: US
Total Issues: 24

In some ways a revival of Rangeland Love Stories after it separated from Rangeland Romances.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1950 – Sep-1954:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Apr-1952 to Aug-1952; Oct-1953)

Publishers:   Popular Publications
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Rangeland Love Stories [1950] (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Rangeland Love Stories.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Formats: standard pulp


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Rangeland Love Stories [1933]

see also under Rangeland Stories

Rangeland Love Stories [1936]

see also under Rangeland Romances

Rangeland Love Story Magazine

see under Rangeland Stories

Rangeland Love Story Magazine (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Rangeland Love Story Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Formats: standard pulp


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Rangeland Romances

Country: US
Total Issues: 14+10+191+3=218

After Dec-1955 absorbed by Dime Western Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

Jun-1935 – Jul-1936:

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Aug-1936 – May-1937, as Rangeland Love Stories:

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Jun-1937 – May-1955, as Rangeland Romances:

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Aug-1955 – Dec-1955, as Western Story Roundup:

Western Fiction Index

#merges with Dime Western Magazine

Publishers

Jun-1935 – May-1955: Popular Publications, Inc.
Aug-1955 – Dec-1955: New Publications (imprint of Popular Publications, Inc.)

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

10c (rising to 15c in 1940s)

Frequency

mostly bimonthly

Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps




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Rangeland Romances (Canada)

Country: 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)

Country: 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

Country: US
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: 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

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



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Rangeland Sweethearts

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1940 – Apr-1941: Western Fiction Index (Missing: Feb-1941)

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



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Rangeland Westerns (Australia)

Country: 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]

Country: UK
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]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 40

Issues & Index Sources

18-Sep-1965 – 18-Jun-1966

#incorporated into Look and Learn

Publishers

Fleetway

Pagecounts

36pp

Frequency

weekly