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Western Story Magazine (Canada)

see under Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine (Canada)

Western Story Magazine (UK)

Country: UK

British reprint edition of Western Story Magazine. Subtitled "incorporating Star Western Magazine" from Jul-1953 issue.

Issues & Index Sources

1939? – Jul-1944?, as Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine (UK):

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Sep-1944? – Jan-1953, as Street & Smith's Western Story (UK):

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Mar-1953 – Mar-1955, as Western Story Magazine (UK):

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Apr-1955 – Mar/Apr-1960, as Western Story (UK):

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Oct-1961 – Dec-1961?, as Western Story Magazine (UK):

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Oct-1961)

Publishers

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co., Ltd.

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

  Apr-1940 – Nov-1941: 6d
  Feb-1942 – Mar-1942: 7d
  Apr-1942 – Dec-1953: 9d
  1/-

Pagecounts

  Sep-1939 – Apr-1940: 96pp
  May-1940 – Dec-1940: 80pp
  Jan-1941 – Dec-1953: 64pp

Mentioned in:   The Age of the Storytellers



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Western Story Magazine (UK) [1966]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2?

"This issue contains stories by Steve Frazee, Bill Gulick, Noel Loomis, H.A. DeRosso and Ernest Haycox. This would be an impressive line-up even for an anthology, but it's pretty incredible for a monthly magazine. (Of course, they're all American reprints, so it is kind of like an anthology, but the selection is still remarkable. The American reprint mags I've seen have mostly been dreck.)" (Kent Johnson on #2)

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1966 – Jul-1966?:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Jul-1966)

Publishers:   Fleetway
Formats:   digest
Prices:   3/6d
Pagecounts:   160pp
Frequency:   monthly


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Western Story Roundup [1951]

see under All-Story Western

Western Story Roundup [1955]

see under Rangeland Romances

Western Supernovel Magazine

see under Complete Western Book Magazine

Western Tales [1941]

Country: US
Total Issues: 2+115+13=130

When Fifteen Western Tales folded in 1955 the numbering was continued by the men's adventure magazine Men's Pictorial.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1941 – Feb-1942:

Western Fiction Index

Apr-1942 – Dec-1955, as Fifteen Western Tales:

Western Fiction Index

Feb-1956 – Feb-1958, as Men's Pictorial:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

Popular Publications
Feb-1956 – Feb-1958: New Publications

Formats

Dec-1941 – Feb-1942: standard pulp
Dec-1954 – Dec-1955: bedsheet

Frequency

monthly, later bimonthly

Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western, It's a Man's World



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Western Tales [1960]

Country: US
Total Issues: 2?

Bylined "True Stories of the Old West" but contained a single novelette featuring "Jed Blade" in each issue.

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1960 – Jun-1960?:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: any after Jun-1960)

Publishers: Great American Publications, Inc.


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Western Tales [1995]

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 1995: Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Nelson Publications; Granada Hills, CA
Editors:   Dorman Nelson
Formats:   quarto
Prices:   $4.95
Pagecounts:   96pp


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Western Tales (UK) [1948]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1948: Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Brown Watson
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   32pp

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Western Tales (UK) [1950]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 19?

British Reprint Edition of Fifteen Western Tales.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Pemberton's (of Manchester) Ltd.
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   9d
Pagecounts:   64pp



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Western Trails

Country: US
Total Issues: 174

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1928 – Apr-1949:

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Publishers

  Oct-1928 – 1941: Magazine Publishers, Inc. (Ace Magazines)
  1941 – 1944: Periodical House, Inc. (Ace Magazines)
  1945 – May-1947: Magazine Publishers, Inc. (Ace Magazines)
  Oct-1947 – Apr-1949: A.A. Wyn, Inc. (Ace Magazines)

Editors

A.A. Wyn (in 1938)

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

20c (10c in 1938)

Pagecounts

112pp (in 1938)

Frequency

monthly

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



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Western Trails (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Western Trails.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Formats: standard pulp



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Western Weekly

Country: US
Total Issues: 74

Originally a nickel weekly novel series which transformed to a story-paper in later months.

Issues & Index Sources

1-Dec-1910 – 6-Jul-1911, as American Indian Weekly

13-Jul-1911 – 25-Apr-1912, as Western Weekly:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers

Arthur Westbrook

Formats

quarto tabloid

Prices

5c

Pagecounts

32pp

Frequency

weekly

Mentioned in: Dime Novel Bibliography



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Western Winners

Country: US
Total Issues: 17

Merged with Cowboy Stories.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1935 – Jun-1936:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Street & Smith Publications, Inc., NY
Editors:   F. Orlin Tremaine
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   monthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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Western Yarns

Country: US
Total Issues: 22?

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1938 – Summer 1944?: Western Fiction Index (incomplete)

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



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Western Yarns (UK) [1942]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 6?

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1942: Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Gerald G. Swan Ltd.
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   7d
Pagecounts:   48pp


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Western Yarns (UK) [1945]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 3?

Note that one of the issues was actually titled "Ace Gripping Action Westerns" (a sister magazine) on the cover (only) and another was titled "Dynamic West" on the cover.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1945:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   International Publications Ltd., 166 Buchanan St., Glasgow
Formats:   digest
Prices:   1/6d
Pagecounts:   64pp


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West & Johnston's Standard Novels

Country: US
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources:  1864: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   West & Johnston, 145 Main St., Richmond, VA
Pagecounts:   150
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Westland Love Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 5

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1931 – Jul-1931: Western Fiction Index (sample issues only)

Publishers:   Crescent Publishing Co. Inc.
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps


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