The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

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Best Western Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 2, November 1935] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Texas Breed · Ernest Haycox · na 93 · Cattleman’s Code · Clarence E. Mulford · ss 100 · Letters from Deadwood · Alan LeMay · ss 107 · Holdup at Bitter Root Bend · Paul Evan Lehman · ss 115 · Dry Gulcher’s Pay-Off · Leland C. Messex · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 3, January 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · Texas Warrior · James Corson · nv 36 · Devil-Ride · Rollin Brown · ss MacLean’s September 1 1929 46 · Riders of Hazard · Arthur Hawthorne Carhart · nv 74 · The Iron Trail · Jack Bertin · nv 117 · The Big Springs Train Robbery · G. E. Lemmon · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 4, March 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. · [illustrations] · L. F. Bjorklund · il 6 · The Fighting Arizonian · William MacLeod Raine · nv 56 · The Looting of Golconda · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss 66 · The Texas Kid · Hugh Pendexter · nv 89 · Iron Paws · Alan LeMay · ss 102 · The Ranger Loop · Eugene Cunningham · ss 111 · Bushwhack · Rollin Brown · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 5, May 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · “Pardners” · W. C. Tuttle · nv 38 · The Troubleshooter · Eugene Cunningham · ss not the same as the story with a very similar title in the May 1934 issue of All Western Magazine. 49 · Dynamite · Raymond S. Spears · ss 60 · “Raided” · Wilbur Hall · na 104 · Outlaw’s Error · Frank C. Robertson · ss 112 · The Six-Gun Gauntlet · James Hall · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 1 No. 6, July 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) The cover gives the title as “Best Western” but the spine and contents page give it as “Best Western Magazine”. Details supplied by Tom Daniels. · [illustrations] · L. F. Bjorklund · il 6 · The Black Canyon Outlaws · Raymond Berry · na 50 · Bullets Sweep the Range · Peter Field · na 108 · The Bandit Buster · Eugene Cunningham · ss 118 · Stacked Cards · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine April 7 1934

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 1, August 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 6 · The Badlands Kid · Raymond S. Spears · nv 41 · Crossing Trails · John Carlisle · ss 48 · The Gentle Thief · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss 58 · The Sherriff Sweeps Clean · William Corcoran · ss 71 · Brand of a Gunman · Eugene Cunningham · ss 84 · Death in the Saddle · John Cannon · nv

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 2, October 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Flaming Guns · Wilbur Hall · na 34 · Keno Smith’s Last Ride · Harry S. Drago · ss 38 · Wild Horse Range · Rollin Brown · ss 47 · The Renovation of Hell-Hole · John Cannon · na 101 · Grass War · Samuel Taylor · nv

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 3, January 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by H. W. Scott) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Southwest of the Law · Clem Yore · na 50 · Pistol Poison · Mojave Lloyd · ss 60 · Phantom Rustlers · J. E. Grinstead · na 116 · Birth of San Antonio · James Hall · vi 118 · Bullet Bluff · Eugene Cunningham · ss

Best Western Magazine [v2 #4, March 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details supplied by John Locke. · [illustrations] · L. F. Bjorklund · il 8 · Gun Held Range · Carmony Gove · nv 46 · Border Rider · Eugene Cunningham · ss 53 · Brand of Hunted Men · Ken Jason · na 109 · Thieves’ Frame Up · Rex Evans · ss 121 · Snake Bites Snake! · [uncredited] · ms 121 · A Determined Bear · Eugene Cunningham · ar Adventure June 10 1924

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 5, June 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by H. W. Scott) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. · [illustrations] · L. F. Bjorklund · il 8 · Tophand Pistoleer · Wilbur Hall · na 49 · Water War · Carmony Gove · ss 57 · Crossing Trails · Colliers Rollins · ss 66 · Lead in Their Teeth · Ken Jason · na 107 · “Here’s to Your Death!” · Rex Evans · ss

Best Western Magazine [Volume 2 Number 6, September 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details taken from eBay listing. · Valley of Flaming Guns · Forrest Brown · na · Sixgun Brand · Wilbur Hall · na · Hell’s Own Reward · Bob Marsh · ss · Lead Serenade for Rustlers · Carmony Gove · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 3 No. 1, December 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details supplied by John Locke. · [illustrations] · L. F. Bjorklund · il 10 · Saddle Hawks of Apache Basin · Charles Alden Seltzer · na 64 · Pistol Reprieve · Wilbur Hall · ss 74 · Sixguns of Destiny · Ken Jason · ss 86 · Trouble on the Hoof · Luke Tyler · nv 114 · The Gunsmoke Herd · Carmony Gove · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 3 No. 2, April 1938] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep. · Hell’s Gun Roundup · Ed Earl Repp · na · Honest Cowman’s Colt Salvation · Norrell Gregory · na · Some Lawmen Use .45s · Omar Gwinn · nv · Six-Gun Tribunal · Philip L. Ketchum · ss · Judgement in Lead · Harvey Maddux · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 3 No. 3, July 1938] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. · Boothill Glory for a Tin Badge · Norton L. James · na · Two-Gun Passport · Ken Jason · na · Wild Bunch Rebellion [Butch Cassidy] · Ed Earl Repp · ss · Guns Doom Hell’s Basin · Philip Ketchum · ss · Paid in Lead · Brad Buckner · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 3 No. 4, October 1938] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp) Issue not indexed.

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 3 No. 5, February 1939] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 12 · Gunhand for the Law · Clint Warner · nv 28 · Prodigal Sons Are Fighting Fools · James Lassiter · nv 43 · Marked for Boothill · Ben Traynor · ss 54 · Pardners!—Come Hell and High Water · Ken Jason · ss 64 · A Job for Texas Triggers · Rex Evans · na 113 · Hot Lead Square-Up · John Carlisle · ss 121 · Badman, Pack Your Warbag · Charles Duncan · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 3 No. 6, April 1939] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 12 · Line-Riders of Forgotten Range · Orlando Rigoni · na 75 · A Night in the Saddle · Paul Carney · vi 77 · The Kid Deputy · Clint Warner · ss 85 · Fighting Man from Tennessee · James Dorn · ss 98 · A Gun-Ghost Rides to War · Charles D. Richardson, Jr. · ss 105 · Winchester Quarantine · Michael Cahill · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 1, August 1939] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) Issue partially indexed. · Straw Boss for Hell’s Legion · L. R. Sherman · na · Wire, Water and Six-Guns · Ken Rollins · na · “Texan, Reach for Your Guns” · Dale Lovick · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 2, October 1939] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 8 · A Gun-Champion for Hell’s Half-Acre · Peter Dawson · na 57 · King of the Corral · L. L. Foreman · ss 64 · The Rucker Boys—Killers · Glenn H. Wichman · nv 84 · Sheep Dip Elects a Sheriff · Raymond W. Porter · ss 94 · Tin-Badge, Tie Those Cutters Down! · Gunnison Steele · ss 104 · Hard Rope for a Wild Kid · W. H. B. Kent · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 3, February 1940] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 8 · The Gunfighter from the Everlosts · James P. Olsen · na 60 · Hellion, Fan That Hammer! · Peter Dawson · ss 71 · Sided by a Shorthorn · Glenn H. Wichman · ss 78 · Fury of the Feud-Law Breed · L. L. Foreman · ss 81 · Peacemaker Politics · Jack Sterrett · ss 89 · Texas Sends a Coward · Ed Earl Repp · na 105 · The Damned Die Quickly · James Dorn · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 4, July 1940] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 8 · The War-Orphan Chooses Wipe-Out · James P. Olsen · nv 28 · The Man Bootlhill Couldn’t Hold · Rodney Blake · nv 54 · Dim Trail Deputy · Gunnison Steele · ss 61 · Gratbeard on the Prod · Ken Jason · ss 68 · A Gun and a Star · Glenn H. Wichman · ss 78 · Salvation of the Showdown Clan · Rex Evans · nv 101 · Cutbank Code · James Hall · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 5, November 1940] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · The Kid Will Come with a .45 · James Dorn · na 50 · Grab a Horse, Hellion—or a Gun! · John G. Pearsol · ss 58 · Cut-Bank Welcome for Wet-Cattle Thieves · Peter Dawson · na 78 · Shallow-Grave Salvation · Glenn H. Wichman · ss 88 · Die-Hard Cub from Dodge · Ralph Berard · nv 100 · Lead Purge for a Hard-Case Town · D. B. Newton · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 6, May 1941] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details supplied by John Locke. 8 · Gunpowder in His Blood, Hell in His Holsters! · Luke Tyler · nv 45 · Killers Have to Be Tamed, Tinstar! · Rodney L. Patterson · ss; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund 56 · Paroled to Purgatory · Peter Dawson · nv; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund 81 · Colt Welcome for Wanted Men · James Dorn · ss 92 · Marshals Need Guns · Paul Evan Lehman · ss 102 · Winchester Witness [The Nevada Kid] · Ralph Berard · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 7, July 1941] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 8 · A Kid and a Colt Against Killer Range · Raymond Porter · na 66 · Gun-Law Grass Means Winchesters and War! · Harry F. Olmsted · nv 92 · Fence-Posts and Wire for Wanted Men · Peter Dawson · ss 102 · One-Way Ticket to Hell · Adam Mann · ss

Best Western Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 8, October 1941] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · When a Battle-Cub Goes All-Out with Guns · Raymond W. Porter · na 61 · We’ll Fight, Range-Hog—with Fists or .45’s! · Adam Mann · ss 72 · Too Colt-Fast to Side Satan · Rod Patterson · ss 84 · Kid Who Chose Bullets and Blood · Gunnison Steele · na 103 · Back Trail Bondage · D. B. Newton · nv