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Leading Western [Vol. 4 No. 3, January 1949] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Rebel of San Bianca · Frank Carl Young · nv

30 · Dames + Guns = Trouble · Hal Burke · nv

48 · Beauty vs. Bullets [Wilma West] · Norman Daniels · cs

56 · Bullets for the Owlhoots · Paul Hanna · ss

72 · Preaching Guns [Tex Gordon] · R. Morton · cs

80 · Blood of the Manhunter · D. D. Sharp · ss

88 · Wanted: A Two-Fisted Gun-Son · Frank Morris · ss

96 · Saddle Sore · Bryce Walton · ss

102 · Guns and the Girl · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · ss Spicy Western Stories January 1938, as “Pintada Liar” by Dale Boyd

Leading Western [Vol. 4 No. 4, May 1949] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 130pp, pulp)
Details taken from library catalogue of the National Cowboy Museum.

6 · Feuding Guns · Larry Harris · nv

30 · Shotgun Rule at Critter Crossing · J. Edward Leithead · ss; illustrated by Frank Volp

40 · The Old Indian Mine [Wilma West] · Don Tallant · cs

48 · Trail Herd from Hell · Bryce Walton · ss

62 · Death Collects the Ransom [Tex Gordon] · R. Morton · cs

70 · Phantom Lead · Wesley Peter Bryan · ss; illustrated by Al Savitt

78 · Once a Buckskin Hellion · Art Kercheval · ss; illustrated by Joseph Sokoli

84 · Printer’s Ink and Blood · John Kane · ss Speed Western Stories March 1945, as “Five-Star Final” by Luke Terry; illustrated by Newt Alfred

96 · Man Killer for Hire · William J. Glynn · ss; illustrated by Frank Volp

106 · Rustler’s Revenge · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · ss Speed Western Stories February 1945, as “Ranger Bait” by Lew Merrill; illustrated by H. W. Kiemle

Leading Western [Vol. 4 No. 5, August 1949] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Blood on the Trail · Frank C. Robertson · nv

22 · Gunsight Savvy · Cliff Walters · ss

34 · Mission to Brimstone · Spencer Frost · ss

42 · Bully’s Vengeance [Wilma West] · Don Tallant · cs

50 · Forbidden Guns · Clark Demery · ss Speed Western Stories August 1943, as “No Bloodshed” by Harold de Polo

62 · Six-Gun Showdown · Lloyd C. Lundy · ss Speed Western Stories January 1945, as “Buzzard Bait” by T. V. Faulkner

74 · Murder in the Valley [Tex Gordon] · R. Morton · cs

82 · Alias a Cowboy · Damaris Goehring · ss

88 · Branded for Murder · Paul Hanna · ss Speed Western Stories June 1944, as “Murder-Branded Gal” by Stan Warner

98 · Ride Against the Guns · Art Kercheval · ss

102 · Behind the Dark Swamp · Mark Mallory · ss

Leading Western [Vol. 4 No. 6, December 1949] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli)
Details supplied by Glenn Lord.

· Flaming Guns · Frank Carl Young · ss

· Petticoat Lawman · Nat McKelvey · ss

· Wilma West · Don Tallant · cs

· Gunsmoke Wedding · Jackson Hunt · ss

· Raging Bullets · Richard L. Barton · ss

· Tex Gordon · R. Morton · cs

· Gun Trap · E. W. Ross · ss

· Desert Bum · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · ss Speed Western Stories October 1944, as “Tex Tames the Lady” by Laurence Donovan

Leading Western [v5 #1, February 1950] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli)
Details supplied by Larry Estep.

· Crossfire in Skull City · Frank C. Robertson · nv; illustrated by Robert McCarty

· When a Man Goes Lobo · Art Kercheval · nv; illustrated by William Meilink

· Shotgun Trap [Jim Blade] · Robert Moore Williams · ss; illustrated by H. W. Kiemle

· Guns Out of the Past · Gerald James · ss Speed Western Stories December 1944, as “Gunsmoke Gets in Your Eyes” by Laurence Donovan; illustrated by Al Savitt

· Readin’, Writin’—and Shootin’ · Elmo Carey · ss Speed Western Stories November 1944, as “School Goes to a Rustler” by Larry Dunn; illustrated by Max Plaisted

· Champ or Nothing · John Kane · ss Speed Western Stories June 1944, as “Death in the Saddle” by H. A. DeRosso; illustrated by Frank Volp

· The Joking Bandit · Nat McKelvey · ss; illustrated by Jerry Altman

· The Suicide String · Gardner F. Fox · ss

· Death Lurks in Tough Towns · Roland Raines · ar

· The Curse of the Old Mine · Tom Chandler · ar

· Come and Git It! · George Hall · ar

· The Big Corral · Brazos Bill · cl

· Prey of the Rustlers [Wilma West] · Newt Alfred · cs; illustrated by Newt Alfred

· The White Sombrero [Tex Gordon] · R. Morton · cs; illustrated by R. Morton

Leading Western [v5 #2, April 1950] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli)
Details supplied by Larry Estep.

· Brushpopper Fury · Clee Woods · nv; illustrated by William Meilink

· Rig the Rope · De Witt Newbury · nv; illustrated by H. W. Kiemle

· Powdersmoke Party · Frank P. Castle · ss

· Rustler’s Son · Reese Wade · ss; illustrated by Al Savitt

· Frontier Fracas · John Kane · ss Speed Western Stories April 1945, as “The Bonetown Gun-Swindle” by Cliff M. Bisbee [Ref. Max Plaisted]

· Six-Shooter Pandemonium · L. W. Tribbett · ss

· End of the Road [Luke Lombard] · Fred Maurel · ss Fighting Western May 1945, as “No Place to Settle Down” by Giff Cheshire

· The Big Corral · Brazos Bill · cl

· Peril in Owlhoot Valley [Wilma West] · Don Tallant · cs; illustrated by Don Tallant

· Picture a Killer [Tex Gordon] · R. Morton · cs; illustrated by R. Morton

Leading Western [v5 #3, June 1950] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp)

· Fangs of the Saddle Pack · Cliff Walters · nv

· Big Red · Nat McKelvey · nv

· Salt Plains Showdown · Clark Gray · ss

· Czar of Crooked Creek · Wayne C. Lee · ss

· Ghost Town Rats · Talbot Reeves · nv Speed Western Stories June 1944, as “Ghost Town Hellions” by Laurence Donovan

· A Letter in His Pocket · Le Roy Boyd · ss

· Trial by Water · Calvin L. Boswell · ss

· Varmint’s Fate · George T. Prahl · ss Speed Western Stories December 1945, as “Owlhoot Substitute” by Edwin Truett

· The Big Corral · Brazos Bill · cl

· Wanted for Murder [Tex Gordon] · R. Morton · cs; illustrated by R. Morton

· Perilous Treasure [Wilma West] · Wallace Wood · cs; illustrated by Wallace Wood

Leading Western [v5 #4, September 1950] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp)
Details supplied by Larry Estep.

· She-Wolf of the Brush Country · Elmer Kelton · nv

· Tinhorns Don’t Stay · Phil Ray · nv

· Last Chance Town · Harrison Colt · nv; illustrated by H. W. Kiemle

· Hellcat of Rattlesnake Range [Johnny Severn] · Fred Maurel · ss

· Law of the Cow Country · Sam Lawton · ss; illustrated by H. W. Kiemle

· Deathsmoke for a Backshooter [Jim Edwards] · Tom Newton · ss

· Sodbusters Die Hard · Wayne C. Lee · ss; illustrated by H. W. Kiemle

· Gunsmoke Deadline · Frank E. Smith · ss

· The Big Corral · Brazos Bill · cl

· The Range Runs Red [Wilma West] · Keats Petree · cs; illustrated by Keats Petree

· Fracas at Owl Pass [Tex Gordon] · Ken Battefield · cs; illustrated by Ken Battefield

Leisure Westerns:
Thin Australian digest. Very little firm information is known about this title. It was published by H. John Edwards, initially under its own name, changing to Action Comics somewhere between #72 & #79 (c. 1953). Similarly the name started as Leisure Westerns but changed to Leisure Western somewhere between #86 & #95 (c. 1954).

Dating is even more difficult as none of the issues are dated. Online sources suggest that the unnumbered issues may have appeared in 1945 with the main sequence (#1 to #107) possibly appearing on a monthly basis between August 1946 and June 1955. Those dates have been adopted here for convenience though it must be stressed they are estimates only.

Based on the cover price a further group was published later in the 1950s, but even less is known about these outliers.

Leisure Westerns

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)

· Santa Fe Tenderfoot · N. Howard · nv

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)

· Lawless Range · Kevin Harte · ss

· Hot Lead for Hooded Killers · Barry Donnelly · ss

· Guns Can Talk · Lester Way · ss

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue partially indexed.

· The Texan Rides On · Kevin Harte · ss

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Details supplied by Theo Hristakos.

· Gunshot at Dawn · Kevin Harte · ss

· The Guns of Smiler Dongelley · Lester Way · ss

· A Gringo in San Gatino · K. M. Kimball · ss

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Details supplied by Theo Hristakos.

· Stranger from Tahoosen · Jack Young · nv; given as by Lester Way on the cover.

· Gun Justice · Ken Whittle · ss

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, 68pp, digest)
Details supplied by Theo Hristakos.

4 · A Gunslick Pays Out · Lind Somers · ss

9 · Big River Cattle Tally · Steve Lorenzo · nv

46 · Hondo Hellfire · Bill East · ss

53 · Six-Gun Pardon · Larry Dent · ss

61 · Man Hunt · Barry Raven · ss

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Details supplied by Theo Hristakos.

3 · The San Emraldo Outlaw · Jack Young · nv

24 · Red-Skin Treachery · Lester Way · nv

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards, 6d, digest)
Issue partially indexed.

· Junction Justice · K. Whittle · nv

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards, 6d, digest)
Issue partially indexed.

· The Wrong Brand · Stan Hennell · nv

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards, 6d, digest)
Issue partially indexed.

· Trick Stallion · S. Hennell · nv

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards, 6d, digest)
Issue partially indexed.

· The Hunted Avenger · Lester Way · nv

Leisure Westerns [nn, 1945?] (H. John Edwards, 6d, digest)
Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

3 · The Brand of a Killer · Lester Way · nv

29 · The Angry Tenderfoot · Jack Young · ss

42 · Serenade with Six-Guns · K. M. Kimball · ss

Leisure Westerns [#1, August 1946?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue not indexed.

Leisure Westerns [#2, September 1946?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue not indexed.

Leisure Westerns [#3, October 1946?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Details supplied by Theo Hristakos.

3 · The Cross T Range · Ken Whittle · ss

20 · The Trigger Man · K. M. Kimball · ss

31 · Hot Lead & Gold Dust · Jack Young · ss

Leisure Westerns [#4, November 1946?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue not indexed.

Leisure Westerns [#5, December 1946?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue not indexed.

Leisure Westerns [#6, January 1947?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue not indexed.

Leisure Westerns [#7, February 1947?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue not indexed.

Leisure Westerns [#8, March 1947?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue not indexed.

Leisure Westerns [#9, April 1947?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue not indexed.

Leisure Westerns [#10, May 1947?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue not indexed.

Leisure Westerns [#11, June 1947?] (H. John Edwards Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 6d, digest)
Issue not indexed.

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