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Pete Rice Western Adventures [v6 #1, May 1936] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep & Len Robbins. 8 · Desert Banshee [Pete Rice] · Austin Gridley (by Ben Conlon) · na 72 · Murder at Rattler Gulch · Ben Conlon · nv 90 · Gunman’s Holiday · Wilfred McCormick · ss 100 · Death Deals a Deuce · Bruce Harley (by Ben Conlon) · nv 116 · Swapped Colors · Rand Allison (by Wilfred McCormick) · ss · The Lone Star State · [uncredited] · ar · The Pete Rice Club · [uncredited] · cl

Pete Rice Western Adventures [v6 #2, June 1936] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep & Len Robbins. 8 · Death Stalks the Hoot-Owl [Pete Rice] · Austin Gridley (by Ben Conlon) · na 67 · One Shot Left · Cliff Walters · ss 72 · Drake Cleans Up · W. H. B. Kent · nv 90 · Funeral Canyon · Ben Conlon · nv 109 · Bad Man’s Blunder · Gunnison Steele · ss 115 · Murder Hide-Out · George Allan Moffatt · ss · Movie Guide · Robert Sidman · ar · The Pete Rice Club · [uncredited] · cl

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Pioneer Western (1930s)   (about)

Pioneer Western [v1 #1, August 1937] ed. Willard Crosby (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Jerome Rozen) Details supplied by John Locke. · [illustrations] · Amos Sewell · il · [illustrations] · Monroe Eisenberg · il 4 · Frontier Tamers · The Editor · ed 6 · The Out-Trail to Glory · The Pioneer · cl 8 · Westward—To Blood and Glory · Cliff Farrell · na 38 · Pioneers of the Old West: Kit Carson · Cedric W. Windas · ia 40 · Wilderness Voyageurs · Harry F. Olmsted · ss 57 · A Recruit for Sam Houston · John G. Pearsol · ss 68 · When Justice Rode by Night · Walt Coburn · ss 87 · Mate for a Plainsman · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 96 · Massacre at Needle Butte · Winslow Smith · ss 113 · Death Waits for Trail Drivers · John Cameron Gardner · ss 122 · Pioneer Outpost · Various · cl

Pioneer Western [v1 #2, September 1937] ed. Willard Crosby (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 4 · Glorious Heritage · The Editor · ed 8 · War Call for Mountain Men · The Pioneer · cl 10 · Signal Fires Light the Wagon Trails · Cliff Farrell · na 40 · Pioneers of the Old West: Jim Bowie · Cedric W. Windas · ia 42 · White Scout in War Paint · Harry F. Olmsted · ss 58 · Cub of the Wilderness Pack · Foster-Harris · ss 68 · A Man for the Mormon Fighting Line · Robert E. Mahaffay · ss 85 · No Law to Stop a Texan · John G. Pearsol · ss 94 · Buckskin Can’t Hide a Coward · John Doniphan · ss 106 · Death’s Two-Man Caravan · Winslow Smith · ss 123 · Pioneer Outpost · Various · cl

Pioneer Western [v1 #3, October 1937] ed. Willard Crosby (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 4 · Sons of the Alamo · The Editor · ed 8 · Wagon Trail to Glory · The Pioneer · cl 10 · Doom Wagons West to Santa Fe · Harry F. Olmsted · na 40 · Pioneers of the Old West: Jim Bridger · Cedric W. Windas · ia 42 · Last of the Mountain Men · Robert E. Mahaffay · ss 52 · Queen of the Far Frontier · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss 69 · Powder for Massacre Outpost · John G. Pearsol · ss 78 · Homestead for the Brave · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 88 · Iron Men in Moccasins · Cliff Farrell · ss 106 · Pioneer Outpost · Various · cl

Pioneer Western (1950s)   (about)

Pioneer Western [Vol. 1 No. 1, December 1950] ed. Donald A. Wollheim (Avon Periodicals, Inc., 25¢, 129+32pp, pulp) Includes an unpaginated 32-page section of comic strips between pages 50 and 51, reprinting the entire contents of Geronimo #1, August 1950. 4 · Lone Wolf Vigilante of Boulder Gulch · Roe Richmond · nv 25 · Horse Thief Payoff · William Hopson · ss 28 · Brand of the Caprock Breed · Will C. Brown · ss 38 · “Range Hogs, Beware!” · W. P. Brothers · ss 45 · Coyote Blood · C. William Harrison · nv · Geronimo and His Horde of Redskin Rebels! · Ira Zweifach · cs Geronimo (comic) #1, 1950; illustrated by Joe Maneely · Geronimo and the Crawford Expedition · Ira Zweifach · cs Geronimo (comic) #1, 1950; illustrated by Joe Maneely · The Texas Ranger: The White Comanche · E. J. Bellin · cs Geronimo (comic) #1, 1950; illustrated by E. Balter · Geronimo and the San Pedro Pass Massacre! · Ira Zweifach · cs Geronimo (comic) #1, 1950; illustrated by Joe Maneely 83 · .44 for a Stranger · Robert Moore Williams · ss 90 · The Rebel of Navajo Rock · Walt Sheldon · nv; illustrated by H. W. Kiemle 110 · Return of the Gun Clan · Dean Owen · ss

Pocket Reader Series   (about) A series of small paperbacks that are variously listed as anthologies or magazines. Contents of issues varied between detective, romance and westerns. Publishers: T.V.Boardman & Co., Ltd.; 14 Cockspur Street, London SW1: Pocket Reader Series.

Pocket Reader Series [No. 101, Detective Tales, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Partial reprint of the April 1940 issue of Detective Tales. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Assignment from the Grave · Philip Ketchum · nv Detective Tales April 1940 40 · Dead Men Laugh Last · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales April 1940 58 · Call Girls Die Young [Regginald “Reggie” Royce] · Fred MacIsaac · nv Detective Tales April 1940 88 · Death-House Interlude · [uncredited] · ss Detective Tales April 1940, as by Robert Morocco & Harry Forbes

Pocket Reader Series [No. 102, Western Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 94pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Partial reprint of the April 1940 issue of Dime Western Magazine. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Beyond the Law Frontier · Barry Cord · nv Dime Western Magazine April 1940 37 · Too Soft for the Owlhoot! · Walt Coburn · nv Dime Western Magazine April 1940 64 · Fiddle Yawberry—Fighting Man! · Tom Roan · nv Dime Western Magazine April 1940

Pocket Reader Series [No. 103, Romance Series, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · The Golden Road · Eric Hatch · na Good Housekeeping October 1941 (+4)

Pocket Reader Series [No. 104, Detective Tales, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Partial reprint of the April 1940 issue of Detective Tales. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · The Corpse Promoter [Cash Wale] · Peter Paige · na Detective Tales April 1940 54 · Clothes Make the Corpse! · D. L. Champion · ss Detective Tales April 1940 64 · The Brass-Button Murders [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv Detective Tales April 1940

Pocket Reader Series [No. 105, Western Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Partial reprint of the April 1940 issue of Dime Western Magazine. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Thirty Wagons to Hell · Harry F. Olmsted · na Dime Western Magazine April 1940 49 · Way-Station for Horse Thieves · Dee Linford · nv Dime Western Magazine April 1940 83 · Gunman Godfather · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss Dime Western Magazine April 1940

Pocket Reader Series [No. 106, Romance Series, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Bright Star · Eric Hatch · na The American Magazine December 1942 (+2), as “Star Bright”

Pocket Reader Series [No. 107, Detective Tales, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Partial reprint of the June 1940 issue of Detective Tales. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · No Miracles in Murder [Edward Carl Flame (Dr. Flame)] · Norbert Davis · nv Detective Tales June 1940 30 · Blood Feeds the Flames [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv Detective Tales June 1940 66 · The Devil’s Mouthpiece · B. B. Fowler · nv Detective Tales June 1940

Pocket Reader Series [No. 108, Western Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Brand of the Tombstone Killer · Roy de S. Horn · nv Dime Western Magazine May 1940 35 · Junk-Heap Lawman · Harry F. Olmsted · ss Ace-High Western Magazine August 1936 50 · Furlough from the Gun Trails · Philip Ketchum · ss Dime Western Magazine May 1940 78 · The Gunsmoke Ha’ant of Black Bute · Dee Linford · ss Dime Western Magazine May 1940

Pocket Reader Series [No. 109, Romance Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Amateur Siren · Peggy Gaddis · nv 1940 31 · Heartbreak · Gertrude Curtis Ryan · pm (r) 32 · Free Love · Elaine Heyward · ss (r) 52 · She Wanted Excitement · Claire Pomeroy · nv (r) 78 · Forever Yours · Martha Dorman Arthur · ss (r)

Pocket Reader Series [No. 110, Detective Tales, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Partial reprint of the June 1940 issue of Detective Tales. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Corpses on the Force [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv Detective Tales June 1940 34 · Tell Her That You Saw Me · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales June 1940 50 · Boy Meets Girl—in Hell · Costa Carousso · ss Detective Tales June 1940 66 · Hate and the Captain’s Lady · Leslie T. White · ss Detective Tales June 1940 83 · Key to a Killer’s Heart · Wyatt Blassingame · ss Detective Tales June 1940

Pocket Reader Series [No. 111, Western Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Gun-Partners of the Overland Mails · Walt Coburn · nv Dime Western Magazine May 1940 70 · Free Land Bought in Blood · L. L. Thompson · nv (r)

Pocket Reader Series [No. 112, Romance Stories, 1948] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 96pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Loves Tries Twice · Ruth Herbert · nv 39 · As Is · Grace Meredith · pm 40 · Stand in for Love · Dorothy Street · nv 66 · Patsy Took Happiness · Gertrude Schalk · ss 85 · Love Lasts Five Years · Ruth Brown · ss

Pocket Reader Series [No. 113, Detective Tales, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.75″ x 6.75″) Partial reprint of the February 1940 issue of Detective Tales. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Cash for a Killer [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · na Dime Detective Magazine February 1940 62 · History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl (r) 64 · Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · cl (r)

Pocket Reader Series [No. 114, Western Stories, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Kill That Rio Rebel! · Bob Obets · na New Western Magazine July 1946 38 · Hell-on-the-Hoof! · Charles Irwin · ss New Western Magazine July 1946 52 · Wolver! · John Bodrero · ss New Western Magazine July 1946

Pocket Reader Series [No. 115, Romance Stories, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Issue not indexed.

Pocket Reader Series [No. 116, Western Stories, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Partial reprint of the October 10, 1942 issue of Wild West Weekly. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Dinero for the Devil [The Border Eagle] · Philip F. Deere (by Walker A. Tompkins) · na Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly October 10 1942 41 · Sheriff’s Savvy · Walker Tompkins · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly October 10 1942 51 · Western Quiz · [uncredited] · qz Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly October 10 1942, as “¿Quien Sabe?” 52 · Use a Gun or Forget It! · Jack Sterrett · ss Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly October 10 1942

Pocket Reader Series [No. 117, Detective Tales, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Partial reprint of the February 1940 issue of Detective Tales, plus one story from elsewhere. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Death Deals in Dust [Ethan Burr] · Russell Gray · nv Strange Detective Mysteries May 1940 30 · Tough on Rats · Leslie T. White · ss Dime Detective Magazine February 1940 49 · The Corpse with the Missing Finger · [uncredited] · ss Dime Detective Magazine February 1940, as by Riley Williams 62 · Fantastic but True · [uncredited] · ia (r)

Pocket Reader Series [No. 118, Western Stories, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.0″ x 5.5″) Partial reprint of the August 1947 issue of Big-Book Western Magazine. Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Open Up Those Boothill Gates! · Tom Roan · na Big-Book Western Magazine August 1947 34 · The Hunted · Harrison Colt · ss Big-Book Western Magazine August 1947 50 · Keko’s on the Kill! [Keko] · [uncredited] · ss Big-Book Western Magazine August 1947, as by Harold F. Cruickshank 63 · Frontier Oddities · [uncredited] · ia Big-Book Western Magazine August 1947, as by Waggener & Robbins

Pocket Reader Series [No. 119, Detective Tales, 1949] (T.V. Boardman, 6d, 64pp, 4.75″ x 6.75″) Details supplied by Tom Lesser. 2 · Crime on My Hands · Tom Marvin · nv New Detective Magazine November 1948 27 · Mayhem in the A.M. · Frank Donovan · ss Detective Tales September 1948 30 · The Corpse Is Familiar · Bruce Cassiday · ss Detective Tales September 1948 43 · Easy Kill · Talmage Powell · ss Detective Tales September 1948 58 · Last Stop · Henry Guth · ss New Detective Magazine November 1948