Checklists

Western Trails

A Canadian reprint edition exists for the magazine.

There is also an anomalous cover that appears to be for Western Trails but actually illustrates stories in a different magazine from the same publisher.

1928
v1 #2
Oct
v1 #3
Nov
v1 #4
Dec

1929
v2 #1
Jan
v2 #2
Feb
v2 #3
Mar
v2 #4
Apr
v3 #1
May
v3 #2
Jun
v3 #3
Jul
v3 #4
Aug
v4 #1
Sep/Oct
v4 #3
Nov

1930
v4 #4
Jan v5 #1
Feb
v5 #2
Mar
v5 #3
Apr v5 #4
May v6 #1
Jun
v6 #2
Jul v6 #3
Sep v6 #4
Oct v7 #1
Nov v7 #2
Dec

1931
v7 #3
Jan
v7 #4
Feb v8 #1
Mar v8 #2
Apr
v8 #3
May
v8 #4
Jun
v9 #1
Jul
v9 #2
Aug
v9 #3
Sep
v9 #4
Oct
v10 #1
Nov
v10 #2
Dec

1932
v10 #3
Jan
v10 #4
Feb
v11 #1
Mar
v11 #2
Apr
v11 #3
Jun
v11 #4
Aug
v12 #1
Sep
v12 #2
Oct
v12 #3
Nov
v12 #4
Dec

1933
v13 #1
Jan
v13 #2
Feb
v13 #3
Mar
v13 #4
Apr
v14 #1
May/Jun
v14 #2
Jul
v14 #3
Aug
v14 #4
Sep
v15 #1
Oct
v15 #2
Nov
v15 #3
Dec

1934
v15 #4
Jan
v16 #1
Feb
v16 #2
Mar
v16 #3
Apr
v16 #4
May
v17 #1
Jun
v17 #2
Jul
v17 #3
Aug
v17 #4
Sep
v18 #1
Oct
v18 #2
Nov
v18 #3
Dec

1935
v18 #4
Jan
v19 #1
Feb
v19 #2
Mar
v19 #3
Apr
v19 #4
May
v20 #1
Jun
v20 #2
Jul
v20 #3
Aug
v20 #4
Sep
v21 #1
Oct
v21 #2
Nov
v21 #3
Dec

1936
v21 #4
Jan
v22 #1
Feb
v22 #2
Mar
v22 #3
Apr
v22 #4
May
v23 #1
Jun
v23 #2
Jul
v23 #3
Aug
v23 #4
Sep
v24 #1
Oct
v24 #2
Nov
v24 #3
Dec

1937
v24 #4
Jan
v25 #1
Feb
v25 #2
Mar
v25 #3
Apr
v25 #3
May
v25 #4
Jun
v26 #1
Jul
v26 #2
Aug
v26 #3
Sep
v26 #4
Oct
v27 #4
Nov
v28 #1
Dec

1938
v28 #2
Jan
v28 #3
Feb
v28 #4
Mar
v29 #1
Apr
v29 #2
May
v29 #3
Jul
v29 #4
Sep
v30 #1
Nov

1939
v30 #2
Jan
v30 #3
Mar
v30 #4
May
v31 #1
Jul
v31 #2
Sep
v31 #3
Nov

1940
v31 #4
Jan
v32 #1
Mar
v32 #2
May
v32 #3
Jul
v32 #4
Sep
v33 #1
Nov

1941
v33 #2
Jan
v33 #3
Mar
v33 #4
May
v34 #1
Jul
v34 #2
Sep
v34 #3
Nov

1942
v34 #4
Jan
v35 #1
Mar
v35 #2
May
v35 #3
Jul
v35 #4
Sep
v36 #1
Nov

1943
v36 #2
Jan
v36 #3
Mar
v36 #4
May
v37 #1
Jul
v37 #2
Sep
v37 #3
Nov

1944
v37 #4
Jan
v38 #1
Mar v38 #2
May
v38 #3
Aug
v38 #4
Oct
v39 #1
Dec

1945
v39 #2
Feb
v39 #3
Apr
v39 #4
Jun
v40 #1
Aug
v40 #2
Oct
v40 #3
Dec

1946
v40 #4
Feb
v41 #1
Apr
v41 #2
Jul
v41 #3
Sep
v41 #4
Nov

1947
v42 #1
Jan
v42 #2
Mar
v42 #3
May
v42 #4
Jul
v43 #1
Oct
v43 #2
Dec

1948
v43 #3
Feb
v43 #4
Apr
v44 #1
Jun
v44 #2
Aug
v44 #3
Oct
v44 #4
Dec

1949
v45 #1
Feb
v45 #2
Apr

Canadian reprint edition

Other issues probably exist.

1942 v33 #9
Sep v33 #10
Nov

1943
v33 #11
Jan v33 #12
Mar v34 #1
May

1944

1945 v34 #9
Jan v35 #1
Nov

1946
v35 #2
Jan v35 #6
Sep

1947
v35 #9
Mar
v35 #10
May v35 #12
Sep

1948 v36 #2
Jan v36 #3
May v36 #4
Jul v36 #5
Sep v36 #6
Nov

1949 v36 #7
Jan v36 #8
Mar
v36 #9
May v36 #11
Sep

Anomalous cover

This cover, painted by Walter M. Baumhofer, is typically cited as illustrating the March 1930 issue of Western Trails but actually illustrates the stories in the March 1929 issue of Golden West Magazine from the same publisher. Whether the wrong magazine logo was printed by mistake, or the stories were originally planned for Western Trails and switched at the last minute is not known. Similarly it is not currently known if Baumhofer's artwork was used on the appropriate issue of Golden West Magazine (though it seems likely).