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Best Western [v4 #1, November 1953] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Hard One to Kill Off · Ben B. Sampselle · ss 12 · Gun-Loose · Paul Durst · n. 59 · The Badlands Kind · Bryan Croghan · nv 69 · The Ma-Mush-Nu · W. K. Putney · ss 70 · Up the Trail! · Ken Jason · na 100 · Bullet-Boss for Eternal Range · Peter Dawson · na Complete Western Book Magazine May 1939, as “A Gun-Boss for Eternal Range”

Best Western [v4 #2, January 1954] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Larry Estep. His Swift and Deadly Gunhand · Lewis B. Patten · na Matching Colts · Ken Jason · na A Good Town for Trouble · T. J. Roemer · nv The Sourdough’s Klondike Express · Ben B. Sampselle · ss The Last Hellion · Cy Kees · ss

Best Western [v4 #3, March 1954] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from eBay listing. The Hell in the Holster · Frank C. Robertson · na Wanted: A War-Cub to Smash the Syndicate · Robert E. Mahaffay · nv Western Short Stories Nov 1940 The Wild One’s Red Revenge · Jim Kjelgaard · nv Western Short Stories Aug 1948 No Family to Fool With · John Lumsden · nv Instead of a Massacre · Noel M. Loomis · ss Rendezvous · Robert Turner · ss

Best Western [v4 #4, June 1954] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Larry Estep. Hard Man in a Hurry · Louis Trimble · na Wildcat Creek · L. P. Holmes · na Tough Town · Rex Evans · nv The Troopers Custer Forgot · Noel M. Loomis · ss Final Decision · James Clyde Harper · ss

Best Western [v4 #5, September 1954] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Stranger’s Gun · Ray Gaulden · na 1939 28 · “Come and Take It!” · Will C. Brown · ss 32 · Stage for Hell · Peter Dawson · na 76 · They Riled the Wrong Man · Lauran Paine · na 89 · Outlaw · D. D. Sharp · ss 95 · Change of Luck · Wm. L. Jackson · ss

Best Western [v4 #6, December 1954] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Larry Estep. Wild · Ray Townsend · na The Gunfighter She Hired · Kenneth L. Sinclair · na Kid Who Got Tough · John H. Latham · na A Man to Ride With · William J. Glynn · nv The Long Chance · William Vance · nv Paid in Full · Stephen Payne · ss High Stakes · Archie Joscelyn · ss

Best Western [v5 #1, March 1955] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. The Hell at Hondo · Leslie Ernenwein · na Ghost Badge for a Tinhorn · Peter Dawson · na Complete Western Book Magazine Jun 1938 Change in the Wind · Giles A. Lutz · nv Wildtown Girl · Theodore J. Roemer · nv Louie’s Mad Ride · William Vance · ss Loco · Vern Carr · ss A Little Range War · Ed La Vanway · ss

Best Western [v5 #2, June 1955] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · A Man with a Gun · John K. Butler · n. 27 · Last Day · Les Reasoner · ss 33 · Bad Girl on His Backtrail · H. A. DeRosso · nv 41 · One from Tombstone · Lauran Paine · ss 44 · The Empty Grave · H. G. Ashburn · ss 52 · The Battle for Roswell · Noel Loomis · ss 58 · Instead of a Hangnoose · Carl Mincemoyer · ss 65 · Strange Exile of the Circle-C Kid · James Shaffer · ss 1947 74 · Colt-Baptism for an Outcast · Gunnison Steele · ss Western Short Stories May 1939 80 · Ghost-Guards Ride the Sunset Stage · Peter Dawson · nv Western Short Stories Mar 1939

Best Western [v5 #3, September 1955] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Look Over Your Shoulder · William Vance · na 20 · The Fort McKenzie Massacre · Noel M. Loomis · ss 24 · When Trails Divide · George H. Roulston · ss 32 · The Big Smash · Kenneth L. Sinclair · n. 50 · One Was Tough · Larry Powell · ss 54 · The Man from Everywhere · Philip Morgan · ss 61 · They Were Horses, Not Indians · Harry H. Kroll · ss 67 · Powdersmoke Reprieve · D. B. Newton · ss Western Novel and Short Stories Sep 1941 73 · Man Behind the Star · Lloyd Eric Reeve · na Complete Western Book Magazine Dec 1939 81 · .45 Freedom · Ray Townsend · ss Western Short Stories Feb 1949 90 · The Sixguns Hell Couldn’t Silence · L. P. Holmes · ss Western Short Stories Feb 1942

Best Western [v5 #4, December 1955] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 4 · Death of a Gunfighter · Lewis B. Patten · na 38 · Last One Standing · Russ Winterbotham · ss 43 · Curse of Murieta · Noel M. Loomis · ss 46 · A Man’s Way of Doing · Elsa Barker · nv 55 · Bad Place to Die [Ward McQueen; Kim Sartain] · Louis L’Amour · nv 65 · Shoot-Out for Shorthorns Only · Robert E. Mahaffay · nv Western Short Stories Jul 1941 74 · Killer Colts Deliver a Doomed Herd · L. L. Foreman · nv Western Novel and Short Stories Sep 1941 88 · Range-Rebel Religion · Rod Patterson · nv Complete Western Book Magazine May 1940

Best Western [v5 #5, March 1956] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Gary Garner. 4 · Hell-Bent · Lewis B. Patten · nv 19 · The Storm · Richard Harper · ss 24 · Boy on a Man’s Errand · Walker A. Tompkins · nv 45 · Whiskey, Women, and Fighting · J. L. Bouma · ss 52 · Lonely Ride · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss 62 · The Outlaw’s Kiss · Lloyd Kevin · ss 68 · Shoot-Out at Waukomis · Glenn Shirley · ss; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund 70 · Colt-Handy and Battle-Wise! · Glenn H. Wichman · nv Two-Gun Western Novels Magazine Sep 1941

Best Western [v5 #6, June 1956] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 100pp, pulp) Details supplied by Hal Hall from Table of Contents. 4 · She Had Red Lips, He Had a Six-Gun · H. A. DeRosso · na 35 · The Towntamers · John Lumsden · ss 41 · Last Bullet · Thomas Middleton · ss 44 · Cowboy Fever · S. Omar Barker · nv 54 · The Straight and Narrow · William Vance · nv 64 · Peaceable Jones and the Careless Barber · Edwin Booth · ss 69 · Long Winter · Ray G. Ellis · ss 72 · The Man-Breaker · Wayne D. Overholser · na Five Western Novels Jan 1948

Best Western [v6 #1, September 1956] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Crair) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 5 · Those Texas Cowboys · S. Omar Barker · pm 6 · Two Guns Two Faces · William Vance · nv 18 · Too Tough · Hascal Giles · ss 25 · Strangers in His House · L. D. Geumlek · ss; given as by L. G. Geumlek in the Table of Contents. 31 · The Terrible Cowboy · Stephen Payne · n. 51 · Where Did All the Bullets Come From? · Noel M. Loomis · ar 57 · Not Much More than a Trigger · Russ Winterbotham · ss 62 · Satan’s Segundo · Wayne D. Overholser · na 1950 92 · A Hero for Hattie · W. J. Reynolds · ss

Best Western [v6 #2, December 1956] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 5 · Cattle Country Christmas Quiz · James Hines · qz 6 · Got to Get Home · Marvin De Vries · na 23 · Up Tangle Creek · Russ Winterbotham · ss 29 · The Wax Tear · Gordon Forbes · ss 36 · Law of the Strong · D. B. Newton · na Western Novels and Short Stories Sep 1950 69 · She Wanted the Gunman · Lin Searles · nv 78 · Big Coup · George C. Appell · ss 86 · The Settlers · T. C. McClary · nv 94 · Last Night · Archie Joscelyn · ss

Best Western [v6 #3, March 1957] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Hal Hall. 4 · Tough Man · Will Cook · na 20 · Along the Trail · S. Omar Barker · pm Western Short Stories Dec 1956 21 · The Storm · Adolph Bennauer · ss 29 · Till Death · Don West · ss 31 · Big Game · J. L. Bouma · nv 40 · The Long Roll · L. L. Foreman · nv 48 · “He’s Staying” · George C. Appell · nv 56 · Mystery of the Quick-Death Kid · D. B. Newton · nv 1949 85 · Diagnosis: Lead Fever · Talmage Powell · nv

Bestseller Mystery Magazine    (about) Continuation of the Bestseller Library and Bestseller Mystery series which, for the first 209 issues, featured either full-length or abridged mystery novels. With issue Number 210 the title changed to Bestseller Mystery Magazine and each issue contained additional short stories. It is likely that most or all of the lead novels were abridged. Publishers: Mercury Publications, Inc.; 527 Madison Avenue, New York 22, NY: Bestseller Mystery Magazine Editors: Joseph W. Ferman - Editor: Bestseller Mystery Magazine

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #1, #210, July 1958] (35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Black Path of Fear · Cornell Woolrich · n. Doubleday 1944 104 · Funny Name · Algis Budrys · ss 108 · Run Into Trouble · Lawrence Treat · ss 120 · The Well-Liked Victim · Craig Rice · ss 126 · Sporting Blood · B. M. Atkinson, Jr. · ss Collier’s Jul 21 1951

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #2, #211, September 1958] (35¢, digest) Project: Murder · James M. Fox · n. (r) Night Call · Paul W. Fairman · ss The Willow Tree · Jack Thomas · ss Teletype · Will F. Jenkins · ss Collier’s Mar 16 1956

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #3, #212, November 1958] (35¢, digest) The cover lists “The Deadliest Art” by Robert Bloch and it is unclear what relationship that bears to the two stories listed below. Wish You Were Dead · Helen McCloy · n. Random House 1948, as She Walks Alone The Ungallant Hunter · Robert Bloch · ss The Fast Fix · Robert Bloch · ss The End of the Line · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Shadow Mystery Aug/Sep 1948 Mystery Puzzle · Vito Zambiglioni · ss "I’ll Take Care of You" · George Johnson · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #4, #213, January 1959] (35¢, digest) The Almost Dead · William Herber · n. J.B. Lippincott 1957 The Date · Stella Ripley · ss Prophet and the Damned · Fletcher Flora · ss Ay Yi, said the Parson · Lee Hays · ss The Cure · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy Oct 1957

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #5, #214, March 1959] (35¢, digest) Wings of Death · Brandon Bird · n. (r) Never Look Back · Avram Davidson & Chester Cohen · ss Account Settled · Robert Zacks · ss The Intruders · Evan Hunter · ss Adventure Apr 1954

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #6, #215, May 1959] (35¢, digest) The Man on the Cliff · Andrew Garve · n. Collins 1954, as The Riddle of Samson; abridged. Manners with Murder · Richard Howells Watkins · ss Monday’s Washday · Lee Hays · ss Getting Rid of George · Robert Arthur · ss A Clear Case of Horticulture · Dion Henderson · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #7, #216, July 1959] (35¢, digest) The Dying Fall · Henry Wade · n. Constable 1955; abridged. The Night of the Earthquake · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Weapon of Fear · Joseph Whitehill · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #8, #217, September 1959] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (35¢, 132pp, digest) Details supplied by Todd Mason. 5 · First Class Murder [David Madden] · Doris Miles Disney · n. Doubleday 1956, as Unappointed Rounds; abridged.; illustrated by John Giunta 102 · Mousetrapped · Neill C. Wilson · vi 106 · Silhouette of a Killer · T. E. Brooks · ss This Week Sep 22 1957 113 · Pour on Water · Lee Hays · ss 118 · The Visitor · Richard Winkler · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v1 #9, #218, November 1959] (35¢, digest) The Grasshopper Murders · Maurice Procter · n. (r) Is There a Doctor in the House? · Ruth Chessman · ss The Reality of Unreality · Ed Lacy · ss Death at Dawn · Stanley Rosen · ss

Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v2 #1, #219, January 1960] (35¢, digest) The Man Who Didn’t Fly · Margot Bennett · n. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1955 The D.A.’s Reputation · Joseph R. Marshall · ss Nine Roses for the Commissar · Oscar Schisgall · ss Till Death Do Us Part · Robert Bloch · ss A Small Favor · Arthur Porges · ss