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Top-Notch Western [v2 #2, November 1938] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 8 · The Cowman Who Rode Through Hell · Ken Jason · na 73 · Mark of the Owlhoot · Rex Evans · ss 84 · Bushwhack Bounty · John Cannon · vi 87 · Nester’s Gunslick Saddlemate · James Lassiter · ss 97 · Satan Loses a Badman · David X. Manners · ss 106 · Hard-Rope Heritage · Jack Sterrett · ss

Top-Notch Western [v2 #3, February 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by H. W. Scott) Details supplied by John Locke. 12 · The Kid from Arizona · James Dorn · na 68 · The Gold Steal of Coyote Bend · Jack McCoy · ss 78 · The Yucca Kid Pays Up · W. Clyde Young · ss 86 · A Fool for Trouble · Barry Norton · ss 99 · Bullhide Peters—Manbreaker · Gunnison Steele · ss 105 · Pardner’s Gun Salvation · Omar Gwinn · ss

Top-Notch Western [v2 #4, August 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Gunman Who Rode with God · Lon Taylor · na 56 · Gun to Gun · Roy Morton · ss 64 · Hell-Bent for the Border · Walter Parks · ss 74 · The Taming of Ironheart · Clem Miley · nv 90 · Lead Marks the Glory Trail · W. C. Gilbert · ss 98 · A Blood-Brother Goes Renegade · John Curtis · nv 106 · Five Against One in Tombstone · M. Howard Lane · ss

Top-Notch Western [v2 #5, December 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 10 · The Boomerang Brand Pays Off · Kenneth A. Fowler · nv 34 · Gunman from the Grave · Norman A. Fox · ss 42 · West of Dodge City · Ralph Berard · ss 52 · Return of the Hard-Luck Kid · Luke Tyler · nv 101 · Owlhooter’s Last Tally · Orlando Rigoni · ss

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Top Western Fiction Annual    (about)

Top Western Fiction Annual [v1 #1, 1950] (Best Books Inc., 25¢, 196pp, pulp, cover by Sam Cherry) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Hola, Western Fans! · [The Editor] · ed 5 · The Texas Rangers · Jackson Cole · na 68 · Tied Triggers · T. W. Ford · nv Popular Western Oct 1937 83 · Badland Crosstrails · Russell A. Bankson · ss Popular Western Dec 1937 91 · Those Card-Sharp Blues · Simpson M. Ritter · ar 92 · Canyon of No Return · C. William Harrison · nv Popular Western Jan 1938 108 · Murder Mesa · Ray Humphreys · ss Thrilling Western May 1935 116 · Killer Sign · Don Alviso · nv Popular Western Jul 1937 130 · Wild Bill Hickok’s Early Start · Tex Gainsville · ar 131 · Framed at Wolfhead · Gunnison Steele · ss Thrilling Western Apr 1935 140 · Blue Lightnin’ · Bradford Scott · ss 144 · The Sudden Deputy · Lawrence A. Keating · ss Thrilling Ranch Stories Aug 1936 154 · Too Many Heroes · Ray Nafziger · ss Thrilling Western Mar 1935 163 · Liar West of the Pecos · Allan R. Bosworth · ss Popular Western Dec 1937 170 · Bullet Justice · A. Leslie · na Thrilling Ranch Stories Jun 1936

Top Western Fiction Annual [v1 #2, 1951] (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 160pp, pulp, cover by Sam Cherry) Details supplied by K. Becker. 6 · Snake in the Grass · Tom Parsons · ss Triple Western Feb 1948 9 · Roundup · Anon. · ed 10 · The Riders of Carne Cove · Wayne D. Overholser · na West Jan 1947 83 · A Medal for the Sheriff · Hal G. Evarts · ss Thrilling Western Feb 1947 92 · West of Windigo · Norrell Gregory · nv Exciting Western May 1947 107 · And When I Find It · Allan R. Bosworth · ss Thrilling Ranch Stories Jul 1947 117 · It Really Isn’t So! · Bess Ritter · ms 118 · Thirty Days Has Sam Reber · Joseph Chadwick · nv The Rio Kid Western Oct 1947 137 · Steaks or Calves? · Sam Brant · ms 138 · High Moon Kill · William Hopson · ss West Aug 1947 149 · Curtains for a Killer · John Jo Carpenter · ss West Oct 1947

Top Western Fiction Annual [v1 #3, 1952] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. The Best of the West · Anon. · ed 6 · Under Fire · S. Omar Barker · ss Popular Western Apr 1936 10 · Riders of the Shadows · Allan R. Bosworth · nv Thrilling Ranch Stories Dec 1939 49 · Billy Dixon’s Great Shot · Norman B. Wiltsey · ar 50 · Green Stones of Death · Gunnison Steele · ss Thrilling Adventures Aug 1941 58 · San Francisco Storekeeper · Bess Ritter · ar 59 · Spurs for a Tenderfoot · Ben Frank · ss Thrilling Western Jun 1947 67 · Lunch with Clay Allison · William Carter · ar [Clay Allison] 68 · Too Tough to Handle · Syl MacDowell · na Thrilling Western Mar 1939; illustrated by Farren 104 · Manhunter · Barry Storm · ss Popular Western Jan 1938; illustrated by Al Savitt 115 · Stage Driver’s Trust · Mel Pitzer · ss Range Riders Western Feb 1945 119 · Killer · Joe Archibald · ss West Jul 1943; illustrated by Ed DeLavy 129 · Texas John Alden [Breckenridge Elkins] · Patrick Ervin · ss Masked Rider Western May 1944; illustrated by Farren 140 · V Is for Vengeance · Jack Byrne · nv Ranch Romances Sep #1 1942

Top Western Fiction Annual [v2 #1, 1953] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp, cover by Sam Cherry) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Best of the West · [The Editor] · ed 8 · The Bargain · A. Leslie · ss Popular Western Jan 1936 10 · Old Texas Days · Larry A. Harris · na West May 1945 39 · Western Nuggets · Harold Helfer · ar Thrilling Western Mar 1953 83 · Lone Hand Law · William L. Hopson · ss Thrilling Western Nov 1940 90 · The Ghosts of Buckskin Run · Jim Mayo · nv Thrilling Ranch Stories May 1948 114 · The Rain God’s Gold · Gladwell Richardson · ss Popular Western Jun 1947 125 · Colts for a Kid · Ben Frank · ss Thrilling Western Mar 1945 132 · The Blizzard and the Banker · Joseph Chadwick · nv Texas Rangers Mar 1948 139 · Lady Rustler · Pecos Pete · pm 150 · The General’s Gun · David Lavender · ss Range Riders Western Nov 1946

Top Western Fiction Annual [v2 #2, 1954] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 146pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Rustler Meat · Sam Brant · vi Popular Western Jan 1936 8 · Bury Me Not · Allan R. Bosworth · na West Oct 1947; probably not the same as the story of the same name in the December 1939 issue of The Rio Kid Western. 11 · The Best of the West · [The Editor] · ed 45 · Range Ramblings · Harold Helfer · cl (r) 65 · A Western Tragedy · Edna Stewart · ar (r) 69 · South to the Sun · William Hopson · ss Thrilling Ranch Stories May 1947 80 · Medico of Gun-Flame Basin · Larry A. Harris · nv Popular Western Sep 1941 97 · Cavalry Cal’s Crusade · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Thrilling Western Oct 1948 106 · Calamity Road · J. Edward Leithead · nv Exciting Western Sum 1941 131 · Goldy the Gunhawk · W. F. Bragg · ss Thrilling Western Nov 1946 139 · You Can’t Tell from Size · J. R. Jackson · ss Range Riders Western Dec 1945

Top Western Fiction Annual [v2 #3, 1955] ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr. (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · One Night at Sadie Hogan’s · Ray Gaulden · ss Thrilling Western Jul 1948 10 · No Guns for Hire · George Michener · na Giant Western Jun 1949 13 · The Best of the West · [The Editor] · ed 25 · Dog-Gone Music · Howie Lasseter · ar 35 · Ride ’Em, Cowboy! · Kid Wells · pm 53 · Range Ramblings · Harold Helfer · cl 79 · Bullet Bargain · Joseph Chadwick · ss Thrilling Western Aug 1947 88 · The Little Man · William Hopson · ss Masked Rider Western Jun 1949 98 · Dutchman’s Flat · Louis L’Amour · ss Giant Western Fll 1948 109 · Not Fair! · Tex Mumford · ar 110 · The Guns of Kildore · Harrison Hendryx · ss Thrilling Western Oct 1947 118 · Big Enough to Die · Dupree Poe · ss Giant Western Feb 1949

Top Western Fiction Annual [v3 #1, 1956] ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr. (Literary Enterprises, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Rick Hall from Table of Contents. 6 · Overly’s Mistake · Edd Howard · ss Thrilling Western Jul 1951; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler 8 · West of the Tularosa [Ward McQueen; Kim Sartain] · Jim Mayo · na West Mar 1951 11 · The Best of the West · [The Editor] · ed 27 · The West · Clarence Edwin Flynn · pm 45 · The Scrawny Nag · Philip Ketchum · ss Popular Western Oct 1951 54 · In Victorio’s Country [Red Clanahan] · Louis L’Amour · ss Giant Western Jun 1949 66 · Too Tough to Kill · Joseph Chadwick · nv Thrilling Western May 1951, as “Ramrod of the Range” 73 · Pity the Poor Texans · E. J. Ritter, Jr. · ar 86 · Lawman’s Last Chore · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Exciting Western Mar 1950 96 · Range Ramblings · Harold Helfer · cl 97 · Gun Fight · Frank P. Castle · ss Thrilling Western Jul 1951 105 · Draw Poker · William P. McGivern · ss Masked Rider Western Dec 1951; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

Top Western Fiction Annual [v3 #2, 1957] ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr. (Literary Enterprises, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · Revenge of the Santee Sioux · Homer Hathaway · ar 8 · Brothers in Blood · Frank P. Castle · na Triple Western Dec 1952 13 · The Best of the West · [The Editor] · ed 57 · Drifter · Dean Owen · ss Range Riders Western Sep 1951 65 · Touch Not One Hair · Tom Roan · ss Popular Western Sep 1952 72 · Duel at Sundown · Charles A. Stearns · ss Texas Rangers Oct 1952 75 · The Southwest · Francis Fleming · pm 76 · Pilgrim from Paducah · Harrison Hendryx · nv Thrilling Ranch Stories Jan 1950 94 · The Blood of Ryan · Louis L’Amour · ss Thrilling Western May 1951 99 · The Brush · Dabney Otis Collins · ss Popular Western Oct 1948 107 · Redman’s Neutral Zone · Ferris Weddle · ar 108 · Lure for the Bounty Hunters · Joseph Chadwick · ss Popular Western Dec 1951

Top Western Fiction Annual [v3 #3, 1958] ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr. (Literary Enterprises, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · The Fabulous Donkey · Adrian Anderson · ar 8 · The Cheat · William L. Jackson · ss The Rio Kid Western Nov 1951 14 · Lost Mountain · Louis L’Amour · nv Texas Rangers Dec 1953 19 · The Best of the West · [The Editor] · ed 25 · Stickler · S. Omar Barker · pm 37 · Sharp Reply · Al Spong · ar 46 · Measure Your Man · Joseph Chadwick · ss Thrilling Western Jan 1951 56 · Outlaw with a Star · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Exciting Western May 1952 65 · The Drifter · Mary Taylor · pm 1957 66 · Tinhorn Hero · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Texas Rangers Dec 1953 74 · Boom Town Trouble-Shooter · Ray Gaulden · ss Thrilling Western Sep 1951 82 · The Shifting Odds · Ben Frank · ss Popular Western Nov 1952 87 · The Shadow Westward · Frederick Ebright · pm 88 · Mistakes Can Kill You · Jim Mayo · ss Exciting Western Nov 1950

Top Western Magazine (UK)    (about)

Top Western Magazine (UK) [#1, n.d. (1955?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. Wild Horse Range · B. M. Bower (ghost written by Oscar J. Friend) · na West May 1950

Top Western Stories    (about)

Top Western Stories [1964] ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr. (Popular Library, Inc., 50¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. fc. · Fight for the Water Hole · Frederic Remington · cv Collier’s 1908 4 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week Jun 7 1936 10 · Court Day · Luke Short · ss Collier’s May 20 1939 19 · Blood Drinker · Fred Gipson · ts Giant Western Aug 1949 24 · Big Man · Louis L’Amour · ss Giant Western Apr 1953 34 · Dispatch to the General · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s Feb 14 1942 43 · Gun Fight · Cliff Farrell · ss Ranch Romances May 1962 52 · The Fifth Cartridge · Wayne D. Overholser · ss 1951 66 · Tinhorn Hero · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Texas Rangers Dec 1953 74 · Gun Job · Will Cook · nv Texas Rangers Sep 1954 90 · Spring Blizzard · Philip Ketchum · ss Texas Rangers Jul 1957

Topical Times    (about) Weekly sports paper.

Topical Times [#891, December 12, 1936] (D.C. Thomson; London, 2d, 36pp, 8½" x 11") 8 · Girl Hunt [Part 1 of 5; The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Aug 1929, as “Fly Paper” 12 · I Am a Spy [Operator 19] · George Goodchild · ss 28 · The Man Who Played Cards Alone [Smithy of the Yard] · Anon. (by Murdoch Duncan) · ss

Topical Times [#892, December 19, 1936] (D.C. Thomson; London, 2d, 36pp, 8½" x 11") 8 · Girl Hunt [Part 2 of 5; The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Aug 1929, as “Fly Paper” 12 · The Stowaway [Operator 19] · George Goodchild · ss 28 · Caneilly’s Last Stick-Up [Smithy of the Yard] · Murdoch Duncan · ss