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Western Short Stories [v2 #6, August 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Range-Hogs Ride Alone · James P. Olsen · ss 24 · Cold-Deck Corral · Gunnison Steele · ss 32 · The Rustler Combine Eats Lead · Samuel Taylor · nv 60 · My Gun Is My Calling Card · Peter Dawson · ss 69 · Starvation Trail for the Wild Pack · H. F. Cruickshank · ss 79 · An Outlaw Is Re-Born · Glenn H. Wichman · ss 86 · Range-Cub’s Battle-Bargain · Norman A. Fox · ss 91 · Six-Gun Samaritan · L. L. Foreman · ss 100 · Passport to Perdition · Rolland Lynch · ss 108 · “Get Out of Town” · Leo Stalnaker · ss

Western Short Stories [v3 #1, October 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott, [?]) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 8 · When a Gun-Wise Kid Gambles · James P. Olsen · ss; illustrated by Bjorklund 22 · Killer or Coward? · Gunnison Steele · ss; illustrated by Bjorklund 31 · Tinhorn Trouble · Glenn H. Wichman · ss 38 · Rebellion of the Feud-Clan Cub · Ed Earl Repp · ss 56 · A Ghost-Gun Works a Cure · Peter Dawson · ss; illustrated by Bjorklund 67 · Blood-Call of the Wilderness Trails · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 78 · Substitute for a Starpacker · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss; illustrated by Bjorklund 87 · Lodgepole Makes Delivery · L. R. Sherman · ss 97 · Cowboy, You’re Going to Die! · D. B. Newton · ss 103 · The Pilgrim from Powder River · James Dorn · ss

Western Short Stories [v3 #2, February 1940] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 8 · Hard Boot Claims a Maverick · Peter Dawson · ss 21 · Loco Lawman · Rod Patterson · ss 33 · No Pat Hands for a Tinhorn! · L. L. Foreman · ss 42 · Gun-Title to Hell’s Free Grass · Gunnison Steele · ss 53 · Road-Agent’s Last-Chance Reprieve · Glenn H. Wichman · ss 60 · Cow-Boy, Hang Up Your Hardware · Raymond W. Porter · ss 76 · Vengeance of the Cold-Trail Pack · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 86 · When a Feud-Clan Cub Fights · James Dorn · ss 95 · The Gunman Who Never Smiled · Ralph Berard · ss 102 · Lynch-Mob Logic · Jack Sterrett · ss

Western Short Stories [v3 #3, April 1940] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 10 · Badman Bullets Guard the Trail · Harvey Maddux · ss 20 · Lead for the Last-Chance Pool · Foster-Harris · ss 31 · Birth of a Gold Town · [The Editor] · ar 32 · The Colt-Job Kid · Ken Jason · ss 41 · The Gun-Ghost from Nowhere · Ward Gibson · ss 50 · Hot-Lead Alibi · Peter Dawson · ss 62 · Bushwhack Boomerang · Rex Evans · ss 68 · Wild-Horse Hellions of Hideaway Valley · James Dorn · nv 89 · Thy Neighbor’s Cattle · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss 98 · Powdersmoke Paydirt · James Lassiter · ss

Western Short Stories [v3 #4, June 1940] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 6 · Lord! Give Me a Gunman! · James P. Olsen · ss 17 · Boss of the Manhunt Breed · Luke Tyler · ss 32 · When a Cowman Hires Out His Colt · Ralph Berard · ss 41 · The Renegade Lawman · Lon Taylor · ss 51 · King of the Wolf-Pack Clan · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 59 · Badman, Watch Your Back! · Gunnison Steele · ss 67 · Shallow-Grave Gratitude · T. K. Hawley · ss 72 · Six-Gun for Sale · Kenneth A. Fowler & Rod Patterson · ss 82 · Range-Rebel Redemption · Rolland Lynch · ss 90 · Gun-Fast Fool · James Dorn · ss

Western Short Stories [v3 #5, September 1940] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · When Gun-Battles Brand a Man’s Backtrail · Peter Dawson · nv 30 · Spawn of the Wild Herd Trails · L. P. Holmes · ss 40 · Imitation Badman · John G. Pearsol · ss 51 · Doc Bender Hangs Up His Gun-Belt · Glenn H. Wichman · ss 61 · The Fortune Hunter · [The Editor] · ts 62 · Boothill Hands Down a Six-Gun Decision · James P. Olsen · ss 79 · Two-Bit Tin-Badge · James Dorn · ss 86 · Draw and Eat Dust! · Norman A. Fox · ss 94 · The Stranger from Hell · T. K. Hawley · ss 103 · Graybeard Gratitude · Gunnison Steele · ss

Western Short Stories [v3 #6, November 1940] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rick Hall from Table of Contents. 8 · Wanted: A War-Cub to Smash the Syndicate · Robert E. Mahaffay · nv 26 · Long-Loop Law · Gunnison Steele · ss 36 · The Gun That Was Never Drawn · Adam Mann · ss 47 · Ride to Glory · L. P. Holmes · ss 55 · King of the Wild Range Killers · H. F. Cruickshank · ss 65 · Tenbrook Borrows Boothill for a Button · Rod Patterson · ss 76 · The Montana Kid Calls on a Killer · Peter Dawson · ss 91 · The Stranger from Trouble Valley · Fredric Brown · ss 99 · Dead Man’s Beef Gather · Rolland Lynch · ss 109 · The Slaughter Boys—Backshooters · Jack Sterrett · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #1, February 1941] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 8 · Man Who Smashed the Cutbank Kid’s Gun-Arm · L. P. Holmes · nv 29 · When Broken Cowmen Buy New Bullets · Adam Mann · ss 39 · A Graybeard Greases His Holster · Ralph Berard · ss 47 · Law-Cub or Killer? · Harlan Graves · ss 57 · Dead-or-Alive Deputy · Gunnison Steele · vi 61 · For Hire—the Fastest Gun in Hell! · D. B. Newton · ss 72 · The Gunfighter the Whole Southwest Feared · Peter Dawson · ss 86 · Fanged Fury of the Craglands Pack · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 94 · Colt-Chance for a Coward · Kenneth A. Fowler & Rod Patterson · ss 105 · Wire and Water—or Fight! · Sherman Baker · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #2, May 1941] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 8 · The Raider from the Roost · Peter Dawson · na 30 · He’ll Die Fighting Hot Lead · Gunnison Steele · ss 41 · Salvation of the Powdersmoke Pilgrims · Kenneth Fowler · ss 55 · Two Guns and a Graybeard · Mark Lish · ss 65 · Cub Who Had Colt-Magic in His Hands · Ralph Berard · ss 73 · Bad Case of Lead Colic · Jay Karth · ss 74 · When a Battle-Orphan Comes Back · Omar Gwinn · ss 84 · Slap Leather, Sidewinder, or Slide · Paul Evan Lehman · ss 96 · Stolen Beef Bargain · Luke Tyler · ss 98 · Gun-Chore for a Green Kid · Harvey Maddux · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #3, July 1941] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · When a Man Lives by His Guns · Peter Dawson · nv 24 · One Against the Hired Gun Horde · David Manners · ss 33 · Shoot-Out for Shorthorns Only · Robert E. Mahaffay · nv 44 · Blood Buys a Boomtown Badge-Toter · John G. Pearsol · ss 60 · Bushwhack King on His Backtrail · Jim Kjelgaard · ss 67 · Colt-Wise Kid Who Sided Satan · Bill Davis · ss 75 · Saddle Pards Until Sundown · James P. Olsen · ss 86 · Bring Those Colts Up Fast, Battle-Cub! · Mark Lish · ss 95 · Posse from Purgatory · Archie Joscelyn · ss 104 · A Tinhorn Chooses Hot Lead · D. B. Newton · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #4, October 1941] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Hate, Hot-Lead—and Guts! · Gunnison Steele · ss Crawfish, Hellion—or Haul Your Colt! · Raymond Porter · ss Fighting Fool—Behind a .45 · Ralph Berard · ss Bullet for Bullet · Fredric Brown · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #5, December 1941] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Sidney Riesenberg) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 8 · Stranger Who Colt-Called Billy the Kid · John G. Pearsol · nv 25 · Sundown Means Six-Gun Massacre · Russell A. Bankson · ss 34 · Godless Gunman · Bill Davis · ss 44 · Fast-Draw Freeze-Out · Adam Mann · ss 54 · Powdersmoke Politics · Cliff M. Bisbee · ss 64 · Fenced in by .45’s · Jack Sterrett · ss 83 · A Kid, a Killer, and a Colt · H. A. DeRosso · ss 90 · Hang Your Gun Low, Hellion! · Raymond W. Porter · ss 100 · The Nevada Kid Cuts His Last Notch · Ralph Berard · ss 105 · Trail-Spawned Triggers · Norman A. Fox · ss

Western Short Stories [v4 #6, February 1942] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · With Plow-Hard Fists and Killer Colts! · Raymond W. Porter · nv 35 · Colt Carrion · James P. Olsen · ss 45 · Be Fast, Battle-Cub, or Hire Boothill! · D. B. Newton · ss 55 · Reunion in Gunsmoke · Rod Patterson · ss 66 · The Six-Guns Hell Couldn’t Silence · L. P. Holmes · ss 76 · Greased-Holster Heritage · H. A. DeRosso · ss 85 · Vengeance of the Colddeck Crew · Gunnison Steele · ss 94 · Ben Higgins’ Tin-Can Draw · Peter Dawson · ss 104 · Beyond Bullets · Mark Lish · ss 108 · Dead Man’s Deal · Hapsburg Liebe · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #1, May 1942] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · The Gunfighter Who Hated Gunfighters · Peter Dawson · ss 26 · Buy in, Battle-Cub, or Burn Powder! · Norrell Gregory · ss 36 · Doc Hardy’s Powdersmoke Prescription · Gunnison Steele · ss 45 · .38 Thunder · Bill Davis · ss 54 · Starpacker Stampede · Kenneth Fowler & Rod Patterson · ss 64 · Colt-Crisis for a Green Kid · Raymond W. Porter · ss 81 · Wanted: Four Kill-Crazy Gunslammers! · D. B. Newton · ss 88 · Wire, Water, and Winchesters · Morse Chandler · ss 97 · Damned by the Dark Trails · H. A. DeRosso · ss 105 · Over Gunsights · Mojave Lloyd · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #2, August 1942] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Stranger Who Sold His Guns for a Smile · Raymond W. Porter · nv 31 · Fill Your Fist, Gunfighter—Fast! · Dean Owen · ss 38 · Wanted: A Kid to Break a Killer · James P. Olsen · ss 49 · Men Riding to Glory · Ralph Berard · ss 57 · Graybeard They Couldn’t Grave-Send · Gunnison Steele · ss 66 · One War Takes One Texan! · James C. Lynch · ss 82 · Tin-Badge-Backed Bushwhacker · D. B. Newton · ss 92 · Blood of the Badlands Breed · Tom W. Blackburn · ss 100 · This Bullet Has Your Name on It! · H. A. DeRosso · ss 108 · Gun-Crazy Kid · Hapsburg Liebe · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #3, October 1942] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 6 · Lead Law Election · Peter Dawson · ss 16 · Return of the Trail Town Kid · Rod Patterson · ss 32 · When a Cowman Won’t Pay Fighting Wages · Raymond W. Porter · ss 41 · Rustled Blind · George Michener · nv 61 · Backtrail Guns · Bill Davis · ss 71 · Fast-Draw Fences · Ralph Berard · ss 78 · Blood of a Bounty-Hunter · James P. Olsen · ss 85 · No Town for a Tinhorn · Ross Rocklynne · ss 96 · Over Gunsights to Boothill · Mark Lish · ss 101 · A Tinhorn Pushes in Lead Chips · L. L. Foreman · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #4, December 1942] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 10 · You’ve Got a Gun, Go for it! · Raymond W. Porter · nv 41 · Hell-on-Wheels with Hot Lead · Robert Van Dyck · ss 50 · Wanted: One Battle-Cub and One .45! · Archie Joscelyn · ss 58 · Born Colt-Fast · Joe Austell Small · ss 67 · Bullet Bail · Kenneth Fowler & Rod Patterson · ss 77 · Death Stalks the Jerk-Line Trail · Archie Giddings · ss 86 · A Town for Trouble · Tom W. Blackburn · ss 92 · Powdersmoke Poker · James P. Olsen · ss 101 · While a Hangnoose Waits · Gunnison Steele · ss 107 · Gun-Wages in His Warbags · Ralph Berard · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #5, March 1943] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 144pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Shane Farmer. 10 · Barbed-wire Won’t Stop Bullets · Rod Patterson · ss 29 · Branded the Fastest Gun in Texas · Hascal Giles · ss 38 · Two-way Ticket to Boothill · Fred Gipson · ss 55 · The Nighthawk Who Hated Texicans · Johnston McCulley · ss 64 · You’ll Take the Gunfighting Trail, Tinhorn! · Wayne Harold Pool · ss 71 · Matched .45’s Means Fast-draw Murder · Ralph Berard · ss 80 · Death Waits Beyond Abilene · George E. Magee · ss 100 · New Fenceposts, New Neighbors—New Bullets · Ralph Yergen · ss 102 · Hire a Hard-Riding Kid! · Rolland Lynch · ss 108 · Dim-trail Doom · Charles D. Richardson, Jr. · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #6, May 1943] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · “We Wear Guns Here, Stranger!” · Raymond W. Porter · nv 30 · Red Trail Rebel · James Shaffer · ss 38 · Powdersmoke Peace · David Manners · ss 46 · No Neighbors Wanted! · Edwin K. Sloat · ss 55 · Colt-Welcome for a Cutbank Crew · Joe Austell Small · ss 64 · Sodo Basin Showdown · Roswell Hamilton · ss 75 · Guns Were Made to Kill With · H. A. DeRosso · ss 83 · Borrowed Guns · Miles Overholt · ss 94 · Tall Smoke Means Trouble · Jack Sterrett · ss 102 · Written in Lead · D. B. Newton · ss

Western Short Stories [v5 #7, October 1943] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 8 · Tough Town · John G. Pearsol · ss 26 · Don’t Buck a Brimstone Lawdog! · E. E. Halleran · ss 33 · Glory for a Gun-Exile · Ralph Yergen · ss 41 · The Kid Who Chose .45s · Roswell Hamilton · ss 51 · Wanted: Men with Guns and Guts! · Lee Floren · ss 60 · Battlecub’s Six-Gun Redemption · James Shaffer · ss 69 · Long Loop Last-Chance · Ralph Berard · ss 77 · Hot Lead Baptism for a Star-Packer · Rex Evans · ss 89 · Death’s Dinero · Charles Richardson, Jr. · ss 97 · Back-Trail Bounty · Barry Storm · ss