The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

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Popular Western [v18 #2, March 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 110pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 6 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 14 · Painted Post Booty [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 34 · Whipsaw · Cordwell Staples · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell 44 · A Drifter Dares Boothill · Gunnison Steele · ss 51 · Fighting Courage · Tex Mumford · pm 54 · Bullet Harvest · C. William Harrison · nv 71 · Six-Gun Cleanup · Sam Brant · ss 74 · Gun Judgement · Edgar L. Cooper · ss 86 · Gunsmoke on the Range · Charles N. Heckelmann · nv 104 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl 108 · Join Our Club for Readers! · Anon. · ms

Popular Western [v18 #3, May 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 6 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 14 · Painted Post Defiance [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 32 · Doom Stalks a Ranger · William Mahoney · ss 41 · Gunsmoke Cure · Neil McIntyre · ss 51 · Western-aire · Terry Gilkison · qz 52 · Ridin’ Shotgun · William C. Carter · nv 70 · The Pima Kid · Frank Carl Young · ss 79 · Death Pulls the Trigger · Scotty Rand · ss 85 · Dreamin’ Cowpoke · Tex Mumford · pm 86 · Texas Gold · Mojave Lloyd · nv 102 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl

Popular Western [v19 #1, July 1940] (10¢, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 12 · Painted Post Rampage [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv 33 · Mission of Hell · Frank Carl Young · ss 44 · Smoke Over the Sawteeth · Mojave Lloyd · ss 54 · Boot Hill Sonata · Chuck Martin · nv 73 · The Peril Trail · Clinton Dangerfield · ss 85 · Western-aire · Terry Gilkison · qz 86 · Colt Evidence · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 91 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 92 · While the Gallows Waits · Larry A. Harris · nv 102 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl

Popular Western [v19 #2, September 1940] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 12 · Painted Post Havoc [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 32 · Gun Ghost · Joe Archibald · ss; illustrated by Parkhurst 39 · Gunsmoke for Liars · Reeve Walker · ss; illustrated by Terry Gilkison 44 · The Valley of Hate · John A. Saxon · nv; illustrated by Orban 59 · The Fightin’ Scout · Rex Sherrick · pm 62 · The Snake Killer · Claude Rister · ss 72 · Silver Star Shining · Robert E. Obets · nv 93 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 94 · Double Branded · Tex Mumford · ss 103 · Western-aire · Terry Gilkison · qz 104 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl 108 · Join Our Club for Readers! · Anon. · ms

Popular Western [v19 #3, November 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 8 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl 16 · Buffalo Billy Bates [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 39 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 40 · Once a Ranger [Burk Hart] · Hapsburg Liebe · ss 52 · Lobo’s Mark · Joseph H. Hernandez · ss 56 · Painted Post Secret [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 73 · Restless Cowpoke · Rex Sherrick · pm 75 · Deputy’s Holiday · Tom Curry · ss; illustrated by Parkhurst 84 · Fired [Andy Hackett] · Sam Brant · ss 87 · Western-aire · Terry Gilkison · qz; illustrated by Terry Gilkison 88 · Killing at Coffin Canyon · C. William Harrison · nv 110 · Join Our Club for Readers! · Anon. · ms

Popular Western [v20 #1, January 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Grant Hargis) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl 12 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 14 · Buffalo Billy’s Reward [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 33 · Boot Hill Client · William Mahoney · ss 41 · Death Hits Salinas · Eugene A. Clancy · ss; illustrated by Parkhurst 49 · Western-aire · Terry Gilkison · qz 50 · Painted Post Straddlebug [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 70 · Cold Type, Hot Lead · James W. Egan · ss; illustrated by Savitts 82 · Sage Valley Guns [Buck Marsh] · Reeve Walker · ss 88 · Land Office Loot · Tom Curry · nv

Popular Western [v20 #2, March 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 12 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 16 · Buffalo Billy Makes Medicine [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv 36 · Texas Man · Don Alviso · ss 46 · The Gambler · Frank Carl Young · ss 56 · Painted Post Defense [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv 75 · Skull Valley Guns · Gunnison Steele · ss 85 · Trigger Eye · Reeve Walker · vi 86 · Guns Rule the Range · Philip Ketchum · nv 102 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl

Popular Western [v20 #3, May 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 10 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl 13 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 14 · Painted Post Impostor [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv 34 · Back West · Eugene A. Clancy · ss 45 · Alias the Malo Kid · Hapsburg Liebe · ss 54 · Chief Buffalo Billy Bates [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv 69 · Western-aire · Terry Gilkison · qz 73 · Peaceful Pete · Stephen Payne · ss 83 · Flames in Crimson Valley · Wilton West · ss 92 · The Gun Deal · William L. Hopson · nv

Popular Western [v21 #1, July 1941] (Better Publications, 113pp, pulp) Details taken from library catalogue of the National Cowboy Museum. 14 · Buffalo Billy in Old Wyoming [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv 36 · Singing Lead for Polka Dot · Johnston McCulley · ss; illustrated by Leo Morey 43 · Western-aire · Terry Gilkison · qz 44 · Painted Post Politics [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · ss; illustrated by Harry V. Parkhurst 64 · Grizzly Havoc · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 73 · Four Yards of Loot · Oscar J. Friend · ss 82 · Branded Bill of Sale · Robert S. Gordon · ss 97 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 98 · Ghost in the Saddle · Don Alviso · ss 104 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl

Popular Western [v21 #2, September 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 14 · Medico of Gun-Flame Basin · Larry A. Harris · nv 33 · Trigger Trouble · Harvey Maddux · ss 43 · Western-aire · Terry Gilkison · qz 44 · Gun Slow Marshal · William L. Hopson · ss 52 · Painted Post Patrol [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv 71 · Seth Martin’s Boy · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 79 · Trouble on Round Top · Wayne D. Overholser · ss 86 · Buffalo Billy Turns Bandit [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv 101 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 106 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl

Popular Western [v21 #3, November 1941] (Better Publications, 113pp, pulp) Details taken from library catalogue of the National Cowboy Museum. 12 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl 16 · The Rawhider [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · ss; illustrated by Harry V. Parkhurst 35 · When Brothers Are Men · Wayne D. Overholser · ss 45 · Riders of the Rain · Allan R. Bosworth · ss 56 · The Pipe of Peace [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · ss 75 · Western-aire · Terry Gilkison · qz 76 · Gunsmoke for a Waddy · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 93 · Pegleg Peters · Gunnison Steele · ss 97 · Gunman Wanted · Anon. · ss 102 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl

Popular Western [v22 #1, January 1942] (10¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Senor Badman Rides · William L. Hopson · nv Calaboose Key · John A. Thompson · ss

Popular Western [v22 #2, March 1942] (Better/Thrilling Publications, 10¢, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. Gun Law of the Torkaways · Joe Archibald · nv Gold and Sheep [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv Manhunter [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv For Ten Dollars Mex · Oscar J. Friend · ss Roundup Treachery · Robert S. Gordon · ss Range Clam · Eugene A. Clancy · ss Smart Stranger · Hapsburg Liebe · ss

Popular Western [v22 #3, May 1942] (10¢, pulp) Issue not found. Need Contents

Popular Western [v23 #1, July 1942] (10¢, pulp) Details taken from listing on ABEBooks. The Scarlet Scalp [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv Wagonwheel War [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv The Return of the Outlaw · William L. Hopson · nv Trail’s End to Paradise · Joe Archibald · ss Rope Justice · Dean Owen · ss Lobo Law · Hapsburg Liebe · ss Double Action Western Mar 1939 Bull Trail to Treachery · David Lavender · ss Hot Hardware · Johnston McCulley · ss Gold Eagle Trail · Lansing Stebbins · ss The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl

Popular Western [v23 #2, September 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 13 · Once a Man Kills · Allan R. Bosworth · ss; illustrated by Savitts 20 · Pistol Loot [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv 38 · Iron Horse Stampede [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 56 · Colt Call to Disaster · Charles N. Heckelmann · ss 68 · Rebel Cowmen Die Hard · Ed Earl Repp · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 87 · Cleanup in the Klondike · John A. Thompson · ss 95 · Every Trail Has a Rider · Wayne D. Overholser · ss 102 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl 111 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl

Popular Western [v23 #3, November 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 8 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl 15 · Landgrabber’s Luck [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 33 · Doom Waits at Snake Bar · Gunnison Steele · ss 42 · Ghost Gun Showdown · Joe Archibald · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 57 · Two Kinds of Law · Chuck Martin · ss 66 · The Wagon Train [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv 85 · Ham and the Veiled Lady [Sheriff Egg; Deputy Ham] · Alfred L. Garry · ss; illustrated by J. C. 95 · “Attack at 0600!” · Dawson Olmstead · ms 96 · Sheriff’s Prisoner · Lew Williams · ss

Popular Western [v24 #1, January 1943] (Better/Thrilling Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. Prairie Wolf · Johnston McCulley · nv The Lone Lawman · Douglas Bickle · ss Six-Gun Double Talk [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · ss Tomahawk Trail · Scott Carleton · ss Ham Fights Fire with Fire [Sheriff Egg; Deputy Ham] · Alfred L. Garry · ss Guns of the Storm · Gunnison Steele · ss Red-Headed for Trouble · Gibson Scott Fox · ss The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl

Popular Western [v24 #2, March 1943] (10¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Hats in the Dust [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv Guns of Roaring River · Wilton West · nv Scout from Fort Flintlock [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv

Popular Western [v24 #3, May 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Atilio Sinagra) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 10 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl 13 · Coltman from Nowhere · Joe Archibald · nv 34 · Apache Country [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · ss; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 43 · Ham’s Love Soot [Sheriff Egg; Deputy Ham] · Alfred L. Garry · ss; illustrated by J. C. 52 · Wyoming Justice · Orlando Rigoni · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 68 · Short Trigger Men [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv 83 · Two Pards · Stanley E. Anderson · ss 97 · The General Store · [The Readers] · cl

Popular Western [v25 #1, July 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 6 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl 13 · At Deadman’s Point [Old Crusty] · Verne Chute · ss 20 · The Comanche Caravan [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv 38 · The Thunder Lizard [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv 53 · Cold Trail · Gunnison Steele · ss 57 · Ham’s Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing [Sheriff Egg; Deputy Ham] · Alfred L. Garry · ss 66 · The Oklahoma Ocelot [Dan Norton] · Wayne Purcell · nv 84 · Crossing the Plains · Col. W. F. Cody · ts The Adventures of Buffalo Bill, Col. William F. Cody, Harper & Brothers 1904

Popular Western [v25 #2, September 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by V. E. Pyles) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 8 · The Home Corral · Old Doc Trail · cl 15 · Fists and Guns [Rusty Ryan] · L. P. Holmes · nv 33 · Ham Unloads a Mother Lode [Sheriff Egg; Deputy Ham] · Alfred L. Garry · ss; illustrated by J. C. 43 · Secret of Grizzly Knob · Lansing Stebbins · ss 48 · Santa Fe Trail Race [Buffalo Billy Bates] · Scott Carleton · nv 66 · Bordertown Boss [Sheriff Blue Steele; Deputy Shorty Watts] · Tom Gunn · nv 81 · Wanted: Investors · Irvin S. Cobb · ar 82 · On the Pass Trail · Stephen Payne · ss