The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

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The Rio Kid Western [v1 #2, Winter 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 12 · The Trail Blazers [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na _23 · Portrait and Biography: Buffalo Bill Cody · Anon. · ia _27 · Portrait and Biography: Wild Bill Hickok (James Butler Hickok) · Anon. · ia _35 · Portrait and Biography: Wyatt Earp · Anon. · ia _39 · Portrait and Biography: Bat Masterson · Anon. · ia 94 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 95 · Meet Foghorn Clancy · [The Editor] · ed 96 · Death Takes a Hand · William C. Carter · ss 99 · The Long Shot · Tex Mumford · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v1 #3, Spring 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 12 · The Buffalo Hunters [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na _35 · Portrait and Biography: Ben Thompson · Anon. · ia _41 · Portrait and Biography: Quanah Parker · Anon. · ia _67 · Portrait and Biography: Bat Masterson, One of the Most famous of Western Lawmen · Anon. · ia 93 · Law Guns · Russell Stanton · ss 95 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 99 · Shower of Gold · Tex Mumford · ss; illustrated by Parkhurst

The Rio Kid Western [v2 #1, June 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 14 · The Rio Kid Rides Again [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na _19 · Portrait and Biography: Belle Starr · Anon. · ia _27 · Portrait and Biography: John Wesley Hardin · Anon. · ia _35 · Portrait and Biography: Captain L. H. McNelly · Anon. · ia _43 · Portrait and Biography: Captain Juan Flores Salinas · Anon. · ia 61 · The Old-Timer Speaks · Rex Sherrick · pm 97 · Hangin’ Day · Allan K. Echols · ss; illustrated by Savitts 102 · Trail-Driving Cattle North · W. R. Hunt · ts; illustrated by Parkhurst 106 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc

The Rio Kid Western [v2 #2, August 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 14 · Trail of the Rio Kid [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · C. William Harrison · na 85 · The Texas Way · Rex Sherrick · pm 87 · Back to the Big Bend · Larry A. Harris · ss 97 · Tobacco and Gunsmoke · Sam Brant · ss 101 · Poor Shot · Reeve Walker · ss 104 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc

The Rio Kid Western [v2 #3, October 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 14 · The Comstock Lode [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na _21 · Portrait and Biography: Brigham Young · Anon. · ia _33 · Portrait and Biography: Adolph Sutro · Anon. · ia _43 · Portrait and Biography: Mark Twain · Anon. · ia [Mark Twain] _53 · Portrait and Biography: Al Sieber · Anon. · ia 57 · Gallant Pioneers · Rex Sherrick · pm 94 · Ghost of Gunsmoke Gap · Hapsburg Liebe · ss 103 · Damn Dude · John M. Easterly · ss 106 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc

The Rio Kid Western [v3 #1, December 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 8 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 16 · Guns of the Sioux [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 93 · Powder-Pard Gunplay · Jack Sterrett · ss 99 · Scotch · Reeve Walker · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v3 #2, February 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 8 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 14 · The Mormon Trail [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 96 · Bueno Hombre · Allan K. Echols · ss 102 · Rustler Toll · Sam Brant · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v3 #3, April 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 113pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 8 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 14 · Kansas Marshal [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 94 · Black Cats Mean Boothill · Gunnison Steele · ss 101 · Green-Handed · Sam Brant · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v4 #1, June 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 10 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 15 · Storm Over Yellowstone [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · C. William Harrison · na 89 · Chuck Line Rider · Joe Archibald · ss 97 · Six-Gun Heat · Paul Evan Lehman · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v4 #2, August 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 14 · Riding for Custer [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 100 · Black Bandit · Sam Gardenhire · ss 105 · Posted Alibi · Buck Benson · ss 108 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc

The Rio Kid Western [v4 #3, October 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 8 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 14 · Pards of Buffalo Bill [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 92 · Gun-Blaster · Hapsburg Liebe · ss 101 · Branded Guilty · John Angel Thompson · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v5 #1, December 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 10 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 15 · The Montana Vigilantes [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na _19 · The Montana Vigilantes · Anon. · ms; background to the lead story. _25 · Portrait of Abraham Lincoln · Anon. · il _35 · Portrait and Biography: Colonel Wilbur F. Sanders “The Lion of the North” · Anon. · ia _41 · Portrait and Biography: Henry Plummer · Anon. · ia _45 · Portrait and Biography: William Fairweather · Anon. · ia 88 · Lead Harvest · Wayne D. Overholser · ss 97 · Bushwhack Boomerang · Milton Lowe · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell

The Rio Kid Western [v5 #2, February 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 8 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 15 · Gun Legion [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · C. William Harrison · na 90 · Gold Magic · Joe Payne · ss 95 · The Kicker · Sam Brant · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v5 #3, April 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 10 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 17 · Arizona Blood [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na _25 · The Apaches · Anon. · ms; background to the lead story. _29 · Portrait and Biography: Geronimo · Anon. · ia _41 · Portrait and Biography: General Nelson A. Miles · Anon. · ia _45 · Portrait and Biography: Ed Schieffelin · Anon. · ia _49 · Portrait and Biography: Captain H. W. Lawton · Anon. · ia 90 · No Guns Needed · John Angel Thompson · ss 98 · Sunset Gold and Gunsmoke · Ralph Yergen · ss 102 · A Thousand Years Old and Still Living · Anon. · ar

The Rio Kid Western [v6 #1, June 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Richard Lyon) Note: cover is very similar to the one used on Thrilling Western August 1938 issue. Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 8 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 11 · High Wire and Hot Lead [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · C. William Harrison · na _23 · Portrait and Biography: Tom Horn · Anon. · ia _31 · Portrait and Biography: Jim Courtright · Anon. · ia _39 · Portrait and Biography: General Nelson A. Miles · Anon. · ia 63 · Range Ragamuffin · Eugene A. Clancy · ss 75 · Death Rides the Storm · Stephen Payne · ss 85 · The Railroad Rannihan · Lee E. Wells · ss 95 · A Tintype of Sonora · George Armin Shaftel · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell

The Rio Kid Western [v6 #2, August 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 6 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 13 · Guns of Dodge City [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 85 · Buyer Beware · Cliff Walters · ss 93 · Trouble at the Bank · Mark Martin · ss 100 · Yaller Dog · Bayson Bickhorn · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v6 #3, October 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 15 · Kit Carson’s Way [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na _27 · Portrait and Biography: Kit Carson · Anon. · ia _35 · Portrait and Biography: John Charles Fremont · Anon. · ia _39 · Portrait and Biography: General William Tecumseh Sherman · Anon. · ia _43 · Portrait and Biography: Bigfoot Wallace · Anon. · ia 88 · Six-Shooter Symbol · Charles Handley · ss; illustrated by Amos Sewell 96 · Wrong Train · Frank Stone · ss; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 101 · Night Call · Gunnison Steele · ss 103 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 104 · [cartoon] · O. Soglow · ct 113 · Power Without Horses · Anon. · ms Exciting Western Fll 1942

The Rio Kid Western [v7 #1, December 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 10 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 15 · Blood on the Plains [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 84 · The Milking Shorthorn · Allan K. Echols · ss 92 · The Rawhide Reminder · R. S. Lerch · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v7 #2, February 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 8 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 15 · Leadville Avengers [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 89 · A Message for the Sheriff · Tex Mumford · ss 92 · A Million Pony Express Riders · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ar 95 · Two Heads Are Better · Hazel Steinsiek · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v7 #3, April 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 100pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 8 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 15 · Valley of Vanished Men [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · C. William Harrison · na 71 · Bullet Money · Tex Mumford · ss 76 · Battle Spurs · Gunnison Steele · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v8 #1, Summer 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 100pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 6 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 13 · Riders of Steel [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 71 · An Honest Sinner · Orlando Rigoni · ss 81 · Cactus Rides the River · Dixon Wells · ss 86 · Horseshoe for Luck · Allan K. Echols · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v8 #2, Fall 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 100pp, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 8 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 15 · Stolen Empire [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Lee E. Wells · na 75 · Insure Your Liberty · Stewart Edward White · ms Exciting Western Oct 1943 76 · Santa Fe Sawbones · Lansing Stebbins · ss 79 · Boothill Bound · E. E. Halleran · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v8 #3, Winter 1943/44] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 6 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 8 · Letter to a P.O.W. · Anon. · ms; advertisement.; illustrated by Albert Dorne 13 · King of Utah [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Lee E. Wells · na _25 · Portrait and Biography: Jim Bridger · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Leo Morey _33 · Portrait and Biography: Brigham Young · Anon. · ia _41 · Portrait and Biography: General Grenville M. Dodge · Anon. · ia 78 · Turkey Buzzard · John Easterly · ss 81 · Born to Ride · Dabney Otis Collins · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v9 #1, Spring 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 100pp, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk. 6 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 11 · Indian Outpost [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 63 · Bound for the Owlhoot · Jack Sterrett · ss 73 · Bullet Bonds · Cliff Walters · ss 79 · Tables Do Turn · Jackson Cole · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v9 #2, Summer 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 84pp, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 6 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 11 · Lord of the Silver Lode [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Lee E. Wells · na 58 · Payoff at Piute Wells · John H. Latham · ss 62 · Little Lawless One · Paul Annixter · ss 69 · The Rawhide Kid · Hapsburg Liebe · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v9 #3, Fall 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 6 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 11 · Sierra Gold [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na _29 · Portrait and Biography: Leland Stanford · Anon. · ia _33 · Portrait and Biography: Black Bart · Anon. · ia _39 · Portrait and Biography: George Hearst · Anon. · ia _45 · Portrait and Biography: Wyatt Earp · Anon. · ia 55 · A Job Well Done · Ben Frank · ss 59 · The Test · Ben T. Young · ss 65 · Boots and a Stetson · Richard Brister · ss 69 · White Renegade · Archie Joscelyn · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v10 #1, Winter 1944/45] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 84pp, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 6 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 11 · Wagons to California [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Tom Curry · na 53 · Blizzard Justice · Reeve Walker · ss 56 · Journey to Doom · Charles N. Heckelmann · ss 61 · Mextown Gold · Wayne Purcell · ss 72 · Slumbering Lead · Jackson Cole · ss

The Rio Kid Western [v10 #2, February 1945] ed. G. B. Farnum (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 6 · The Bunkhouse · Foghorn Clancy · lc 11 · Golden Conquest [Bob Pryor (The Rio Kid)] · Dean Owen · na _29 · Portrait and Biography: General George Crook · Anon. · ia _31 · Portrait and Biography: Milton Duffield · Anon. · ia _35 · Portrait and Biography: Cochise · Anon. · ia 61 · Boards for Boothill · Archie Joscelyn · ss 67 · A Foreman Must Be Smart · Bayne Hobart · ss