The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

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Best Western Novels Magazine [v4 #11, January 1944] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp) 8 · New Neighbors or Night-Riders? · Dean Owen · na 34 · Cow-Thief or Salty Kid? · Rod Patterson · ss 44 · Town-Tamer, Gun-Wizard—Green Kid · Walker Tompkins · na 75 · Peacemaker Means Powdersmoke · D. B. Newton · ss 85 · Murder Brand · Miles Overholt · ss 94 · Judge Bates’ Gunsmoke Ghost [Judge Bates] · Lee Floren · nv

Best Western Novels Title changed from Best Western Novels Magazine. Publishers: Interstate Publishing Corp.; New York: Best Western Novels

Best Western Novels [v5 #1, November 1947] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by K. Becker. 4 · The Gunfighter · Ralph Berard · na 52 · Scourge of the Hole-in-the-Wall Horde · Lee Floren · na 82 · Weapon-Heavy · John Jo Carpenter · na

Best Western Novels [v5 #2, April 1948] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · The Hate Trail · L. P. Holmes · nv 42 · .45 Fever · Ralph Berard · nv 72 · Riders in the Night · Lee Floren · nv

Best Western Novels [v5 #3, June 1948] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 25¢, 120pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from library catalogue of the National Cowboy Museum. 6 · No Man Bucks the Syndicate, Battle-Cub! · Lee Floren · na 34 · Ride the Stage to Hell · Giles A. Lutz · na 66 · The Texas Kid · Brett Austin · na

Best Western Novels [v5 #4, August 1948] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · Grab Iron · Gun Ghost · na 56 · The Outlaw and the Lady · Raymond W. Porter · na 96 · Bleak Hazard · L. P. Holmes · na

Best Western Novels [v5 #5, November 1948] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 6 · Welcome, Stranger—to Hell! · L. P. Holmes · na 68 · The Hired-Gun from Hangtown · Robert Turner · na 94 · It’s the Hole in the Wall Horde! · R. S. Lerch · na

Best Western Novels [v5 #6, January 1949] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Larry Estep. 6 · The Giant Killer · Dean Owen · na 70 · Decide, Texan—Do We Shake or Fight? · William Heuman · na 100 · Gunsmoke Buys Montana Grass · Lee Floren · na

Best Western Novels [v5 #7, March 1949] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Gun to Gun! · Lee Floren · na 58 · Blood and Grass · John H. Latham · na 86 · King of the Badlands · R. S. Lerch · na

Best Western Title changed from Best Western Novels. Publishers: Stadium Publishing Corporation: Best Western

Best Western [v2 #2, June 1951] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Larry Estep. When Feed Money Buys Bullets · Wayne D. Overholser · na Where the Gun Hawks Gather · Steve Frazee · na Stage · John Lumsden · na A Tinhorn Can’t Take It · H. A. DeRosso · ss Buckshot Robert’s Last Stand · W. P. Brothers · ss The Long Rope · Day Keene · ss Line-Shack Loco · Francis L. Fugate · ss Cowboys in Chaps · Norman Ober · ar Last of the Buffalo · Ed. K. Barnett · ar

Best Western [v2 #3, September 1951] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Three Gunhawks and a Girl · D. B. Newton · na 58 · Those That Fight · John Lumsden · nv 69 · Devil and Old Man Gillis · Wayne D. Overholser · nv 81 · Custer, Here We Come! · William Hopson · na 98 · Leave Your Holster Home, Hardcase! · W. P. Brothers · na 120 · Blood of a Badman · Johanas L. Bouma · ss 126 · Death in the Dust · Frank Latham · ss

Best Western [v2 #4, December 1951] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · The Showdowners · Ray Townsend · na 62 · Tell It to the Texans! · Frank P. Castle · ss 71 · Hardcase · John Lumsden · nv 83 · The Price · William A. Balza · ss 92 · Long Ride Home [Tensleep Mooney] · Louis L’Amour · ss 100 · Kid with the Hot Lead Look · Ray Gaulden · na

Best Western [v2 #5, March 1952] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Fast-Gun Foreclosure · Walker A. Tompkins · na 62 · Shoot-Out · William L. Jackson · ss 67 · The Longest Ride · John Lumsden · nv 76 · With Savvy or a Sixgun? · Frank P. Castle · ss 84 · The Matter of the Jump-Rope Jury [Judge Bates] · Lee Floren · na 111 · Blood and Gold · H. A. DeRosso · nv

Best Western [v2 #6, July 1952] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Gun-Champion for a Bad Girl · Wayne D. Overholser · na 35 · Blood and Water · Clark Gray · nv 49 · The Raid · John Lumsden · ss 56 · Tonight the Backshooters Ride! · Giles A. Lutz · na 86 · Wanted: A Man · Rod Patterson · ss 94 · The Kid Who Wouldn’t Talk · D. B. Newton · na 124 · The Bounty-Hunters · Stephen Payne · ss

Best Western [v3 #1, September 1952] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Jack Slade—Overland Ogre · Larry Bjorklund · ss 12 · The Longriders · John Prescott · na 53 · With a Gun in His Hand · Russ Winterbotham · ss 59 · Notch-Hunter Nightmare · Walt Sheldon · nv 76 · Who’ll Take the Cowgirl? · D. B. Newton · na 108 · Badman Who Went Back · R. S. Lerch · nv

Best Western [v3 #2, November 1952] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Cold and Gravy · John Jakes · ss 12 · Fighting Man · Wayne D. Overholser · na 70 · Tough One out of Texas · Robert L. Trimnell · nv 86 · Gun Duel in the Dark · F. M. Sinclair · ss 91 · Like Kit Carson Did · Walt Sheldon · ss 100 · Gun-Purge at Silver Gulch · Philip Ketchum · na

Best Western [v3 #3, January 1953] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Texas’ Last Great Manhunt · Will C. Brown · ss 12 · The Man on the Stage · Lewis B. Patten · na 60 · Cold Trail · Will Cotton · ss 73 · Ring-Tailed Ranny · Hascal Giles · nv 84 · Trigger Trial of the XT · Harrison Colt · na 113 · A Hundred Notches in His Gun-Butt · John Lumsden · ss 125 · Last Stand · Stephen Payne · ss

Best Western [v3 #4, March 1953] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details taken from library catalogue of the National Cowboy Museum. 6 · The Man-Eater of Uncompahgre · Noel M. Loomis · ss 10 · Gunmen in the Streets · Ray Gaulden · na 61 · The Steer Branded Murder · H. A. DeRosso · nv 71 · He Didn’t Wear a Weapon · John Lumsden · nv; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund 80 · Thirteen Rode Out · Roe Richmond · na 104 · During One Dark Night · Cy Kees · ss 113 · Shadow of the Noose · Giles A. Lutz · nv

Best Western [v3 #5, May 1953] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · The Singing Thief · Ben B. Sampselle · ss 10 · He Came Gun-Hung · Kenneth L. Sinclair · n. 51 · The Search · R. S. Lerch · na 71 · Beyond the Bitter Roots · Giles A. Lutz · nv 80 · Horse-Thief Valley · Kenneth Fowler · na 101 · Life and Death of a Killer · Robert Bromley · ss 102 · Devil’s Gold · Cy Kees · na

Best Western [v3 #6, August 1953] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Only the Strong of Heart · Noel M. Loomis · ss 12 · Gundog · T. J. Roemer · na 65 · Even Break · Jim Brewer · ss 72 · The Violent Courtship of Abel Fury · Lauran Paine · nv 91 · Man Who Bucked the Big H · Robert L. Trimnell · na 112 · The Rawhiders · Paul L. Peil · nv

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