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--- see under Big Story Magazine.

Although sometimes listed as a magazine this is a series of monthly novels in digest format.

Western Novelets (1936):

— Western Novelets

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1936

v1 #1
Jun

v1 #2
Aug

— Western Novelets Magazine

Title changed from Western Novelets.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1936

v1 #3
Nov

1937

v1 #1
Sep

Western Novelets (1939) (about)

--- see under Complete Novel Magazine.

Western Novels (Australia) (about)

Thin Australian digest.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

195?
[X]

Western Novels (UK) (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

195? v 1 #1
v 1 #2 v 1 #3
v 1 #4
v 1 #5 v 1 #6 v 1 #7 v 1 #8

Western Novels and Short Stories (UK) (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

195? # 1 # 2
# 3

Western Outlaws:

— Western Outlaws

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1929

v1 #1
Nov
v1 #2
Dec

1930
v1 #3
Jan
v1 #4
Feb
v2 #1
Mar

— Outlaws of the West

Title changed from Western Outlaws.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1930

v2 #2
Apr v2 #3
May
v2 #4
Jun/Jul
v3 #1
Aug
v3 #2
Oct
v3 #3
Nov
v3 #4
Dec

1931 v4 #1
Jan
v4 #2
Feb v4 #3
Mar
v4 #4
May/Jun
v5 #1
Jul/Aug
v5 #2
Sep/Oct

v5 #3
Nov/Dec

1932

v5 #4
Feb
v6 #1
Mar/Apr

v6 #2
Jun
v6 #3
Aug

The Western Raider:

— The Western Raider

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1938

v1 #1
Aug/Sep

v1 #2
Oct/Nov

v1 #3
Dec/Jan ’39

1939
v2 #1
Feb/Mar (unpublished)

— The Octopus

Title changed from The Western Raider. A villain-oriented character pulp. James Van Hise’s Pulp Heroes of the Thirties attributes the authorship of the Dr. Skull stories to Edith and Ejler Jacobson.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1939

v1 #4
Feb/Mar

— The Scorpion

Title changed from The Octopus. The lead novel features the same hero as The Octopus, but a different villain, after whom the magazine is titled. James Van Hise’s Pulp Heroes of the Thirties attributes the authorship of the Dr. Skull stories to Edith and Ejler Jacobson.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1939

v1 #1
Apr/May