| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1926 | #1 Aug |
#2 Sep |
#3 Oct |
#4 Nov |
#5 Dec |
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| 1927 | #6 Jan |
#7 Feb |
 #8 Mar |
#9 Apr |
#10 May |
 #11 Jun |
 #12 Jul |
#13 Aug |
#14 Sep |
#15 Oct |
#16 Nov |
#17 Dec |
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| 1928 | #18 Jan |
#19 Feb |
#20 Mar |
#21 Apr |
#22 May |
#23 Jun |
#24 Jul |
 #25 Aug |
#26 Sep |
#27 Oct |
#28 Nov |
#29 Dec |
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| 1929 | #30 Jan |
#31 Feb |
#32 Mar |
#33 Apr |
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— Best Western Magazine
Publishers: Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc. (Red Circle).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1935 |  v1 #1 Sep |
 v1 #2 Nov |
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| 1936 |  v1 #3 Jan |
 v1 #4 Mar |
 v1 #5 May |
 v1 #6 Jul |
 v2 #1 Aug |
 v2 #2 Oct |
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| 1937 |  v2 #3 Jan |
 v2 #4 Mar |
 v2 #5 Jun |
 v2 #6 Sep |
 v3 #1 Dec |
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| 1938 |  v3 #2 Apr |
 v3 #3 Jul |
v3 #4 Oct |
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| 1939 | v3 #5 Feb |
 v3 #6 Apr |
 v4 #1 Aug |
 v4 #2 Oct |
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| 1940 |  v4 #3 Feb |
 v4 #4 Jul |
 v4 #5 Nov |
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| 1941 |  v4 #6 May |
 v4 #7 Jul |
 v4 #8 Oct |
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| 1942 |  v4 #9 Feb |
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— Best Western Novels Magazine
Title changed from Best Western Magazine.
Publishers: Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc. (Red Circle).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1943 |  v4 #10 Oct |
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| 1944 |  v4 #11 Jan |
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— Best Western Novels
Title changed from Best Western Novels Magazine.
Publishers: Interstate Publishing Corp.; New York.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1947 |  v5 #1 Nov |
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| 1948 |  v5 #2 Apr |
 v5 #3 Jun |
 v5 #4 Aug |
 v5 #5 Nov |
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| 1949 |  v5 #6 Jan |
 v5 #7 Mar |
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— Best Western
Title changed from Best Western Novels.
Publishers: Stadium Publishing Corporation.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1951 |  v2 #2 Jun |
 v2 #3 Sep |
 v2 #4 Dec |
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| 1952 |  v2 #5 Mar |
 v2 #6 Jul |
 v3 #1 Sep |
 v3 #2 Nov |
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| 1953 |  v3 #3 Jan |
 v3 #4 Mar |
 v3 #5 May |
 v3 #6 Aug |
 v4 #1 Nov |
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| 1954 |  v4 #2 Jan |
 v4 #3 Mar |
 v4 #4 Jun |
 v4 #5 Sep |
 v4 #6 Dec |
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| 1955 |  v5 #1 Mar |
 v5 #2 Jun |
 v5 #3 Sep |
 v5 #4 Dec |
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| 1956 |  v5 #5 Mar |
 v5 #6 Jun |
 v6 #1 Sep |
 v6 #2 Dec |
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| 1957 |  v6 #3 Mar |
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