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Star Western [v11 #4, May 1937] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 160pp, pulp) from TOC only. [JL] 4 · Builders of Empire · The Editors · ed 8 · The Drive Goes On! · The Maverick · ar 10 · Wild Men of the Iron Trail · Tom Roan · nv 42 · Three Trails to Perdition · Gunnison Steele · ss 50 · A Gun-Wolf Quits the Pack · Harry F. Olmsted · ss 67 · Derelicts Die Hard · John G. Pearsol · ss 78 · Signed on with Satan · Stone Cody · na 104 · The Transformation of Deacon Bottle [Deacon Bottle] · Robert E. Mahaffay · ss 114 · Lord of the Buckskin Wilderness · Robert E. Mahaffay · nv 136 · The Vigilantes Ride Again · Cliff Farrell · ss 152 · Up the Trail · Misc. · cl
Star Western [June 1937] (15¢, 160pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Satan’s Buckskin Legion · Harry F. Olmsted · na · A Lone Wolf Returns to the Gun-Pack · Peter Dawson · na · The Kid Who Tamed the Badlands · Walt Coburn · nv · The Ghost Deputy of Doubletree · Luke Short · nv · Boom-Town’s Outlaw Stampede · William F. Bragg · nv · The Owlhoot Schools a Lawman · L. P. Holmes · ss · Badge for Sale · John G. Pearsol · ss · Gambler’s Gospel · Foster-Harris · ss · When Hell Hit the Panhandle · Murray W. Mosser · ss
Star Western [v12 #2, July 1937] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 160pp, pulp) from TOC only. [JL] 4 · Ghosts of the Border Legion · The Editors · ed 6 · Derelict Deputy · The Maverick · ar 8 · Death Bugles on the Bravo · Foster-Harris · nv 39 · Mamook—Monarch of the Mountains · Tom Roan · ss 50 · Stepson of Satan’s Gun-Wolves · Harry F. Olmsted · ss 67 · Deacon Bottle—Sixgun Sinner [Deacon Bottle] · Robert E. Mahaffey · ss 78 · Blood Bondage of the Lawless · T. T. Flynn · nv 102 · Wagon Train Traitor · Bart Cassidy · ss 108 · Thank God for a Gunman! · John G. Pearsol · ss 127 · A Maverick Fights for a Brand · Stone Cody · ss 139 · Boothill Cancels a Blood-Debt · H. Charles McDermott · ss 147 · When a Cowman Quits— · Bruce Douglas · ss 154 · Up the Trail · Misc. · cl
Star Western [v12 #4, September 1937] ed. Anon. (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · Nesters, Dig Your Graves · Harry F. Olmsted · na · When Cowmen Ride at Night · Harry Sinclair Drago · na · The Owlhoot Sends a Gun-Brother · Stone Cody · nv · To Railhead—or Hell · John A. Saxon · nv · Stampede for the Boothill Claim · William F. Bragg · nv · The Glorious Traitor · Gunnison Steele · ss · Deacon Bottle’s Powdersmoke Donation [Deacon Bottle] · Robert E. Mahaffay · ss · John Law—Tinhorn · Ray Nafziger · ss · Buckshot Bounty-Hunter · J. L. Considine · ss
Star Western [v13 #1, October 1937] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 160pp, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) from TOC only. [JL] 4 · Lest We Forget · The Editors · ed 8 · Hell Sends Back Two Gringos · The Maverick · ar 10 · A Town to Die For! · Harry F. Olmsted · nv 36 · A Dead Man Sits In · Foster-Harris · ss 44 · Strange Guns Invade the Rim Rock · Charles W. Tyler · ss 62 · Death Carries the Canteen · Harlan Graves · ss 70 · Gunsmoke Dip Cures Texas Fever · Bart Cassidy · ss 86 · Brotherhood of Gunflame · John G. Pearsol · ss 109 · Introduction to Judge Lynch · Kenneth P. Wood · vi 112 · Bondage of the Dark Trails · Peter Dawson · nv 134 · An Owlhooter Adopts a Town · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss 152 · Up the Trail · Misc. · cl
Star Western [November 1937] (15¢, 160pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Empty Saddles for the Ghost Gun-Legion · Cliff Farrell · na · Nesters’ Lives for Sale! · Harry F. Olmsted · nv · Death Freight for Santa Fe · John A. Saxon · nv · Satan Brings His Gun to Paradise · Bart Cassidy · nv · Bait for Border Raiders · Ray Nafziger · nv · Written in Lead—Signed in Blood · Edgar L. Cooper · nv · Hell’s Deputy Wears no Badge · John G. Pearsol · ss · Deacon Bottle Aims at Honor [Deacon Bottle] · Robert E. Mahaffay · ss
Star Western [v13 #4, January 1938] (pulp) Contents taken from auction listing on eBay. Only partial contents listed? · Beyond the Law’s Last Outpost · Harry F. Olmsted · ss · To Hell with Neighbors! · Stone Cody · ss · A Gun Angel Rides to Purgatory · Cliff Farrell · ss · Rustlers Make Good Cowmen · C. K. Shaw · ss · First Aid from the Owlhoot · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss · A Renegade Guards the Gold Stage · Peter Dawson · ss · Kill - Or Cure! · Gunnison Steele · ss · Ranger, Rancher, Renegade · John G. Pearsol · ss
Star Western [v14 #2, March 1938] ed. Michael Tilden (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 160pp+, pulp) [JL] 4 · The What Made Them Different? · Editors · ed 8 · Once a Cattle-King— · The Maverick · vi 10 · Last Stand of the Freeze-Out Pool · Walt Coburn · na 41 · The Nester Who Stayed · John G. Pearsol · ss 52 · Signed on Satan’s Pay-Roll · Peter Dawson · nv 75 · A Hangnoose Waits in Texas · Foster-Harris · ss 88 · A Shotgun, a Badge—And a Man! · Frank Gruber · ss 106 · Hell for a Ranger · Gunnison Steele · ss 116 · Saddlemates for a Tinhorn Cowman · Stone Cody · nv 136 · Fugitive Guns Guard Bountyville · Cliff Farrell · ss 152 · Up the Trail · Misc. · cl
Star Western [v14 #3, April 1938] (15¢, 160pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Warrior of Peaceful Valley · Harry F. Olmsted · na; His own bitterness and rawhide will raised Adam Beecher from saddle-tramp to range king.. Could either his neighbors whom he hated, or his own loyal outfit, save him from his madman’s stampede to destrustion? · Gun-Chore for a Texan · Walt Coburn · nv; Jimmy Judd, manhunter, rode into the flaming maw of that renegade death-trap - to save for the girl he loved the youngest who had sworn to hang Jimmy’s hide onthe fence! · The Scissorbill Night-Riders · Ed Earl Repp · nv; Was Jeff Sulton’s square-shoooting dad the leader of that dread crew of midnight murders? Jeff swore to find out - though his knowledge win him a lifetime of hell-on-earth! · Death Waits for the Broken Box Prodigal · Homer King Gordon · nv; When young Mason left word that hidden gold lay buried on his old spread, he kew he’d be bait for the same hidden guns which had sent his rancher kin to death! · Vanguard of Hell’s Lost Legion · Charles Marquis Warren · nv; Woody Pinch stood alone between the shattered shell of a man who had betrayed his saddlemates - and the venomous hate of a tough end-of-stell frontier legion. · Back Pay for a Bunch-Quitter · Gunnison Steele · ss; Riding with a pack of gun-wolves, Bill Rayder defied the ruthless law of claw and fang. · Boothill Volunteer · Willard B. Crosby · ss; Buff Storm answered the frontier’s challenge - to meet in deadly battle his own breed of buckskin fighting men! · Epitaph for an Unmarked Grave · John G. Pearsol · ss; Could Flash Handen save himself from desert doon - over the body of his only friend? · Cattle Thief’s Honor · Zell Painter · ss; Eddie Slade sent his brother to hell - then charged the Devil’s gates to pay him back!
Star Western [May 1938] (15¢, 160pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · One Against the Steel Rail Legion · Harry F. Olmsted · na · Death Pays Fighting Wages · T. T. Flynn · nv · When Gunmen Meet in Hell · Kabe Landor · nv · Dog Gassoway Prescribes Hot Lead · Peter Dawson · nv · Who’ll Fight for a Two-Bit Cowman? · Glenn H. Wichman · nv · Gunsmoke on Delivery · Gunnison Steele · ss · A Night Call for the Deacon [Deacon Bottle] · Robert E. Mahaffay · ss · Law Badge for Sale · John G. Pearsol · ss
Star Western [June 1938] (15¢, 160pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Partners Into Purgatory · Walt Coburn · na · Where Gunmen Fear to Ride · Harry F. Olmsted · nv · The Vigilantes Ride Tonight! · Glenn H. Wichman · nv · The Powder River Rebellion · Dabney Otis Collins · nv · Wheel-Chair Lawman · Stone Cody · nv · Gentleman Jack and the Black Angels · John Paul Jones · ss · Hot Lead for Hot Grub · Gunnison Steele · ss · Gun-Trap for—a Partner! · John G. Pearsol · ss
Star Western [July 1938] (15¢, 160pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Revolt of the Prairie Legion · Harry F. Olmsted · na · When Killers Ride at Sunset · W. H. B. Kent · nv · Dry Ranges Make Gunman · Philip Ketchum · nv · A Partner to Die For! · John G. Pearsol · ss · Guardian Queen of the Rockies · Tom Roan · ss · Gun-Guest’s Welcome · Norman A. Fox · ss · Brotheerhood of the Lawless Trails · Dabney Otis Collins · ss · Fugitive’s Last Stand · Stanley G. Allen · ss · The Man-Hunt in Hell · Buck Gilmore · ss
Star Western [October 1938] (15¢, 160pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Last Stand of the Freeze-Out Pool · Walt Coburn · na · Signed on Satan’s Pay-Roll · Peter Dawson · nv · A Shotgun, a Badge—and a Man · Frank Gruber · nv · Saddlemates for a Tinhorn Cowman · Stone Cody · nv · Fugitive Guns Guard Bountyville · Cliff Farrell · nv · The Nester Who Stayed · John G. Pearsol · ss · A Hangnoose Waits in Texas · Foster-Harris · ss · Hell for a Ranger · Gunnison Steele · ss
Star Western [v16 #2, November 1938] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) from TOC only. [JL] 4 · Picking the Best · The Editors · ed 6 · The Hangnoose Hero · The Maverick · ar 9 · Battle-Hymn for a Lost Lawman · T. T. Flynn · nv 39 · Live Decoy for Bushwhackers · Norman A. Fox · ss 46 · Outcast Medico of the Prairie Trails · Harry F. Olmsted · ss 60 · Recruit for the Bad Medicine Raiders · Henry Haldeman · ss 76 · Grizzly and the Fifty-Dollar Fool-Killer · James R. Webb · ss 84 · Rein In—Hell Ahead! · Cliff Farrell · ss 100 · Tinhorn’s Gunsmoke Crusade · Peter Dawson · nv 117 · Cowboy Sports · Guy Weadick · ar 122 · Sodbuster, Grab Your Gun! · Ray Nafziger · ss 135 · Up the Trail · Misc. · cl
Star Western [v17 #2, March 1939] (15¢, 144pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Wild Raiders of Death’s Jonada · Cliff Farrell · na · Buckskin Men Die Hard · Bart Cassidy · nv · The Boom Camp Gun Ghost · Harry F. Olmsted · nv · A Gamblin’ Man Plays for His Town · Robert E. Mahaffay · nv · When a Man Damns His Neighbors · L. Ernenwein · nv · Prisoners of ??? Range · Ray Nafziger · nv · A Cowman Sells His Saddle · Ray Nafziger · ss · Grizzly Queen’s Fighting Lesson · Tom Roan · ss · The West That Never Dies · The Editors · nf · What Men Fight For · The Maverick · nf · Up the Trail · Misc. · ms
Star Western [v17 #3, April 1939] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) from TOC only. [JL] 4 · Fighting Odds—Twenty-to-One! · The Editors · ed 8 · Trail of the Boomtown Fugitives · The Maverick · ar 11 · Death Rides for the Drag R · Walt Coburn · nv 37 · Rusty Badge—Ready Gun! · Norman A. Fox · ss 46 · Hell in Both Saddle Bags! · Harry F. Olmsted · ss 62 · Fighting Nesters of Perdition Peak · John G. Pearsol · ss 77 · Deacon Bottle—Sixgun God-Father [Deacon Bottle] · Robert E. Mahaffey · ss 86 · A Lawman Remits in Gunsmoke · Leslie Ernenwein · ss 106 · Last Ride of the Owlhoot Posse · Stone Cody · ss 122 · Satan Guides the Wagon Trains · Ray Nafziger · ss 138 · Up the Trail · Misc. · cl
Star Western [May 1939] (15¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Gunsmoke Cures a Wheel-Chair Cowman · Walt Coburn · na · Recruit for the Mescal Raider · Stone Cody · nv · A Sixgun Sawbones Prescribes Boothill · W. Ryerson Johnson · nv · When the Devil Laughed in Deseronto · L. Ernenwein · ss; What happens when you’re greeted by a waiting hangnoose and an empty grave! · Three Against the Range-Hog Legion · Ed Earl Repp · nv · Last Stand of the Tough Luck Pool · John G. Pearsol · nv · The Wagon-Train Tenderfoot · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss · The Deacon’s Powdersmoke Adoption [Deacon Bottle] · Robert E. Mahaffay · ss
Star Western [v19 #4, January 1940] (15¢, 144pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Port of Missing Gunnmen · Dennison Rust · nv · Hoss Greer Buys a Range War [Hoss Greer] · Harry F. Olmsted · nv · Bronc Buster of the Devil Cavvy · Wes Fargo · nv · Prodigal’s Hangtree Welcome · Rolle R. Rand · nv · Battle-Call for Sheepers · Robert E. Mahaffay · nv · The Boothill Button · Stone Cody · nv · Leader for the Broken Saddle Legion · Cliff Farrell · nv
Star Western [v20 #1, February 1940] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp) [TD]

3 · Test Your West · Misc. · qz
6 · Lawman’s Last Gun-Chance · The Maverick · ss
8 · The Bullwhip Man-Breaker [Bullwhip Bill McCrackin] · Tom Roan · n.
34 · A Gun-Cub Leaves the Pack · Larry A. Harris · nv
54 · Bullet Requiem for Len Siringo [Len Siringo] · W. Ryerson Johnson · nv
74 · Hoss Greer Rides to Hell [Hoss Greer] · Harry F. Olmsted · nv
94 · A Renegade Makes the Blizzard Drive · John G. Pearsol · nv
108 · The Gunsmoke Saddle-Bum · Dee Langford · nv
122 · Wagontongue’s Last Town-Tamer · Tom W. Blackburn · nv
136 · Up the Trail · Misc. · ms
Star Western [v20 #4, May 1940] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp) from TOC only. [JL] 4 · Men Who Made the West · A. K. Summers · ar 6 · Gunman of Destiny · The Maverick · ar 8 · Gun-Guardians of Graveyard Gold · Bart Cassidy · nv 32 · The Law of Silver Trent · Stone Cody · ss 50 · The “Sentinels” Gunsmoke Edition · William Benton Johnston · ss 64 · Deacon Bottle’s Hang-Noose Bargain [Deacon Bottle] · Robert E. Mahaffey · ss 80 · Hoss Greer and the Vermejo Killers [Hoss Greer] · Harry F. Olmsted · ss 98 · Even Money He Dies at Noon! · Peter Dawson · nv 116 · Bullet Bonus for Bob-Wire Buyers [Len Siringo] · W. Ryerson Johnson · ss 142 · Up the Trail · Misc. · cl
Star Western [v22 #2, November 1940] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp) from TOC. [JL] 4 · Up the Trail · Misc. · cl 8 · Cloud-Burst Clawson Guns for Rain · W. Ryerson Johnson · nv 32 · Tonight My Guns Are Free! · John G. Pearsol · ss 44 · Hoss Greer’s Hot Lead Election [Hoss Greer] · Harry F. Olmsted · ss 62 · Barb Wire Buys Hell! · Stone Cody · ss 82 · The Boothill Rodeo · Wes Fargo · nv 106 · The Deacon Votes for Sheep! [Deacon Bottle] · Robert E. Mahaffey · ss 116 · Stolen Guns, Heading South! · Cliff Farrell · ss
Star Western [December 1940] (Popular Publications, 15¢, 144pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · The Last Outpost This Side of Hell · Cliff Farrell · na; “A short-horn Army colonel swore that he’d rather turn that seething frontier into a bloody shambles for his own troops than to back the peace pledge of Wes Kittridge - buckskin scout, who held the last living hope for safety on the plains.” · Black Jack Kazar Collects in Blood · Dee Linford · na; “When Black Jack Kazar took the blood-money trail, he aimed not only to collect bounty on the head of a game young orphan, but also to get both gold and vengeance from his most feared - and utterly helpless -- enemy!” · The Secret of Torture Ranch · Stone Cody · na; “Silver Trent would ride to hell to save one of his own men from a Mex hang-noose . . . But it was on the trail back from purgatory, that El Diablo had laid his sure-fire death-trap - with the bodies of two whom Silver loved best!” · (not listed) · Harry F. Olmsted · na; “It was a case of kill or be killed for Lang Kincaid, embittered, quick-trigger fugitive. Yet the one time when he faced t he murderous boss of hell’s own cow-town, he failed to pull a gun!” · When the Comstock Lode Ran Red · M. Howard Lane · na; “While Cord McLain was battling a man-killing blizzard and raging floods on his history-making trek from Virginia City to San Francisco, he was actually blazing the trail for a crooked mine-boss’ pet murder-pack - who already had been paid for Cord’s dead body!” · Stolen Beef for Starvation Graders · Norrell Gregory · na; “The Sargent Brothers never stopped to figure odds where loyalty was concerned... So they sided - in a bloody cowman-railroad war - a pair of two-bit ranchers, who could exist only by making moonlight raids on their neighbors’ herds!” · Prison Champion for a Lost Range · Philip Ketchum · na; “Lou Bannerman, fugitive and disgraced lawman, knew that his last chance for life had gone --- when he heard that he had kidnapped the girl he loved, and pumped a hot lead slug in the back of the one man who had trusted him...”

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