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Best Western
Best Western [v 2 #3, September 1951] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 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 [v 2 #4, December 1951] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) from TOC. [TD]

6 · The Showdowners · Ray Townsend · n.
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 · n.
Best Western [v 2 #6, July 1952] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 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 [v 3 #1, September 1952] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) [MH] 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 [v 3 #5, May 1953] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) [MH]

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 [v 3 #6, April 1939] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) from TOC. [JL] 12 · Line-Riders of Forgotten Range · Orlando Rigoni · na 75 · A Night in the Saddle · Paul Carney · vi 77 · The Kid Deputy · Clint Warner · ss 85 · Fighting Man from Tennessee · James Dorn · ss 98 · A Gun-Ghost Rides to War · Charles D. Richardson, Jr. · ss 105 · Winchester Quarantine · Michael Cahill · ss
Best Western [v 4 #1, November 1953] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) [MH]

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 [“A Gun-Boss for Eternal Range”] · Peter Dawson · na Complete Western Book Magazine May ’39
Best Western [v 5 #1, March 1955] (25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · The Hell at Hondo · Leslie Ernenwein · na · Ghost Badge for a Tinhorn · Peter Dawson · na Complete Western Book Magazine Jun ’38 · 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 [v 5 #2, June 1955] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH]

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 ’39
80 · Ghost-Guards Ride the Sunset Stage · Peter Dawson · nv Western Short Stories Mar ’39
Best Western [v 5 #3, September 1955] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH]

4 · Look Over Your Shoulder · William Vance · n.
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. Krell · ss
67 · Powdersmoke Reprieve · D. B. Newton · ss Western Novel and Short Stories Sep ’41
73 · Man Behind the Star · Lloyd Eric Reeve · ss, 1939
81 · .45 Freedom · Ray Townsend · ss, 1949
90 · The Sixguns Hell Couldn’t Silence · L. P. Holmes · ss Western Short Stories Feb ’42
Best Western [v 5 #4, December 1955] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) from TOC. [TD]

4 · Death of a Gunfighter · Lewis B. Patten · n.
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; Sartain, Kim] · Louis L’Amour · nv
65 · Shoot-Out for Shorthorns Only · Robert E. Mahaffay · nv
74 · Killer Colts Deliver a Doomed Herd · L. L. Foreman · nv Western Novel and Short Stories Sep ’41
88 · Range-Rebel Religion · Rod Patterson · nv Complete Western Book Magazine May ’40
Best Western [v 5 #5, March 1956] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 98pp, pulp) [Gary Garner] 4 · Hell-Bent · Lewis B. Patten · nv 19 · The Storm · Richard Harper · ss 24 · Boy on a Man’s Errand · Walter A. Tompkins · nv 45 · Whiskey, Women, and Fighting · J. L. Bouma · ss 52 · Lonely Ride · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss 62 · The Outlaw’s Kiss · Lloyd Kevin · ss 68 · Shoot-out at Waukomis · Glenn Shirley · ss 70 · Colt-Handy and Battle-Wise! · Glenn H. Wichman · nv Two-Gun Western Novels Sep ’41
Best Western [v 5 #6, June 1956] (Stadium Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 100pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · She Had Red Lips, He Had a Six-Gun · H. A. DeRosso · na · Cowboy Fever · S. Omar Barker · nv · The Straight and Narrow · William Vance · nv · The Towntamers · John Lumsden · ss · Last Bullet · Thomas Middleton · ss · Peaceable Jones and the Careless Barber · Edwin Booth · ss · Long Winter · Ray G. Ellis · ss · The Man-Breaker · Wayne D. Overholser · na
Best Western [September 1956] (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · The Terrible Cowboy · Stephen Payne · na · Two Guns Two Faces · William Vance · nv · Too Tough · Hascal Giles · ss · Strangers in His House · L. D. Geumlek · ss · Where Did All the Bullets Come From? · Noel M. Loomis · ss · Not Much More than a Trigger · Russ Winterbotham · ss · A Hero for Hattie · W. J. Reynolds · ss · Satan’s Segundo · Wayne D. Overholser · na (r) · Those Texas Cowboys · S. Omar Barker · ar
Best Western [v 6 #2, December 1956] ed. R. O. Erisman (Stadium Publishing Corp., 25¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH] 5 · Cattle Country Christmas Quiz · James Hines · qz; (answers on p.68) 6 · Got to Get Home · Marvin De Vries · na 23 · Up Tangle Creek · Russ Winterbotham · ss 29 · The Wax Tear · Gordon Forbes · ss 36 · Law of the Strong · D. B. Newton · na Western Novel and Short Stories Sep ’50 69 · She Wanted the Gunman · Lin Searles · nv 78 · Big Coup · George C. Appell · ss 86 · The Settlers · T. C. McClary · nv 94 · Last Night · Archie Joscelyn · ss
Best Western Magazine
Publishers: Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc. (Red Circle): Best Western Magazine
Best Western Magazine [v 1 # 1, September 1935] (Western Fiction Publishing Co.; Chicago, 15¢, 128pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Range Feud · Max Brand · na · The Bull Whip Sheriff · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss · Robber’s Cashe · J. Allan Dunn · ss · The Bar 20 Drives On [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence E. Mulford · ss · Dead Man’s Pass · Paul Evan Lehman · ss
Best Western Magazine [v 1 #4, March 1936] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., pulp) from TOC. [JL] · illustrations · L. F. Bjorklund · il 6 · The Fighting Arizonian · William MacLeod Raine · nv 56 · The Looting of Golconda · Harry Sinclair Drago · ss 66 · The Texas Kid · Hugh Pendexter · nv 89 · Iron Paws · Alan LeMay · ss 102 · The Ranger Loop · Eugene Cunningham · ss 111 · Bushwack · Rollin Brown · ss
Best Western Magazine [v 1 # 6, July 1936] (15¢, pulp) [RP] 6 · The Black Canyon Outlaws · Raymond Berry · na 50 · Bullets Sweep the Range · Peter Field · na 108 · The Bandit Buster · Eugene Cunningham · ss 118 · Stacked Cards Lloyd · Eric Reeve · ss
Best Western Magazine [v 2 # 4, March 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) [JL] · illustrations · L. F. Bjorklund · il 8 · Gun Held Range · Carmony Gove · nv 46 · Border Rider · Eugene Cunnigham · ss 53 · Brand of Hunted Men · Ken Jason · na 109 · Thieves’ Frame Up · Rex Evans · ss 121 · Snake Bites Snake! · Misc. Material · ar 121 · A Determined Bear · Eugene Cunnigham · ar
Best Western Magazine [v 3 # 1, December 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) [JL] · illustrations · L. F. Bjorklund · il 10 · Saddle Hawks of Apache Basin · Charles Alden Seltzer · na 64 · Pistol Reprieve · Wilbur Hall · ss 74 · Sixguns of Destiny · Ken Jason · ss 86 · Trouble on the Hoof · Luke Tyler · nv 114 · The Gunsmoke Herd · Carmony Gove · ss
Best Western Magazine [v 4 # 4, July 1940] (15¢, pulp) [RP] 8 · The War-Orphan Chooses Wipe-Out · James P. Olsen · nv 28 · The Man Bootlhill Couldn’t Hold · Rodney Blake · nv 54 · Dim Trail Deputy · Gunnison Steele · ss 61 · Gratbeard on the Prod · Ken Jason · ss 68 · A Gun and a Star · Glenn H. Wickman · ss 78 · Salvation of the Showdown Clan · Rex Evans · nv 101 · Cutbank Code · James Hall · ss
Best Western [v 4 # 5, November 1940] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 8 · The Kid Will Come with a .45 · James Dorn · na 50 · Grab a Horse, Hellion—or a Gun! · John G. Pearsol · ss 58 · Cut-Bank Welcome for Wet-Cattle Thieves · Peter Dawson · na 78 · Shallow-Grave Salvation · Glenn H. Wichman · ss 88 · Die-Hard Cub From Dodge · Ralph Berard · nv 100 · Lead Purge for a Hard-Case Town · D. B. Newton · ss
Best Western Magazine [v 4 # 6, May 1941] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) [JL] 8 · Gunpowder in His Blood, Hell in His Holsters! · Luke Tyler · nv 45 · Killers Have to Be Tamed, Tinstar! · Rodney L. Patterson · ss 56 · Paroled to Purgatory · Peter Dawson · nv 81 · Colt Welcome for Wanted Men · James Dorn · ss 92 · Marshals Need Guns · Paul Evan Lehman · ss 102 · Winchester Witness · Ralph Berard · ss
Best Western Magazine [v 4 # 7, July 1941] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) [JL] 8 · A Kid and a Colt Against Killer Range · Raymond Porter · na 66 · Gun-Law Grass Means Winchesters and War! · Harry F. Olmsted · nv 92 · Fence-Posts and Wire for Wanted Men · Peter Dawson · ss 102 · One-Way Ticket to Hell · Adam Mann · ss
Best Western [v 4 # 8, October 1941] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] 8 · When a Battle-Cub Goes All-Out with Guns · Raymond W. Porter · na 61 · We’ll Fight, Range-Hog—with Fists or .45’s! · Adam Mann · ss 72 · Too Colt-Fast to Side Satan · Rod Patterson · ss 84 · Kid Who Chose Bullets and Blood · Gunnison Steele · na 103 · Back Trail Bondage · D. B. Newton · nv
Best Western Magazine [v 4 # 9, February 1942] (15¢, pulp) [RP] 8 · Two Guns From Texas Means Hot Lead Hell · Luke Tyler · na 52 · Holster Your Hardware, Badman, or Die! · Bill Davis · ss 63 · Bushwack Barricade · T. K. Hawley · nv 83 · Starvation Beef For Last-Stand Range-Cubs · Gunnison Steele · ss 92 · Gun-Ghost Trail To Dodge · Ed Earl Repp · ss
Best Western Novels Magazine
Publishers: Interstate Publishing Corp.: Best Western Novels Magazine
Best Western Novels [v 4 #11, January 1944] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10c, 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 [v 5 # 2, April 1948] (Interstate Publishing Corp., 25¢, pulp) [JL] 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 Magazine [v 5 # 4, August 1948] (pulp) [RP] 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 [v 5 # 7, March 1949] ed. Anon. (standard pulp) Details taken from listing on eBay [PSP] · Gun to Gun · Lee Floren · na · Blood and Grass · John H. Latham · na · King of the Badlands · R. S. Lerch · na
Bestseller Mystery Magazine
Bestseller Mystery Magazine [v 1 # 8, No.217, September 1959] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (35¢, 132pp, digest) Robert P. Mills, Managing Editor. [TM]

5 · First Class Murder [David Madden] · Doris Miles Disney · ab; abridged from Unappointed Rounds, Doubleday 1956.; illus. John Giunta
102 · Mousetrapped · Neill C. Wilson · vi
106 · Silhouette of a Killer · T. E. Brooks · ss This Week, 1957
113 · Pour on Water · Lee Hays · ss
118 · The Visitor · Richard Winkler · ss

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