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Famous Western [v15 #1, February 1954] ed. Anon. (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 96pp, standard pulp) Details taken from listing on eBay. [PSP]

Famous Western [v15 #2, April 1954] (Columbia Publications, 25¢, pulp) Details taken from dealer’s catalogue on ABEBooks.
  • · Renegade Harest · J. J. Mathews · na; Ken Malone’s old grudge agaisnt Dugman and his bunch flares into fury when he learns of Joan Varden’s plight...
  • · Vengeacne Is Mine · Lauran Paine · nv; Art Huron tracks down the seemingly pointless killing of his partner.
  • · Once a Killer · William F. Schwartz · ss; Lukie has come home to take action he had vowed never to take again.
  • · Faith · Rutherford Montgomery · ss; Hals resents Noma’s loyality with his own follhardiness had ruined them.
  • · The Rangy Roan · Pidge Short · ss; A thief should know something about a horse before he steals the animal.
  • · The Two-Bit Hoss · E. E. Clement · ss; Long Tom has to play the role of villain in order to undo a wrong.

Famous Western [v15 #3, June 1954] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from ToC. [JL]

Famous Western [v15 #4, August 1954] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from ToC. [JL]

Famous Western [v15 #5, October 1954] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from ToC. [JL]

Famous Western [v15 #6, December 1954] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Associate editors Marie Antoinette Park & Cliff Campbell. [MH]

Famous Western [v16 #1, February 1955] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from ToC; ass. eds. Cliff Campbell & Marie Antoinette Park. [JL]

Famous Western [v16 #2, April 1955] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Associate editors Marie Antoinette Park & Cliff Campbell. [MH]

Famous Western [v16 #3, June 1955] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Associate editors Marie Antoinette Park & Cliff Campbell. [MH]

Famous Western [v16 #4, August 1955] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Associate editors Marie Antoinette Park & Cliff Campbell. [MH]

Famous Western [v17 #1, February 1956] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from ToC; ass. ed. Cliff Campbell. [JL]

Famous Western [v17 #2, April 1956] (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from ToC. [JL]

Famous Western [v17 #4, August 1956] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) assoc. ed. Cliff Campbell. [JL]

Famous Western [v17 #5, October 1956] (Columbia Publications, 25¢, pulp) Details taken from dealer’s catalogue on ABEBooks.

Famous Western [v18 #1, February 1957] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, trimmed pulp) assoc. ed. Marie A. Park.

Famous Western [v18 #2, April 1957] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Assoc. ed. Marie A. Park. [MH]

Famous Western [v18 #6, April 1958] (Columbia Publications, 35¢, digest)
          "A Double-Action Magazine", “The Best in Fact and Fiction”. Editor: Robert A.W. Lowndes / Assoc. Ed.: Marie A Park Editorial and executive offices at 241 Church Street; publisher Louis H. Silberkleit; business manager Maurice Coyne, per “Statement Required by...” on page 99.
          Cover (uncredited); Winter hillside. In foreground a man on foot with a lawman’s badge fires his rifle at something offstage; behind him on a horse is his prisoner, arms tied behind him.
          Blurbs in “Author, Author!” say that Roe Richmond best known for “innumerable” sports stories, also many detective and previous westerns. E.E. Clement a regular in “this magazine since 1943, and is also a steady contributor to Double Action Western, Real Western Stories, and Western Action,” also does detective stories. “Harlan Ellison is a new writer, so far as western stories are concerned, but he’s widely known in the fantasy and science ficdtion field, and has made a number of names for himself in detectives, too. At present serving in the armed forces, Mr. Ellison looks forward to full-time authorship when Uncle Sam no longer needs him 24 hours a day.” And Pete Carter, a “cowhand in his time,” specializes in articles about Indians and cavalry.
          Blurbs in the magazine advertise the April Double Action Western (with “Gunhands and Plough Handles” by Charles Long and “Lawless Lead” by Olin Grant); the April Real Western Stories (“Ten complete, quick- trigger tales”) with “The Wide-Loopers” by Elton Webster; “Dead Man’s Dollar” by Edwin Booth; and “The Bee’s Nest” by Lon Williams); the “current issue” of Western Action, with “Fast on the Draw” by Art Cleveland, plus the usual ads for hair-restorers, “High-Potency Capsules” from Vitasafe Corp., and Royal Jelly from Jenasol Co.
          The articles read as at least semi-fictionalized, and I have my doubts about their historicity. . . but what do I know. I picked this up, of course, for the Ellison story, which was pretty good, and full of Ellisonian drama and emotion (a tough sheriff is unable to adjust to his now-peaceful town but refuses to ease up; at last the good citizens have to bushwhack him, turning him into a crippled drunk, to get him to leave them alone). [DKL]
  • 3 · Author, Author! · Anon. · bg
  • 5 · Redman’s Defender · Roscoe A. Poland · ar; article about Bret Harte as newspaperman facing down a mob who called him an “Injun-lover”.
  • 6 · Ripe for the Rope · E. E. Clement · nv
  • 45 · We Came Here to Hang Somebody · Len Turner · ar; article about vigilantes.
  • 50 · Peoosecut · Jim Mac Collister · ss
  • 74 · The End of the Time of Leinard · Harlan Ellison · ss
  • 80 · Looking Into the Past · Pete Carter · ar; article; oldtimer remembers stuff at great length.
  • 100 · The Three Horsemen · Edward Gardner · pm
  • 101 · The Parson of Rough and Ready · Wade Hamilton · ar; article about one Rev. Dunleavy, a saloon-owning clergyman.
  • 104 · Saviours From Sanpete · Roe Richmond · nv

Famous Western [v19 #3, October 1958] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 35¢, 134pp, digest) assoc. ed Marie A. Park. [DKL]

Famous Western [v20 #1, June 1959] (Columbia Publications, 130pp, digest) Details taken from dealer’s catalogue on ABEBooks.

Famous Western [v20 #2, August 1959] (Columbia Publications, 130pp, digest) Details taken from dealer’s catalogue on ABEBooks.

Famous Western [v20 #3, October 1959] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 35¢, 132pp, digest) assoc. ed. Marie A. Park. [Ken Johnson]

Famous Western [v20 #4, December 1959] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 35¢, 132pp, digest) assoc. ed. Marie A. Park. [Ken Johnson]

Famous Western [February 1960] (digest) [KJ]

Famous Western (UK)

Famous Western (UK) [# 5, February 1954] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Hermitage Publications Ltd., 1/-, 98pp, pulp) [TD]

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