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Tops in Westerns [Vol. 7, 1946] (Warner Publications, Inc., 20¢, 108pp, pulp) Note: Big, Double Size, Magazine, two rebound unsold issues of Ranch Romances (1st and 2nd November 1946 issues) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 4 · Blue Bonnet Buzzards · William Freeman Hough · na Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946 36 · Plans for Priscilla · S. Omar Barker · ss Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946 43 · Navajo Squaw Dance · Clee Woods · ar Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946; illustrated by H. D. Bugbee 46 · Know Your West · Rattlesnake Robert · qz Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946 47 · Sugar Babe · Frank C. Robertson · ss Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946 57 · High Haven · L. P. Holmes · nv Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946 74 · The Westerners’ Crossword Puzzle · [uncredited] · pz Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946 75 · Get Off My Ranch! · Herbert A. Woodbury · ss Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946 79 · Monument to an Indian Chief · Ferris M. Weddle · ar Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946 83 · Mask of Satan · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946 90 · Twisted Trails [Part 3 of 4] · Paul Evan Lehman · sl Ranch Romances 2nd November 1946 4 · Comanche · Dorothy L. Bonar · na Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 36 · Know Your West · Rattlesnake Robert · qz Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 37 · Dealer’s Choice · Bill Severn · ss Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 43 · Barbed Borders · Lewis Nordyke · ts Ranch Romances 1st November 1946; illustrated by H. D. Bugbee 48 · Hurry, Doctor, Hurry · Robert Dale Denver · ss Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 53 · As Benjamin Franklin Once Said · S. Omar Barker · pm Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 57 · Nester at Sagebrush Spring · Bruce Douglas · ss Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 66 · The Ranch Builder · Stephen Payne · ss Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 71 · Traveler’s Tree-olgy · Phil Squires · ar Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 74 · Lost Lady · Chandler Whipple · nv Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 87 · The Westerners’ Crossword Puzzle · [uncredited] · pz Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 88 · Twisted Trails [Part 2 of 4] · Paul Evan Lehman · sl Ranch Romances 1st November 1946 105 · Out of the Chutes · Tex Sherman · cl Ranch Romances 1st November 1946

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Tops in Western Stories [Vol. 1 No. 1, Spring 1953] ed. Jack O’Sullivan (Flying Stories, Inc., 25¢, 128pp, pulp) 2 · The Last Ride of Pothook Marrs · Les Savage, Jr. · na Lariat Story Magazine September 1948 50 · Slow Elk on Alder Crick · O. E. Fry · ss (r) 58 · Destiny Rides the Rio · Curtis Bishop · ss Lariat Story Magazine July 1945 73 · Beginner’s Luck · Bennett Foster · ss Action Stories June 1936 79 · The Laughing Town · Stewart Toland · ss Lariat Story Magazine July 1947 84 · Trigger Trial · Edgar L. Cooper · ss Action Stories March/April 1934, as “Kangaroo Court” 96 · Payoff in Mex · Walt Coburn · na Lariat Story Magazine March 1942

Tops in Western Stories [Vol. 1 No. 2, Fall 1953] (35¢, pulp) Details supplied by Larry Estep. · Crossfire Colts · Walt Coburn · nv Lariat Story Magazine July 1943 · The Maverick Brand · Anson Slaughter · ss (r) · Epitaph from Tombstone · J. A. Saxon · ss (r) · Stranger on the Stage · L. P. Holmes · nv Lariat Story Magazine September 1947 · Town of Twenty Triggers · Les Savage, Jr. · na Lariat Story Magazine January 1944

Top Western Incorrect listing for Top Western Fiction Annual.

Top Western Magazine (UK)   (about)

Top Western Magazine (UK) [No. 1, n.d. (1955?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. · Wild Horse Range · B. M. Bower (ghost written by Oscar J. Friend) · na West May 1950

Top Western Fiction Annual   (about)

Top Western Fiction Annual [Vol. 1 No. 1, 1950] (Best Books Inc., 25¢, 196pp, pulp, cover by Sam Cherry) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Hola, Western Fans! · The Editor · ed 5 · The Texas Rangers · Jackson Cole · na 68 · Tied Triggers · T. W. Ford · nv Popular Western October 1937 83 · Badland Crosstrails · Russell A. Bankson · ss Popular Western December 1937 91 · Those Card-Sharp Blues · Simpson M. Ritter · ar 92 · Canyon of No Return · C. William Harrison · nv Popular Western January 1938 108 · Murder Mesa · Ray Humphreys · ss Thrilling Western May 1935 116 · Killer Sign · Don Alviso · nv Popular Western July 1937 130 · Wild Bill Hickok’s Early Start · Tex Gainsville · ar 131 · Framed at Wolfhead · Gunnison Steele · ss Thrilling Western April 1935 140 · Blue Lightnin’ · Bradford Scott · ss 144 · The Sudden Deputy · Lawrence A. Keating · ss Thrilling Ranch Stories August 1936 154 · Too Many Heroes · Ray Nafziger · ss Thrilling Western March 1935 163 · Liar West of the Pecos · Allan R. Bosworth · ss Popular Western December 1937 170 · Bullet Justice · A. Leslie · na Thrilling Ranch Stories June 1936

Top Western Fiction Annual [v1 #2, 1951] (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 160pp, pulp, cover by Sam Cherry) Details supplied by K. Becker. 6 · Snake in the Grass · Tom Parsons · ss Triple Western February 1948 9 · Roundup · [uncredited] · ed 10 · The Riders of Carne Cove · Wayne D. Overholser · na West January 1947 83 · A Medal for the Sheriff · Hal G. Evarts · ss Thrilling Western February 1947 92 · West of Windigo · Norrell Gregory · nv Exciting Western May 1947 107 · And When I Find It · Allan R. Bosworth · ss Thrilling Ranch Stories July 1947 117 · It Really Isn’t So! · Bess Ritter · ms 118 · Thirty Days Has Sam Reber · Joseph Chadwick · nv The Rio Kid Western October 1947 137 · Steaks or Calves? · Sam Brant · ms 138 · High Moon Kill · William Hopson · ss West August 1947 149 · Curtains for a Killer · John Jo Carpenter · ss West October 1947

Top Western Fiction Annual [v1 #3, 1952] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. · The Best of the West · [uncredited] · ed 6 · Under Fire · S. Omar Barker · ss Popular Western April 1936 10 · Riders of the Shadows · Allan R. Bosworth · nv Thrilling Ranch Stories December 1939 49 · Billy Dixon’s Great Shot · Norman B. Wiltsey · ar 50 · Green Stones of Death · Gunnison Steele · ss Thrilling Adventures August 1941 58 · San Francisco Storekeeper · Bess Ritter · ar 59 · Spurs for a Tenderfoot · Ben Frank · ss Thrilling Western June 1947 67 · Lunch with Clay Allison · William Carter · ar [Ref. Clay Allison] 68 · Too Tough to Handle · Syl MacDowell · na Thrilling Western March 1939; illustrated by Farren 104 · Manhunter · Barry Storm · ss Popular Western January 1938; illustrated by Al Savitt 115 · Stage Driver’s Trust · Mel Pitzer · ss Range Riders Western February 1945 119 · Killer · Joe Archibald · ss West July 1943; illustrated by Ed DeLavy 129 · Texas John Alden [Breckenridge Elkins] · Patrick Ervin · nv Masked Rider Western May 1944; illustrated by Farren 140 · V Is for Vengeance · Jack Byrne · nv Ranch Romances 1st September 1942

Top Western Fiction Annual [Vol. 2 No. 1, 1953] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp, cover by Sam Cherry) (Full Text) 6 · The Best of the West · The Editor · ed 8 · The Bargain · A. Leslie · ss Popular Western January 1936 10 · Old Texas Days · Larry A. Harris · na West May 1945 39 · Western Nuggets · Harold Helfer · ms (r) 83 · Lone Hand Law · William L. Hopson · ss Thrilling Western November 1940 90 · The Ghosts of Buckskin Run · Jim Mayo · nv Thrilling Ranch Stories May 1948 114 · The Rain God’s Gold · Gladwell Richardson · ss Popular Western June 1947 125 · Colts for a Kid · Ben Frank · ss Thrilling Western March 1945 132 · The Blizzard and the Banker · Joseph Chadwick · nv Texas Rangers March 1948 139 · Lady Rustler · Pecos Pete · pm 150 · The General’s Gun · David Lavender · ss Range Riders Western November 1946

Top Western Fiction Annual [Vol. 2 No. 2, 1954] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 146pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Rustler Meat · Sam Brant · vi Popular Western January 1936 8 · Bury Me Not · Allan R. Bosworth · na West October 1947 probably not the same as the story of the same name in the December 1939 issue of The Rio Kid Western. 11 · The Best of the West · The Editor · ed 45 · Range Ramblings · Harold Helfer · cl (r) 65 · A Western Tragedy · Edna Stewart · ms (r) 69 · South to the Sun · William Hopson · ss Thrilling Ranch Stories May 1947 80 · Medico of Gun-Flame Basin · Larry A. Harris · nv Popular Western September 1941 97 · Cavalry Cal’s Crusade · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Thrilling Western October 1948 106 · Calamity Road · J. Edward Leithead · nv Exciting Western Summer 1941 131 · Goldy the Gunhawk · W. F. Bragg · ss Thrilling Western November 1946 139 · You Can’t Tell from Size · J. R. Jackson · ss Range Riders Western December 1945

Top Western Fiction Annual [Vol. 2 No. 3, 1955] ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr. (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 6 · One Night at Sadie Hogan’s · Ray Gaulden · ss Thrilling Western July 1948 10 · No Guns for Hire · George Michener · na Giant Western June 1949 _13 · The Best of the West · The Editor · ed _25 · Dog-Gone Music · Howie Lasseter · ms _35 · Ride ’Em, Cowboy! · Kid Wells · pm _53 · Range Ramblings · Harold Helfer · cl 79 · Bullet Bargain · Joseph Chadwick · ss Thrilling Western August 1947 88 · The Little Man · William Hopson · ss Masked Rider Western June 1949 98 · Dutchman’s Flat · Louis L’Amour · ss Giant Western Fall 1948 109 · Not Fair! · Tex Mumford · ms 110 · The Guns of Kildore · Harrison Hendryx · ss Thrilling Western October 1947 118 · Big Enough to Die · Dupree Poe · ss Giant Western February 1949

Top Western Fiction Annual [Vol. 3 No. 1, 1956] ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr. (Literary Enterprises, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Rick Hall from Table of Contents. 6 · Overly’s Mistake · Edd Howard · ss Thrilling Western July 1951; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler 8 · West of the Tularosa [Ward McQueen; Kim Sartain] · Jim Mayo · na West March 1951 11 · The Best of the West · The Editor · ed 27 · The West · Clarence Edwin Flynn · pm 45 · The Scrawny Nag · Philip Ketchum · ss Popular Western October 1951 54 · In Victorio’s Country [Red Clanahan] · Louis L’Amour · ss Giant Western June 1949 66 · Too Tough to Kill · Joseph Chadwick · nv Thrilling Western May 1951, as “Ramrod of the Range” 73 · Pity the Poor Texans · E. J. Ritter, Jr. · ar 86 · Lawman’s Last Chore · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Exciting Western March 1950 96 · Range Ramblings · Harold Helfer · cl 97 · Gun Fight · Frank P. Castle · ss Thrilling Western July 1951 105 · Draw Poker · William P. McGivern · ss Masked Rider Western December 1951; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

Top Western Fiction Annual [Vol. 3 No. 2, 1957] ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr. (Literary Enterprises, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels from Table of Contents. 6 · Revenge of the Santee Sioux · Homer Hathaway · ar 8 · Brothers in Blood · Frank P. Castle · na Triple Western December 1952 13 · The Best of the West · The Editor · ed 57 · Drifter · Dean Owen · ss Range Riders Western September 1951 65 · Touch Not One Hair · Tom Roan · ss Popular Western September 1952 72 · Duel at Sundown · Charles A. Stearns · ss Texas Rangers October 1952 75 · The Southwest · Francis Fleming · pm 76 · Pilgrim from Paducah · Harrison Hendryx · nv Thrilling Ranch Stories January 1950 94 · The Blood of Ryan · Louis L’Amour · ss Thrilling Western May 1951 99 · The Brush · Dabney Otis Collins · ss Popular Western October 1948 107 · Redman’s Neutral Zone · Ferris Weddle · ar 108 · Lure for the Bounty Hunters · Joseph Chadwick · ss Popular Western December 1951

Top Western Fiction Annual [Vol. 3 No. 3, 1958] ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr. (Literary Enterprises, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 6 · The Fabulous Donkey · Adrian Anderson · vi 8 · The Cheat · William L. Jackson · ss The Rio Kid Western November 1951 14 · Lost Mountain · Louis L’Amour · nv Texas Rangers December 1953 19 · The Best of the West · The Editor · ed 25 · Stickler · S. Omar Barker · pm 37 · Sharp Reply · Al Spong · hu 46 · Measure Your Man · Joseph Chadwick · ss Thrilling Western January 1951; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler 56 · Outlaw with a Star · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Exciting Western May 1952 65 · The Drifter · Mary Taylor · pm 1957 66 · Tinhorn Hero · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Texas Rangers December 1953 74 · Boom Town Trouble-Shooter · Ray Gaulden · ss Thrilling Western September 1951 82 · The Shifting Odds · Ben Frank · ss Popular Western November 1952 87 · The Shadow Westward · Frederick Ebright · pm 88 · Mistakes Can Kill You · Jim Mayo · ss Exciting Western November 1950

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Top Western Stories [1964] ed. Jim Hendryx, Jr. (Popular Library, Inc., 50¢, 98pp, pulp, cover: Fight for the Water Hole by Frederic Remington from Collier’s 1908) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 4 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936 10 · Court Day · Luke Short · ss Collier’s May 20 1939 19 · Blood Drinker · Fred Gipson · ts Giant Western August 1949 24 · Big Man · Louis L’Amour · ss Giant Western April 1953 34 · Dispatch to the General · Ernest Haycox · ss Collier’s February 14 1942 43 · Gun Fight · Cliff Farrell · ss Ranch Romances May 1962 52 · The Fifth Cartridge · Wayne D. Overholser · nv Ranch Romances 2nd December 1951 66 · Tinhorn Hero · Leslie Ernenwein · ss Texas Rangers December 1953 74 · Gun Job · Will Cook · nv Texas Rangers September 1954 90 · Spring Blizzard · Philip Ketchum · ss Texas Rangers July 1957