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Exciting Western [v17 #2, May 1949] (Better Publications, 15¢, pulp) from TOC. [TD] 6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl 9 · The Range Smugglers [Tombstone & Speedy] · W. C. Tuttle · nv 35 · Remember the Bugle · Roy Vandergoot · ss 45 · Murder on the Mesa · Luther Locke · ss 51 · Long Night for a Ranger [Navajo Tom Raine, Arizona Ranger] · Jackson Cole · nv 55 · The Cowboy Had a Word for It! · Chuck Stanley · cl 59 · Sour Milk Printer · Clark Gray · ss 67 · Pogonip Trail · Jim Mayo · ss 76 · Jackfork Brushjumpers [Outlaw Country] · Allan K. Echols · nv 90 · The Treachery of El Turco · Simpson M. Ritter · ss
Exciting Western [v17 #3, July 1949] (Better Publications, Inc. 25¢, 98pp, pulp) [TD] 6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl 9 · Shadows on the Rafter R [Tombstone & Speedy] · W. C. Tuttle · nv 35 · When the Copes Quit Running · Raymond S. Spears · ss 45 · Crossed Trails · A. Leslie · ss 54 · Take a Rest, Ranger! [Navajo Tom Raine, Arizona Ranger] · Jackson Cole · nv 69 · The Cowboy Had a Word for It · Chuck Stanley · cl 73 · Strangers in Town · Tex Holt · ss 77 · Gunsmoke Pardon · Burl Tuttle · ss 83 · They Roped a Maverick · Luther Locke · ts
Exciting Western [v18 #1, September 1949] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) [TD] 6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl 9 · Hidden Loot on the Border [Tombstone & Speedy] · W. C. Tuttle · nv 34 · The Hard Trail · Rolland Lynch · nv; illus. Al Savitt 49 · Rangers Last Laugh [Navajo Tom Raine, Arizona Ranger] · Jackson Cole · ss 57 · Asking for Trouble · Tex Holt · ss 61 · Sixguns to Bowie [Wes Kane] · Robert J. Hogan · ss 71 · The Cowboy Had a Word for It · Chuck Stanley · cl 75 · Guardian of the Trail · Raley Brien · ss; illus. J. Dreany 83 · Case of the Praying Corpse · Luther Locke · ts
Exciting Western [v18 #3, January 1950] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) from ToC. [JL] 6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl 11 · A Mixture of Mavericks [Tombstone & Speedy] · W. C. Tuttle · nv 35 · The Desert Builds a Noose · Lee Bond · ss 45 · Boomerang · John C. Ropke · ss 51 · Devil in the Cook Shack · Robert J. Hogan · ss 61 · The Cowboy Had a Word for It! · Chuck Stanley · cl 65 · Sure Sign of Trouble · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 70 · Gunflame Survey · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss 85 · Trail of the Ghost Hole Bandits · Luther Locke · ss
Exciting Western [v19 #1, March 1950] ed. Anon. (Better Publications, 15¢, 96pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. [PSP] · Ranger on the Job · Jackson Cole · ss · Blunder in Broken Wheel · W. C. Tuttle · nv · Lawman’s Last Chore · Leslie Ernenwein · ss · The King Takes Over · A. Leslie · ss · Blood on the Barbs · Harold Preece · ss · Pilgrim on the Prod · Johnston McCulley · ss · The Cowboy Had a Word for It · Chuck Stanley · cl · Lady Luck Draws Sixes · Richard Brister · ss · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl
Exciting Western [v20 #2, November 1950] (Better Publications,20¢, pulp) from TOC. [TD] 6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl 11 · Shotgun Evidence · W. C. Tuttle · nv 38 · Show Your Fangs, Ranger! · Jackson Cole · ss 49 · The Cowboy Had a Word for It · Chuck Stanley · cl 54 · Trouble Rides the Brazos · Joseph Chadwick · nv 73 · Louisiana Lottery · Steuart Emery · ss 84 · Mistakes Can Kill You · Jim Mayo · ss 90 · Black Blizzard · Larry A. Harris · nv Popular Western Jan ’39 106 · Twenty-Seven Wild Horses · Oscar Schisgall · nv Popular Western Jul ’38
Exciting Western [v20 #3, January 1951] (Better Publications, Inc., 20¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) [Tom Daniels] 6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl 9 · Double Trouble at the Circle C [Tombstone & Speedy] · W. C. Tuttle · nv 37 · Here’s Your Rustler · Sam Brant · ss 42 · Justice Comes to Red Creek · Clifton Adams · nv; illus. Al Savitt 58 · Give Me That Nester Water! · Ben R. Daly · ss; illus. Ed DeLavy 67 · The Cowboy Had a Word for It · Chuck Stanley · cl 72 · The Roadside Inn · Francis H. Ames · ss; illus. Ed DeLavy 81 · A Nice Little Gold Strike · Richard Brister · ss; illus. H. W. Kiemle 87 · High-Heeled Cowboys · Simpson M. Ritter · ar; (not listed in TOC) 88 · Killers Take All · Ed Earl Repp · nv Popular Western Jan ’38 104 · Bandits of Silver Bend · Jackson Cole · nv Thrilling Western Aug ’38; illus. J. Dreany 122 · Talk About High Prices! · Mark Knight · ar; (not listed in TOC)
Exciting Western [v21 #2, May 1951] (Better Publications,20¢, 114pp, pulp) [Tom Daniels] 6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl 9 · Double Trouble in Rawhide [Tombstone & Speedy] · W. C. Tuttle · nv 38 · Lawman, Drag That Iron! · Jonathan Craig · ss; illus. H. W. Kiemle 44 · The Makings of a Cowman · William Hopson · nv; illus. J. Dreany 63 · The Cowboy Had a Word for It · Chuck Stanley · cl 65 · Doom Waits at Snake Bar · Gunnison Steele · ss Popular Western Nov ’42 74 · Buckskin Brigade · Dabney Otis Collins · nv Thrilling Adventures Aug ’37 89 · “Oh, Give Me a Home—” · Bess Ritter · ar 90 · No Gals in Nogales · Syl MacDowell · ss; illus. Farren 105 · Every Trail Has a Rider · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Popular Western Sep ’42; illus. H. W. Kiemle
Exciting Western [v21 #3, July 1951] (Better Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp) from ToC. [JL] 6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl 9 · Six-Gun Cyclone [Tombstone & Speedy] · W. C. Tuttle · nv 37 · Pitchfork Country · Noel Loomis · ss 46 · No Peace for a Prodigal · Leslie Ernenwein · nv Ranch Romances Jul #1 ’45 64 · Belled Cunning · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss 74 · Cow Country News Roundup · Misc. · cl 75 · Jerk Line · Willard Luce · ss The Rio Kid Western Jan ’46 82 · Run, Sheep, Run · Samuel Mines · ss Popular Western May ’44 99 · The Cowboy Had a Word for It · Chuck Stanley · cl 102 · Son-of-a-Gun Stew · Francis L. Fugate · ss
Exciting Western [v22 #1, September 1951] (Better Publications, Inc. 25¢, 114pp, pulp) [TD] 6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl 9 · The Gal Who Whipped Calamity · Norman Renard · ts 10 · Kingpin of Cut-Throat Ridge · Jackson Cole · nv 27 · Cow Country News Roundup · Misc. · cl 28 · Border Man · W. C. Tuttle · na Adventure Sep 15 ’34 80 · The Long Years · Ernest Haycox · ss Colliers Jul 15 ’39 86 · Killer’s Price · Walt Sheldon · ss 93 · Dangerous Doin’s! · Fiddlefoot Freddy · pm 95 · The Milking Shorthorn · Allan K. Echols · ss The Rio Kid Western Dec ’42 101 · The Cowboy Had a Word for It · Chuck Stanley · cl 103 · Wild King’s Glory · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Misc. · ms; (on pages 25, 41 and 90)
Exciting Western [v22 #2, November 1951] (Better Publications, 20¢, pulp) from TOC. [TD]

6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl
10 · Derelict City · W. C. Tuttle · n.
51 · Cow Country News Roundup · Misc. · cl
52 · Riding On · Jim Mayo · ss
61 · Bull Train Queen · Francis H. Ames · ss
70 · Vengeance in the Desert · Harry Whittington · nv
87 · Wilderness Know-How · Syl MacDowell · cl
90 · Blood On the Sun · C. William Harrison · nv
101 · Sheepman’s Daughter · Pecos Pete · pm
103 · The Cowman They Couldn’t Kill · Norman Renard · ts
104 · Jughead Jackson’s Jamboree · Ben Frank · ss
Exciting Western [v22 #3, January 1952] (Better Publications, Inc., 20¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by S. Cherry) [Tom Daniels]

6 · Trail Blazers · Captain Ranger · cl
9 · Cow Country News Roundup · Misc. · cl
10 · For This Range I’ll Die · Ray Gaulden · n.
50 · The Bandit and the Lady · William Vance · nv
57 · Longing · Pecos Pete · pm
67 · No Vacancy in Boot Hill · Kenneth B. Ashe · ss; illus. H. W. Kiemle
76 · Wilderness Know-How · Syl MacDowell · cl
78 · Devil Rider · Reeve Walker · nv
90 · One Against the Lynch-Mob · Frank P. Castle · ss
98 · The Big Fight · Clarence Edwin Flynn · pm
99 · A Scalp for a Scalp · Bess Ritter · ts
101 · Six-Gun Sawbones · Giff Cheshire · ss
105 · A Reader Writes · Will C. Clemens · lt
114 · Quirks of Badmen · Norman C. Renard · ar
Exciting Western [v23 #1, March 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications, Inc. 25¢, 130pp, pulp) [Tom Daniels]

6 · Trail Blazers · William Hopson · cl
9 · Cow Country News Roundup · Misc. · cl
10 · Brand for a Maverick · Walker A. Tompkins · n.
23 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Misc. · ms
27 · Serenade · Pecos Pete · pm
31 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Misc. · ms
45 · Fight for Your Mate · Tom Roan · ss
54 · Riders of the Haunted Hills · A. Leslie · nv
59 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Misc. · ms
68 · Gambler On the Range · Nick Selsky · ss
71 · Wilderness Know-How: Why Western Pioneers Didn’t Get Lost · Syl MacDowell · ar
74 · Shorthorn Outlaw · T. C. McClary · ss
83 · Out in Wyoming · Bess Ritter · ar
84 · Skyline Trail · L. P. Holmes · n.
91 · Pretty Penny Papers · William Carter · ar
Exciting Western [v23 #2, May 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications,25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by C. Doore, [?]) [Tom Daniels]

6 · Trail Blazers · William Hopson · cl
11 · Cow Country News Roundup · Misc. · cl
12 · From Texas - To Hell · Tom Roan · n.; illus. C. A. Murphy
23 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Misc. · ms
45 · The Sad Saga of Dead-Drop Dan · C. C. Coolidge · pm
47 · Bullet Ballot · Giles A. Lutz · ss; illus. H. W. Kiemle
56 · Wild Woman of Cherokee · Max Kesler · n.; illus. Farren
65 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Misc. · ms
91 · Spin in Your Coffin · Gene Austin · ss; illus. Ed DeLavy
97 · Red Face in the Mirror · Bess Ritter · ar
98 · Frame-Up in Skunk Holler [Speck Seevy] · Walker A. Tompkins · nv
103 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Misc. · ms
116 · Wilderness Know-How: How Indians Forecast the Weather · Syl MacDowell · cl
118 · Outlaw with a Star · Wayne D. Overholser · ss; illus. C. A. Murphy
123 · You Can’t Go Anywhere Without Them · Allan K. Echols · ar
128 · The Twelve Sticks · Harold Helfer · ts
Exciting Western [v23 #3, July 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from ToC. [JL] 6 · Trail Blazers · William Hopson · cl 11 · Cow Country News Roundup · Misc. · cl 12 · To Hell with Cow Pools · Tom Roan · nv 35 · Heap o’ Comfort · Pecos Pete · pm 48 · A Man Can Be Wrong · De Witt Newbury · ss 56 · Where Didja Get That Badge? · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 75 · Play It Rough · Thomas Calvert · ss 86 · Wilderness Know-How · Syl MacDowell · cl 88 · Massacre at Plum Creek · Freeman H. Hubbard · ts 90 · Vigilante Valley · Wayne D. Overholser · nv 112 · White Queen Calling · Adam Rebel · vi 116 · What’s Cooking? · Joe E. Walsh · qz 117 · Heritage of Blood · Harold Helfer · vi 119 · Cats for Deadwood · Norman Renard · ar 120 · A Bullet for My Friend · Max Kesler · ss
Exciting Western [v24 #1, September 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications, Inc. 25¢, 130pp, pulp) [TD]

6 · Trail Blazers · William Hopson · cl
9 · Cow Country News Roundup · Misc. · cl
10 · Riders of Rebel Range · Wilbur S. Peacock · n.; illus. C. A. Murphy
19 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Misc. · ms
27 · Society Note · Pecos Pete · pm
44 · Wine, Women, and - Who Cares? · Al Storm · ss
51 · Lame Johnny · Norman Renard · ts
52 · A Doctor Kills a Wolf · Max Kesler · nv
59 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Misc. · ms
70 · The Half-Mule Sodbuster · Seven Anderton · nv
75 · Cartoon Fun · Bo Brown · ct
86 · How to Whip an Injun · Allan K. Echols · ar
87 · Underdog · Harold F. Cruickshank · ss
95 · Cowboy Quiz & Cryptogram · Misc. · qz; (answers on page 128)
96 · Wilderness Know-How: How to Make Camping-Out Fun · Syl MacDowell · ar
98 · This Trail to Bullets · Lee Floren · nv; illus. J. Dreany
103 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Misc. · ms
118 · Bad Medicine · Tom Hopefield · ss
Exciting Western [v24 #2, November 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications, 25c, 114pp, standard pulp) [PSP] 6 · Trail Blazers · William Hopson · ar 9 · Cow Country News Roundup · Misc. · cl 10 · The Kid from Montana · Tom Roan · na 25 · Old Faithful · Leonard J. Guardino · pm 33 · The First Rodeo · Allan K. Echols · ms 41 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Anon. · ms 43 · The Lady Takes a Walk · Philip Ketchum · ss 52 · Listen for My Ghostly Guns · Lee Floren · nv 59 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Anon. · ms 70 · Live Decoy · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss 77 · Cowboy Quiz & Cryptogram · Misc. · qz 78 · Tornado · Tom Hopefield · nv 83 · Sagebrush Sam Says— · Anon. · ms 91 · Bid ’em Up, Cowpoke · Robert L. Jarvis · ss 97 · Wilderness Know-How · Syl MacDowell · ms 99 · High Altitude Nerve Breaker · Hal Hammond · ss 103 · Indian Trick · Jack Benton · ms 104 · Chuckwagon Challenge · Cy Kees · ss
Exciting Western [v24 #3, January 1953] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications, 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Crair) [MW/MH] 6 · Trail Blazers · William Hopson · ar; (about Jim Beckwourth) 8 · Cow Country News Roundup · Misc. · ms 10 · Sixgun Sinners · Lee Floren · na 31 · America’s Oldest Profession · Manley E. David · nf 49 · When a Man Stands Alone · Hascal Giles · ss 57 · The Fabulous Cave · Harold Helfer · nf 58 · No Taps for Sergeant Shields · T. C. McClary · nv 69 · I Ain’t Got No Use for Women · Cecile Bonham · pm 76 · The Hurry-Uppers · Ben Frank · ss 85 · Cowboy Brain-Teasers · Misc. · pz; (answers on page 111) 86 · Wilderness Know-How · Syl MacDowell · cl 88 · Three Blind Mice · Frank R. Pierce · ss 99 · The Happy Hangman’s Helper · Allan K. Echols · nf 100 · Blood and Guts · Tom Roan · ss 107 · Rodeo Is Big Business · Tex Mumford · nf
Exciting Western [v25 #1, March 1953] ed. Everett H. Ortner (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from ToC. [JL] 6 · Trail Blazers · William Hopson · cl 9 · The Wild Bunch · Harold Helfer · ar 10 · Who Ain’t Blood Thirsty · T. C. McClary · nv 31 · Fiddle-Foot · Ben Frank · vi 35 · Cartoon Fun · Rosebraugh · ct 41 · Gun Grass · Syl MacDowell · ss 50 · Them Ornery Welches! · Frank R. Pierce · ss 67 · Wilderness Know-How · Syl MacDowell · cl 69 · Fighting Man Wanted! · Lee Floren · ss 76 · Frosty · Seth Ranger · ss 82 · Gunsight Bridge · George H. Roulston · ss 90 · Hell Moves to Montanta · Tom Roan · ss

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