Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1887 – Mar-1888:

Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 57 Rose Street, New York, NY
Formats:   7 3/8 x 5¼"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   300
Frequency:   monthly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

A thin Australian digest printing original stories by Australian authors.

Issues & Index Sources:  1941 – 1950:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Formats:   large pulp (except 1948, which was digest)
Frequency:   annual (with gaps)
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

Initially reprinted stories from Rough Rider Weekly; later issues contained new material and reprinted stories from Wild West Weekly.

Started as a dime-novel library called The Buffalo Bill Stories which then changed into New Buffalo Bill Weekly, both featuring the adventures of the eponymous hero. The title changed in 1919 to Western Story Magazine but the first 8 issues contined to be a dime-novel series featuring Buffalo Bill before changing to a pulp magazine on 5-Sep-1919 (v8#1) although the first two pulp issues, at least, continued to have Buffalo Bill stories.

Note that in 1943 the frequency of the magazine changed: up to the February 13th 1943 issue Western Story Magazine was a weekly, then there was six-week gap until 20th March, before then settling down to a fortnightly publication schedule. Note also that there were NO issues in February 1920.

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British reprint edition of Western Story Magazine. Subtitled "incorporating Star Western Magazine" from Jul-1953 issue.

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"This issue contains stories by Steve Frazee, Bill Gulick, Noel Loomis, H.A. DeRosso and Ernest Haycox. This would be an impressive line-up even for an anthology, but it's pretty incredible for a monthly magazine. (Of course, they're all American reprints, so it is kind of like an anthology, but the selection is still remarkable. The American reprint mags I've seen have mostly been dreck.)" (Kent Johnson on #2)

When Fifteen Western Tales folded in 1955 the numbering was continued by the men's adventure magazine Men's Pictorial.

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Bylined "True Stories of the Old West" but contained a single novelette featuring "Jed Blade" in each issue.

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 1995:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Nelson Publications; Granada Hills, CA
Editors:   Dorman Nelson
Formats:   quarto
Prices:   $4.95
Pagecounts:   96pp

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1948:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Brown Watson
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   32pp

British Reprint Edition of Fifteen Western Tales.

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Canadian reprint edition of Western Trails.

Originally a nickel weekly novel series which transformed to a story-paper in later months.

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Merged with Cowboy Stories.