Magazine Checklists

Ace-High (Western) Magazine

Ace-High Magazine started as a general adventure pulp, published by Readers' Publishing Corp (a division of Clayton Magazines) in September 1921. They published some 246 issues, mainly on a twice-monthly basis, and even spawned a short-lived companion magazine called Ace-High Novels, but the magazine finally folded in June 1933. It was revived five months later by Dell Publishing, who retained the magazine name but shifted the emphasis heavily to Westerns (the tag-line on the magazine cover changed from "Western, Action and Sports Stories" to "Western! Action! Adventure!"). However, this version lasted for only 15 issues before the magazine folded again in January 1935.

The title was then picked up by Popular Publications in August 1936, who further emphasized the Western content by renaming the magazine to Ace-High Western Magazine and by adopting the yellow background on the cover that was synonymous with Westerns at the time. It also restarted the issue numbering at v1 #1. Bizarrely, however, after only seven issues under this name, the title reverted to Ace-High Magazine and after a further eight issues seems to have reverted to the issue numbering of the original magazine.

The covers, however, stayed in the same bright yellow "Western" pulp style as before, and by March 1939 the cover title clearly read Ace-High Western Stories Magazine. Six months later the magazine again folded, although only briefly this time. In February 1940 it was launched yet again, starting again at v1 #1 but now under the name Ace-High Western Stories Magazine and published by Fictioneers, Inc. (a division of Popular Publications), continuing as such for a further eleven years until it finally merged with .44 Western Magazine in 1951.

There appears to have been little research done into the first series of this magazine and the checklist below is a "best guess" constructed from a variety of sources. In particular there are a couple of volume numbering issues that remain to be resolved:

The numbering is fairly clear to v29 #2, Second May 1926 but the next I have details of is v35 #3, First April 1927. With a twice-monthly schedule and 4 issues per volume this should have been v34 #3 so clearly there was a volume number slip somewhere in-between, but I do not know exactly when this happened.
Everything then continues fine up to v71 #4, Nov-1935, but the next three data points I have are v71 #6, Jan-1934; v72 #4, Aug-1934 and v73 #1, Nov-1934. Clearly the four issues per volume principle has been abandoned and the implication is that v71 ran to #9 and v72 ran to #6 - if anybody has any of these issues I would again welcome confirmation.

1921 v1 #1
Sep v1 #2
Oct v2 #1
Nov v2 #2
Dec

1922 v3 #1
Jan v3 #2
Feb v4 #1
Mar v4 #2
Apr v5 #1
May v5 #2
Jun v6 #1
Jul
v6 #2
Aug v7 #1
Sep

1922 v7 #2
1st Oct v7 #3
2nd Oct v8 #1
1st Nov v8 #2
2nd Nov v8 #3
1st Dec v8 #4
2nd Dec

1923
v9 #1
1st Jan v9 #2
2nd Jan v9 #3
1st Feb v9 #4
2nd Feb v10 #1
1st Mar
v10 #2
2nd Mar
v10 #3
1st Apr v10 #4
2nd Apr v11 #1
1st May v11 #2
2nd May v11 #3
1st Jun v11 #4
2nd Jun

1923 v12 #1
1st Jul v12 #2
2nd Jul v12 #3
1st Aug
v12 #4
2nd Aug v13 #1
1st Sep v13 #2
2nd Sep v13 #3
1st Oct v13 #4
2nd Oct v14 #1
1st Nov v14 #2
2nd Nov v14 #3
1st Dec v14 #4
2nd Dec

1924 v15 #1
1st Jan v15 #2
2nd Jan v15 #3
1st Feb v15 #4
2nd Feb v16 #1
1st Mar v16 #2
2nd Mar v16 #3
1st Apr v16 #4
2nd Apr v17 #1
1st May v17 #2
2nd May v17 #3
1st Jun v17 #4
2nd Jun

1924 v18 #1
1st Jul v18 #2
2nd Jul v18 #3
1st Aug v18 #4
2nd Aug v19 #1
1st Sep v19 #2
2nd Sep v19 #3
1st Oct
v19 #4
2nd Oct v20 #1
1st Nov v20 #2
2nd Nov v20 #3
1st Dec
v20 #4
2nd Dec

1925 v21 #1
1st Jan v21 #2
2nd Jan v21 #3
1st Feb v21 #4
2nd Feb
v22 #1
1st Mar v22 #2
2nd Mar v22 #3
1st Apr
v22 #4
2nd Apr
v23 #1
1st May v23 #2
2nd May
v23 #3
1st Jun v23 #4
2nd Jun

1925
v24 #1
1st Jul v24 #2
2nd Jul
v24 #3
1st Aug v24 #4
2nd Aug
v25 #1
1st Sep
v25 #2
2nd Sep v25 #3
1st Oct
v25 #4
2nd Oct
v26 #1
1st Nov
v26 #2
2nd Nov
v26 #3
1st Dec
v26 #4
2nd Dec

1926
v27 #1
1st Jan
v27 #2
2nd Jan
v27 #3
1st Feb
v27 #4
2nd Feb
v28 #1
1st Mar
v28 #2
2nd Mar v28 #3
1st Apr
v28 #4
2nd Apr v29 #1
1st May
v29 #2
2nd May
1st Jun 2nd Jun

1926
1st Jul 2nd Jul 1st Aug 2nd Aug 1st Sep 2nd Sep 1st Oct 2nd Oct 1st Nov
2nd Nov 1st Dec 2nd Dec

1927
1st Jan 2nd Jan
1st Feb
2nd Feb
1st Mar
2nd Mar
v35 #3
1st Apr
v35 #4
2nd Apr v36 #1
1st May
v36 #2
2nd May
v36 #3
1st Jun
v36 #4
2nd Jun

1927 v37 #1
1st Jul
v37 #2
2nd Jul v37 #3
1st Aug v37 #4
2nd Aug
v38 #1
1st Sep
v38 #2
2nd Sep v38 #3
1st Oct
v38 #4
2nd Oct
v39 #1
1st Nov
v39 #2
2nd Nov
v39 #3
1st Dec
v39 #4
2nd Dec

1928
v40 #1
1st Jan
v40 #2
2nd Jan v40 #3
1st Feb v40 #4
2nd Feb v41 #1
1st Mar
v41 #2
2nd Mar
v41 #3
1st Apr
v41 #4
2nd Apr
v42 #1
1st May
v42 #2
2nd May
v42 #3
1st Jun
v42 #4
2nd Jun

1928
v43 #1
1st Jul
v43 #2
2nd Jul
v43 #3
1st Aug
v43 #4
2nd Aug
v44 #1
1st Sep
v44 #2
2nd Sep v44 #3
1st Oct v44 #4
2nd Oct
v45 #1
1st Nov v45 #2
2nd Nov
v45 #3
1st Dec
v45 #4
2nd Dec

1929
v46 #1
1st Jan
v46 #2
2nd Jan v46 #3
1st Feb
v46 #4
2nd Feb
v47 #1
1st Mar
v47 #2
2nd Mar
v47 #3
1st Apr
v47 #4
2nd Apr v48 #1
1st May
v48 #2
2nd May
v48 #3
1st Jun
v48 #4
2nd Jun

1929
v49 #1
1st Jul v49 #2
2nd Jul
v49 #3
1st Aug
v49 #4
2nd Aug
v50 #1
1st Sep
v50 #2
2nd Sep
v50 #3
1st Oct
v50 #4
2nd Oct
v51 #1
1st Nov
v51 #2
2nd Nov
v51 #3
1st Dec
v51 #4
2nd Dec

1930
v52 #1
1st Jan
v52 #2
2nd Jan
v52 #3
1st Feb
v52 #4
2nd Feb
v53 #1
1st Mar
v53 #2
2nd Mar
v53 #3
1st Apr
v53 #4
2nd Apr
v54 #1
1st May
v54 #2
2nd May
v54 #3
1st Jun
v54 #4
2nd Jun v55 #1
3rd Jun

1930
v55 #2
1st Jul
v55 #3
2nd Jul
v55 #4
1st Aug
v56 #1
2nd Aug v56 #2
1st Sep
v56 #3
2nd Sep
v56 #4
1st Oct v57 #1
2nd Oct
v57 #2
1st Nov
v57 #3
2nd Nov
v57 #4
1st Dec
v58 #1
2nd Dec v58 #2
1st Jan
1931

1931
v58 #3
2nd Jan
v58 #4
3rd Jan
v59 #1
1st Feb
v59 #2
2nd Feb
v59 #3
1st Mar
v59 #4
2nd Mar
v60 #1
1st Apr
v60 #2
2nd Apr
v60 #3
1st May
v60 #4
2nd May
v61 #1
1st Jun
v61 #2
2nd Jun
v61 #3
1st Jul

1931
v61 #4
2nd Jul
v62 #1
3rd Jul
v62 #2
1st Aug
v62 #3
2nd Aug
v62 #4
1st Sep
v63 #1
2nd Sep
v63 #2
1st Oct
v63 #3
2nd Oct
v63 #4
3rd Oct
v64 #1
1st Nov
v64 #2
2nd Nov v64 #3
1st Dec
v64 #4
2nd Dec

1932
v65 #1
1st Jan
v65 #2
2nd Jan
v65 #3
1st Feb
v65 #4
2nd Feb
v66 #1
1st Mar
v66 #2
2nd Mar
v66 #3
Apr
v66 #4
May
v67 #1
Jun

1932
v67 #2
Jul
v67 #3
Aug
v67 #4
Sep
v68 #1
Oct
v68 #2
1st Nov
v68 #3
2nd Nov
v68 #4
1st Dec
v69 #1
2nd Dec

1933
v69 #2
1st Jan
v69 #3
2nd Jan v69 #4
1st Feb
v70 #1
2nd Feb
v70 #2
1st Mar
v70 #3
2nd Mar
v70 #4
1st Apr
v71 #1
2nd Apr v71 #2
May
v71 #3
Jun v71 #4
Nov v71 #5
Dec

1934 v71 #6
Jan
v71 #7
Feb v71 #8
Mar v71 #9
Apr v72 #1
May
v72 #2
Jun v72 #3
Jul
v72 #4
Aug
v72 #5
Sep v72 #6
Oct
v73 #1
Nov v73 #2
Dec

1935
v73 #3
Jan

1936
v1 #1
Aug v1 #2
Sep
v1 #3
Oct
v1 #4
Nov
v2 #1
Dec

1937
v2 #2
Jan
v2 #3
Feb
v2 #4
Mar
v3 #1
Apr
v3 #2
May v3 #3
Jun v3 #4
Jul
v4 #1
Aug v4 #2
Sep v4 #3
Oct
v80 #1
Nov v80 #2
Dec

1938
v81 #3
Jan
v80 #4
Feb
v81 #1
Mar
v81 #2
Apr
v81 #3
May v81 #4
Jun
v82 #1
Jul
v82 #2
Aug
v82 #3
Sep
v82 #4
Oct
v83 #1
Nov v83 #2
Dec

1939
v83 #3
Jan
v83 #4
Feb
v84 #1
Mar
v84 #2
Apr
v84 #3
May
v84 #4
Jun
v85 #1
Jul
v85 #2
Aug v85 #3
Sep
v85 #4
Oct
v86 #1
Nov

1940
v1 #1
Feb v1 #2
Apr
v1 #3
Jun
v1 #4
Aug
v2 #1
Sep v2 #2
Oct v2 #3
Nov
v2 #4
Dec

1941
v3 #1
Jan
v3 #2
Feb
v3 #3
Mar v3 #4
May
v4 #1
Jul
v4 #2
Sep v4 #3
Nov

1942
v4 #4
Jan
v5 #1
Mar
v5 #2
May
v5 #3
Jul v5 #4
Sep v6 #1
Nov

1943
v6 #2
Jan v6 #3
Mar v6 #4
May
v7 #1
Jul
v7 #2
Sep
v7 #3
Nov

1944
v7 #4
Jan
v8 #1
Mar
v8 #2
May
v8 #3
Jul
v8 #4
Sep
v9 #1
Nov

1945
v9 #2
Jan v9 #3
Mar
v9 #4
May
v10 #1
Jul
v10 #2
Sep
v10 #3
Nov

1946
v10 #4
Jan
v11 #1
Feb
v11 #2
Mar
v11 #3
Apr
v11 #4
May
v12 #1
Jun
v12 #2
Jul
v12 #3
Aug
v12 #4
Sep
v13 #1
Oct v13 #2
Nov
v13 #3
Dec

1947 v13 #4
Jan
v14 #1
Feb
v14 #2
Mar
v14 #3
Apr
v14 #4
May
v15 #1
Jun
v15 #2
Jul
v15 #3
Aug
v16 #4
Sep
v17 #1
Oct
v17 #2
Nov
v17 #3
Dec

1948
v17 #4
Jan v18 #1
Feb
v18 #2
Mar
v18 #3
Apr
v18 #4
May
v19 #1
Jun
v19 #2
Jul
v19 #3
Aug v19 #4
Sep
v20 #1
Oct
v20 #2
Nov v20 #3
Dec

1949
v20 #4
Jan
v21 #1
Feb
v21 #2
Mar
v21 #3
May v21 #4
Jul
v22 #1
Sep v22 #2
Nov

1950 v22 #3
Jan
v22 #4
Mar
v23 #1
May
v23 #2
Jul
v23 #3
Sep
v23 #4
Nov

1951
v24 #1
Jan
v24 #2
Apr
v24 #3
Jun

Ace-High Novels Magazine/Monthly

This companion magazine was created because "Ace-High readers wanted more novels; it wasn't feasible to publish more novels in Ace-High Magazine or to publish Ace-High Magazine more often--hence, Ace-High Novels", but only lasted for 7 issues.

1932
v1 #1
Apr v1 #2
May
v1 #3
Jun
v2 #1
Jul v2 #2
Aug
v2 #3
Sep v3 #1
Oct