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Thrilling Western Magazine [v1 #5, Summer 1970] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Health Knowledge, 35¢, 128pp, digest)
Details taken from library catalogue of the National Cowboy Museum.

4 · The Stockade · [The Editor] · ed
7 · The Hickory Heart · William Corcoran · ss Argosy Nov 23 1940
26 · Macho · S. Omar Barker · ss Ace-High Magazine Apr #1 1929
44 · The Seventh Shot · Hal K. Wells · ss Ace-High Magazine Apr #2 1929
60 · Sheepherder · Cliff Walters · ss Argosy Aug 12 1939
75 · Dirge of an Indian Mother · Henry Herbert Knibbs · pm The Popular Magazine May 20 1927
76 · Putting Her Eye Out · John Beames · ss Ace-High Magazine Apr #2 1929
88 · The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky · Stephen Crane · nv McClure’s Feb 1898
101 · The Black Killer · Howard E. Morgan · ss Ace-High Magazine Mar #2 1929
121 · Old-Timers · Berton Braley · pm The Popular Magazine May 20 1927
129 · Readers’ Preference Page (Double-Barrelled) · [The Readers] · cl

Thrilling Western Magazine [v1 #6, Fall 1970] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Health Knowledge, 35¢, 128pp, digest)
Details taken from library catalogue of the National Cowboy Museum.

4 · The Stockade · [The Editor] · ed [Bret Harte]
10 · Hell Hogan’s Funeral · Clee Woods · ss Ace-High Magazine Mar #2 1929
24 · Wolf · Palmer Hoyt · ss Ace-High Magazine Jun #1 1929
36 · Lonesome Stakes a Claim · Robert J. Pearsall · ss The Popular Magazine May 20 1927
65 · The Luck of Roaring Camp · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly Aug 1868
77 · The Lady or the Trigger · Charles Tenney Jackson · ss The Popular Magazine Feb 20 1925
91 · The Parson of Oxbow Bend · Roy W. Hinds · ss The Popular Magazine Jul 7 1925, as “The Preachin’ State-o’-Mainer”
126 · The Peace Pipe · [The Readers] · lc
129 · Readers’ Preference Page (Double-Barrelled) · [The Readers] · cl

Tip-Top Western (Australia) (about)

Tip-Top Western (Australia) [n.d. (1940s)] (Tip-Top Publications, 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Details supplied by David Lee Smith.

2 · Let Hot Lead Tell the Tale · Kevin Douglas · na
32 · The Night Riders · Joseph Blair · nv
45 · Ordeal by Fire · John Trent · ar
46 · Feudist of the Mesquitals · Stuart Upton · nv
60 · Payment on Demand · Earl Jason · ss

Tip-Top Western (Australia) [n.d. (1940s)] (Tip-Top Publications, 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Details supplied by David Lee Smith.

2 · Death Rode the Prairie · Joseph Blair · nv
24 · Gunslick Desert Rat · Stuart Upton · ss
39 · Trig Calhoun, Lawman · John Trent · ss
43 · Triumph of Tumbleweed · Kevin Douglas · ss
58 · Shadow on the Box 3 · Earl Jason · ss

Top-Notch Western (about)

Top-Notch Western [v2 #1, August 1938] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by Harold Winfield Scott)
Details taken from library catalogue of the National Cowboy Museum.

4 · Colt Law Backs a Cattle Empire · Norton L. James · na
57 · While the Gun Crowd Waits · John Cannon · nv; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund
68 · Death Slings a .45 · James W. Egan · ss; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund
78 · One Man Vigilante · Rolland Lynch · ss; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund
84 · Graves for Land-Grabbers · Brad Buckner · nv; illustrated by Lorence F. Bjorklund
98 · Eighteen Carat Badman · Frank H. Richey · nv

Top-Notch Western [v2 #2, November 1938] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp)
Details supplied by John Locke.

8 · The Cowman Who Rode Through Hell · Ken Jason · na
73 · Mark of the Owlhoot · Rex Evans · ss
84 · Bushwhack Bounty · John Cannon · vi
87 · Nester’s Gunslick Saddlemate · James Lassiter · ss
97 · Satan Loses a Badman · David X. Manners · ss
106 · Hard-Rope Heritage · Jack Sterrett · ss

Top-Notch Western [v2 #3, February 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by H. W. Scott)
Details supplied by John Locke.

12 · The Kid from Arizona · James Dorn · na
68 · The Gold Steal of Coyote Bend · Jack McCoy · ss
78 · The Yucca Kid Pays Up · W. Clyde Young · ss
86 · A Fool for Trouble · Barry Norton · ss
99 · Bullhide Peters—Manbreaker · Gunnison Steele · ss
105 · Pardner’s Gun Salvation · Omar Gwinn · ss

Top-Notch Western [v2 #4, August 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Gunman Who Rode with God · Lon Taylor · na
56 · Gun to Gun · Roy Morton · ss
64 · Hell-Bent for the Border · Walter Parks · ss
74 · The Taming of Ironheart · Clem Miley · nv
90 · Lead Marks the Glory Trail · W. C. Gilbert · ss
98 · A Blood-Brother Goes Renegade · John Curtis · nv
106 · Five Against One in Tombstone · M. Howard Lane · ss

Top-Notch Western [v2 #5, December 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp)
Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents.

10 · The Boomerang Brand Pays Off · Kenneth A. Fowler · nv
34 · Gunman from the Grave · Norman A. Fox · ss
42 · West of Dodge City · Ralph Berard · ss
52 · Return of the Hard-Luck Kid · Luke Tyler · nv
101 · Owlhooter’s Last Tally · Orlando Rigoni · ss

Tops in Westerns (about)

Tops in Westerns [v1, 1940] (Warner Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp)
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Tops in Westerns [v2, 1941] (Warner Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp)
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Tops in Westerns [v3, 1942] (Warner Publications, Inc., pulp)
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Tops in Westerns [v4, 1943] (Warner Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
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Tops in Westerns [v5, 1944] (Warner Publications, Inc., 20¢, 116+122pp+, pulp)
Two rebound unsold issues of Ranch Romances (1st and 2nd January 1944 issues). Details supplied by John Locke.

4 · Half Moon Roundup · Austin Corcoran & Myrtle Juliette Corey · na Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
43 · Connivin’ with Cupid · S. Omar Barker · ss Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
50 · These Are My People · Dabney Otis Collins · ss Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
57 · Know Your West · Anon. · qz Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
58 · The Drifter [Part 1 of 3] · Ray Palmer Tracy · nv Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
82 · The Clunk of Gold · Stephen Payne · ss Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
91 · The Hole · Sally Lockhart · ss Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
100 · Outcasts of Monument Valley [Part 5 of 5] · Dorothy L. Bonar · sl Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
4 · Harmon’s Hole · Stephen Payne · na Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
38 · Hi Lowe and the Game · S. Omar Barker · ss Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
47 · Alias Johnny North · Donna Geyer · ss Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
54 · Know Your West · Anon. · qz Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
56 · Wedding Date · Marie de Nervaud · nv Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
71 · Out West · Myrtle Juliette Corey · ss Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
79 · The Westerners’ Crossword Puzzle · Anon. · pz Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
80 · Faith Rides Along · Clee Woods · nv Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
92 · Coyotes Kin Ha’nt · Carlysle Graham Raht · ss Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
100 · Teller of Tall Tales · J. Frank Dobie · ar Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
104 · The Drifter [Part 2 of 3] · Ray Palmer Tracy · nv Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
120 · Out of the Chutes · Tex Sherman · cl Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
122 · Ranch Romances’ Amateur Page · [The Readers] · ms Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
124 · Our Air Mail · [The Readers] · lc Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944

Tops in Westerns [v6, 1945] (Warner Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp)
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Murder for the Circle M · Elsa Barker · na Ranch Romances Jul #1 1944
Beauty Bonanza · Robert Dale Denver · ss Ranch Romances Jul #1 1944
Flour for Fandango · L. P. Holmes · ss (r)

Tops in Westerns [v7, 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 Nov #2 1946
36 · Plans for Priscilla · S. Omar Barker · ss Ranch Romances Nov #2 1946
43 · Navajo Squaw Dance · Clee Woods · ar Ranch Romances Nov #2 1946; illustrated by H. D. Bugbee
46 · Know Your West · Rattlesnake Robert · qz Ranch Romances Nov #2 1946
47 · Sugar Babe · Frank C. Robertson · ss Ranch Romances Nov #2 1946
57 · High Haven · L. P. Holmes · nv Ranch Romances Nov #2 1946
74 · The Westerners’ Crossword Puzzle · Anon. · pz Ranch Romances Nov #2 1946
75 · Get Off My Ranch! · Herbert A. Woodbury · ss Ranch Romances Nov #2 1946
79 · Monument to an Indian Chief · Ferris M. Weddle · ar Ranch Romances Nov #2 1946
83 · Mask of Satan · Wayne D. Overholser · ss Ranch Romances Nov #2 1946
90 · Twisted Trails [Part 3 of 4] · Paul Evan Lehman · sl Ranch Romances Nov #2 1946
4 · Comanche · Dorothy L. Bonar · na Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
36 · Know Your West · Rattlesnake Robert · qz Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
37 · Dealer’s Choice · Bill Severn · ss Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
43 · Barbed Borders · Lewis Nordyke · ts Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946; illustrated by H. D. Bugbee
48 · Hurry, Doctor, Hurry · Robert Dale Denver · ss Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
53 · As Benjamin Franklin Once Said · S. Omar Barker · pm Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
57 · Nester at Sagebrush Spring · Bruce Douglas · ss Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
66 · The Ranch Builder · Stephen Payne · ss Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
71 · Traveler’s Tree-olgy · Phil Squires · ar Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
74 · Lost Lady · Chandler Whipple · nv Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
87 · The Westerners’ Crossword Puzzle · Anon. · pz Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
88 · Twisted Trails [Part 2 of 4] · Paul Evan Lehman · sl Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946
105 · Out of the Chutes · Tex Sherman · cl Ranch Romances Nov #1 1946

Tops in Western Stories (about)

Tops in Western Stories [v1 #1, Spring 1953] ed. Jack O’Sullivan (Flying Stories, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · The Last Ride of Pothooks Marks · Les Savage, Jr. · na Lariat Story Magazine Sep 1948, as “The Last Ride of Pothook Marrs”
50 · Slow Elk on Alder Creek · O. E. Fry · ss (r)
58 · Destiny Rides the Rio · Curtis Bishop · ss Lariat Story Magazine Jul 1945
73 · Beginner’s Luck · Bennett Foster · ss Action Stories Jun 1936
79 · The Laughing Town · Stewart Toland · ss Lariat Story Magazine Jul 1947
84 · Trigger Trial · Edgar L. Cooper · ss Action Stories Mar/Apr 1934, as “Kangaroo Court”
96 · Payoff in Mex · Walt Coburn · nv Lariat Story Magazine Mar 1942

Tops in Western Stories [v1 #2, Fall 1953] (35¢, pulp)
Details supplied by Larry Estep.

Crossfire Colts · Walt Coburn · nv Lariat Story Magazine Jul 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 Sep 1947
Town of Twenty Triggers · Les Savage, Jr. · na Lariat Story Magazine Jan 1944

Top Western
Incorrect listing for Top Western Fiction Annual.

Top Western Magazine (UK) (about)

Top Western Magazine (UK) [#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 [v1 #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 Oct 1937
83 · Badland Crosstrails · Russell A. Bankson · ss Popular Western Dec 1937
91 · Those Card-Sharp Blues · Simpson M. Ritter · ar
92 · Canyon of No Return · C. William Harrison · nv Popular Western Jan 1938
108 · Murder Mesa · Ray Humphreys · ss Thrilling Western May 1935
116 · Killer Sign · Don Alviso · nv Popular Western Jul 1937
130 · Wild Bill Hickok’s Early Start · Tex Gainsville · ar
131 · Framed at Wolfhead · Gunnison Steele · ss Thrilling Western Apr 1935
140 · Blue Lightnin’ · Bradford Scott · ss
144 · The Sudden Deputy · Lawrence A. Keating · ss Thrilling Ranch Stories Aug 1936
154 · Too Many Heroes · Ray Nafziger · ss Thrilling Western Mar 1935
163 · Liar West of the Pecos · Allan R. Bosworth · ss Popular Western Dec 1937
170 · Bullet Justice · A. Leslie · na Thrilling Ranch Stories Jun 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 Feb 1948
9 · Roundup · Anon. · ed
10 · The Riders of Carne Cove · Wayne D. Overholser · na West Jan 1947
83 · A Medal for the Sheriff · Hal G. Evarts · ss Thrilling Western Feb 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 Jul 1947
117 · It Really Isn’t So! · Bess Ritter · ms
118 · Thirty Days Has Sam Reber · Joseph Chadwick · nv The Rio Kid Western Oct 1947
137 · Steaks or Calves? · Sam Brant · ms
138 · High Moon Kill · William Hopson · ss West Aug 1947
149 · Curtains for a Killer · John Jo Carpenter · ss West Oct 1947

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