western fiction – Page 16 – SMB Noir

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

July 1938 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1940 – debut issue

first publication of a western story by Louis L’Amour

April 1938 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

March 15, 1930 issue ~ cover art by Sidney Riesenberg

cover art by Sidney Riesenberg

[updated 5/6/24]

October 29, 1932 issue ~ cover art by Paul Stahr

October 1935 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1940 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

A slight re-working – –

May 1939 issue reworked for the May 1940 issue – both by H.J. Ward

April 20, 1925 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy