Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	February 1937
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	William Cook ?
Notes	Story descriptions that follow are taken from the contents page.

Cover Details

Pencils	Bill Allison
Inks	Bill Allison

1 page credits "Table of Contents"

7 page story "Treachery On The Trail"

Synopsis	A white renegade plotted trouble.
Script	H. Mulheim
Pencils	H. Mulheim
Inks	H. Mulheim

7 page Windy Parks story "Windy Parks' Kettle Of Gold"

Synopsis	An old-timer spins a yarn that's too good to be true
Script	Victor Dowling
Pencils	Victor Dowling
Inks	Victor Dowling

2 page text story "Weapons Of The West"

Synopsis	Plain talk from a straight-shooter.
Script	Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison]
Pencils	Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison]
Inks	Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison]
Letters	Typeset

7 page Phantom of the Hills story "Guns Of Revenge"

Synopsis	The "Phantom of the Hills" talks with six-guns.
Script	Arthur Pinajian
Pencils	Arthur Pinajian
Inks	Arthur Pinajian

7 page story "Blood And Iron"

Synopsis	Lanky, a railroad scout, knew how to deal with a bad man.
Script	H. David
Pencils	W. A. Allison
Inks	W. A. Allison
Notes	Original indexer may have meant Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison] rather than W. A. Allison.

2 page illustration "A Tense Moment"

Genre	western
Script	Rodney Thompson
Pencils	Rodney Thompson
Inks	Rodney Thompson
Notes	Centerfold drawn especially for Western Picture Stories.

7 page 'Wild Tex' Martin story "Top Hand"

Synopsis	Blood flows when a "sheep" man meets a "cattle" man.
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	in Keen Detective Funnies (Centaur, 1938 series) #v1#9; in Art of Will Eisner, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1982 series) #1 [1/3 page only]

7 page text story "A Killer's Conscience"

Synopsis	Rattlesnake was known as a killer-and proved it.
Script	Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis]
Pencils	Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis]
Inks	Tom McNamara [as G. G. Lewis]
Letters	Typeset

2 page text article "Famous Frontiersmen"

Synopsis	Buffalo Bill Cody. The first of a series.
Script	Ray Burley
Pencils	Ray Burley
Inks	Ray Burley
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Text and illustrations.

7 page Tex Maverick story "The Lucifer Trail"

Synopsis	Western justice shoots first and talks later.
Script	Milt Wilcox
Pencils	Milt Wilcox
Inks	Milt Wilcox

7 page story "Tracks In The Snow"

Synopsis	In the Northwest the poacher doesn't stand a chance.
Script	H.L. Hastings
Pencils	H.L. Hastings
Inks	H.L. Hastings

1 page illustration "Punchers"

Synopsis	Homeward bound on the prairie.
Script	Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison]
Pencils	Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison]
Inks	Bill Allison [as W. M. Allison]
Notes	Data taken from Howard Keltner's Golden Age Index & the existing GCD index. Color illustration. No text except for title and art credit.