Sunday, May 10, 2020

From Silver Star Western Library to Badman Western to Fighting Western Stories


Page Publications' Silver Star Western Library #2 has a cover by Keith Chatto:


Our moustachioed hombre appears to have graduated to Sheriff. Indeed, by the following issue, he can barely disguise his glee:


Silver Star Western Library #2 was recycled as Badman Western Library #7:


It appears one of Chatto's girls found herself in the wrong genre and the Sheriff is nowhere to be seen...!

This issue was recycled later as Fighting Western Stories #38:



There was no reward or promotion for this stolid dude - he was happy just staring meaningfully into space. Indeed, by the time the next issue appeared the cover price had increased to $0.65, and even the impressionistic sky hadn't budged:


Nevertheless, the interior contents sure had shifted. In fact, this may be the only Yaffa western digest I have come across so far without a recycled counterpart. I'm sure one will turn up eventually, and I'll update this post when I see it. In the meantime, the contents of Fighting Western Stories #39 are listed on AusReprints (albeit slightly out of sequence).

Update 3 July 2023: Fighting Western Stories #39 is recycled from Six-Shooter Western #3.


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