Wild West Weekly was a

dime novel The dime novel is a form of late 19th-century and early 20th-century American popular fiction issued in series of inexpensive paperbound editions. The term ''dime novel'' has been used as a catchall term for several different but related form ...

later turned

pulp magazine Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 until around 1955. The term "pulp" derives from the Pulp (paper), wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed, due to their ...

. On October 24, 1902

Frank Tousey Frank Tousey (1853–1902) was among the top five publishers of dime novels in the late 19th-century and early 20th-century. Based in New York, his sensationalism drew a large audience of youth, hungry for scenes of daring and tormented heroes and ...

released his first issue of the 5-cent dime novel ''Wild West Weekly'' called "The Prince in the Saddle". Written by Frank, though said to be written by "An Old Scout", it created a story centered around the character ''Young Wild West'', a "bright, handsome boy of eighteen with a wealth of waving chestnut hair hanging down his back". West is an expert horse rider among other things. The dime novel series ran from 1902 to 1928. In 1927, the novel was acquired by

Street & Smith Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications, Inc., was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as dime novels and pulp magazine, pulp fiction. They also published comic books and sporting year ...

and continued to run as a pulp magazine from 1931 to 1943. In 1943 the magazine went through a name change, removing the word ''weekly'' from its title and was discontinued by the company later that year. ''Wild West'' ran for a total of 822 issues before ceasing publication. Regular writers included editor Tousey,

Cornelius Shea Cornelius P. Shea (September 7, 1872 – January 12, 1929) was an American trade union, labor leader and organized crime figure. He was the founding president of the Teamsters, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, holding the position from ...

J. Allan Dunn Joseph Allan Elphinstone Dunn (21 January 1872 – 25 March 1941), best known as J. Allan Dunn, was one of the high-producing writers of the American pulp magazines. He published well over a thousand stories, novels, and serials from 1914 to ...

, Wayne D. Overholser, Walker A. Tompkins, and Allan Vaughan Elston.Cottrill, Tim. ''Bookery's Guide to Pulps and Related Magazines, 1888-1969''. Bookery Press, Fairborn, OH, 2005. (pp. 277-78) ''Wild West Weekly'' had covers drawn by several artists who worked for Street & Smith, including

Walter M. Baumhofer Walter Martin Baumhofer (November 1, 1904September 23, 1987) was an American illustrator notable for his cover paintings seen on the pulp magazines of Street & Smith and other publishers. Baumhofer's parents emigrated from Germany. His father ...

and

Norman Saunders Norman Blaine Saunders (January 1, 1907 – March 7, 1989) was a prolific 20th-century American commercial artist. He is best known for paintings in pulp magazines, paperbacks, men's adventure magazines, comic books and trading cards. On occasio ...

. The magazine was featured in an exhibition about Native American portrayals by the University of California Bancroft Library.

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digital copies of Wild West Weekly from a variety of sources
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