Originally published in Action Stories, December 1935.
The Complete Action Stories
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The Conquerin’ Hero of the Humboldts
Originally published in Action Stories, October 1936.
Howard’s original title was “Politics at Lonesome Lizard.”
Cupid from Bear Creek (AKA The Peaceful Pilgrim)
Originally published in Action Stories, August 1935. First published in slightly altered form as “The Peaceful Pilgrim” in Mayhem on Bear Creek, Donald M. Grant, 1979.
Evil Deeds at Red Cougar
Originally published in Action Stories, June 1936.
The Feud Buster
Originally published in Action Stories, June 1935.
The Fightin’est Pair
Originally published as “Breed of Battle” in Action Stories, November 1931.
A Gent from Bear Creek
Originally published in Action Stories, October 1934.
Guns of the Mountains
First published in Action Stories, May/June 1934.
The Haunted Mountain
Originally published in Action Stories, February 1935.
High Horse Rampage
First published in Action Stories, August 1936.
The House of Peril
First published as “Blow the Chinks Down!” in Action Stories, October 1931.
Howard’s original version of this story was edited to change the name of the main character to Steve Costigan when it was first published in 1931. The original, unedited version is published for the first time in Fists of Iron Round 4 (REH Foundation Press, 2015).
Mountain Man
Originally published in Action Stories, March/April 1934.
“No Cowherders Wanted” (AKA Gents in Buckskin)
First published in Action Stories, September 1936.
Alternate title: “Gents in Buckskin.”
One Shanghai Night
Originally published as “Dark Shanghai” in Action Stories, January 1932.
Howard’s original version of this story was edited to change the name of the main character to Steve Costigan when it was first published in 1931. The original, unedited version is published for the first time in Fists of Iron Round 4 (REH Foundation Press, 2015).
Pilgrims to the Pecos
Originally published in Action Stories, February 1936.
Pistol Politics
Originally published in Action Stories, April 1936.
The Riot at Cougar Paw
Originally published in Action Stories, October 1935.
The Road to Bear Creek
Originally published in Action Stories, December 1934.
The Scalp Hunter (AKA A Stranger in Grizzly Claw)
First published in Action Stories, August 1934. Published in The New Howard Reader #7, Spring 2000, as “A Stranger in Grizzly Claw.”
Sharp’s Gun Serenade
Originally published in Action Stories, January 1937.
Published as “Educate or Bust” in The Summit County Journal, serialized over ten weeks in September, October and November, 1970.
The Sign of the Snake
Originally published in Action Stories, June 1931.
War on Bear Creek
Originally published in Action Stories, April 1935.
Waterfront Law
Originally published as “The TNT Punch” in Action Stories, January 1931.