[1] On October 24, 1902 Frank Tousey 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".
[5] 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.
[6] Wild West Weekly had covers drawn by several artists who worked for Street & Smith, including Walter M. Baumhofer and Norman Saunders.
[6] The magazine was featured in an exhibition about Native American portrayals by the University of California Bancroft Library.