Fighting Western, Vol. 3, No. 5

# Gunsmoke Western, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1947)

This issue contains six Western action stories. "Stranger at the Gate" by William Decatur features a mysterious newcomer rumors claim is a brutal killer, though his true interest concerns unusual frontier finance. Ralph Sedgwick Douglas contributes "Gunsmoke Rannin'," about Warren, a man whose bad luck and mistakes have reduced him to society's bottom rung—colleagues think him finished, unaware of his hidden skills. Max Neilson's "Chap-Salt Ober" places H. Greeley Bim, a rough cowpoke, in an editor's chair at a gun-swift town's newspaper, generating unexpected complications with bandits. Randolph Barr's "Rought Lamin' Home" follows Joe Lace, a wrangler tired of gunfighting, who finds peaceful work disrupted when chaos erupts. Joe McCoy's untitled story describes tough rangeland characters—Harmon and a girl—alongside a proud-spirited animal in battle. Roger Haines contributes "Dude Dames Are Dangerous," where Big Bill fights posses. Fact features include "Heap-Cold Magic" by Will Nichols and "Stanford and the Horse Experts" by Gordon Dozier.