Real Western, December 1944

This December 1944 issue of Real Western contains a book-length novel, "Buckskin Marshal" by Will Ermine, featuring Marshal Steve Gant who must pursue his brother Jeff while waiting for criminals who murdered his father and burned his ranch to hang themselves through their own overconfidence. A short story, "Boothill Trap" by Lee Floren, offers the moral observation that "Sometimes a man's even worse than he's painted." The issue includes a factual article, "William Comstock—Injun Fighter" by Kenneth P. Wood, documenting a true Old West narrative. The issue also contains extensive advertising for correspondence courses, life insurance, and consumer goods typical of pulp magazine supplements of the era.