Complete Cowboy Novel Magazine

About this issue

This April 1949 issue of Complete Cowboy Novel Magazine features "The Devil's Doorstep" by Paul Evan Lehman, a Western novel in which undercover operative Bill Borden arrives in the lawless town of Calder, infiltrating crime boss Monk Malone's organization while secretly gathering intelligence for a Cleanup Party—though a traitor within the Cleanup Party threatens to expose him. The issue also includes short stories: "Pop Zimco—Printer" (nonfiction by Rex Whitechurch), "Pretty Boy" by Val Gendron (about Will Dudley, whose resemblance to an outlaw causes complications), "Johnny Joe Delivers" by Ben Frank (an itinerant salesman helps locals), and "Gunslick Crossroads" by Art Kercheval (Booth Dismukes finds legitimate reason to defy the law). The magazine includes typical period advertising for vocational training and patent remedies.