Rocky Lane Western (1949) comic books 1948-1950

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and Howard Boughner. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. In an issue-length story, Rocky gets to the bottom of a especially clever cattle rustlers' trick. Gopherface tells his friends why he's worried. Plus photo pinups of Rocky and his equine movie co-star, Black Jack. Rustlers Round-Up!; Sagebrush; Red Rock Robber; Gopherface; Slim Pickens: The Chicken-Hearted Villain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. In an issue-length story, Rocky tries to prevent hostilities between sheep herders and cattle ranchers from erupting into a full-on range war, in a tale that includes this great opening caption: "Sheep vs. Cattle - Fanning the embers of hair-trigger tempers into a flaming range war in which quarter was neither asked nor given - with grim Dame Nature waiting on the sidelines to strike in reclamation of her frontiers. Such was the raging battle for survival that sent the indomitable Rocky Lane plunging rough-shod into a maelstrom of thundering hooves and blazing six-guns...!" It's like poetry! Plus photo pinups of Rocky and his movie horse, Black Jack. Range Justice; Haunted Ranch; Slim Pickens: The Clothes Horse; The Unknown Assailant; Heady Eddie. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. In an issue-length story, Rocky investigates reports of Native attacks on the Transcontinental railroad crews, and learns it's actually each rail crew trying to sabotage the other. Plus photo pinups of Rocky and his movie horse, Black Jack. And a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie to the Rescue!, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Rail Raiders' Rampage; Slim Pickens: The Photo Finish; Reliable Rustler; Majob The Magician; Condemned! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. In an issue-length story, Rocky investigates when the ghosts of long-dead outlaws Billy the Kid, Jesse James and Joaquin Murieta appear and try to drive people out of the town of Devil's Bid. Plus a vintage ad in comics form for malted milk, "Rocky Lane Ropes a Killer." The Curse of Devil's Bid; Gopher Face; The Coward and the Kid; Percy Peter Pippleberry the Painter; Slim Pickens: A Figure of Speech; Pat the Poet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret marshal" Rocky tracks a trail of murdered men to The Rustlers' Haven. A bank-robbing duo finds itself trapped between Rocky and a sheriff's posse. Whitey Whiskers builds his own spinning wheel, but then he realizes he doesn't know how it works. And a vintage comics-themed ad for Wildroot hair oil featuring detective hero Sam Spade. The Rustlers' Haven; Badge of Courage; Slim Pickens: The Big Deal; Thwarted Justice; Buster; The Prairie Gap Deadline; Whitey Whiskers: The Old Spinning Wheel; The Border Revolt. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Rocky Lane (Allan Lane) and Art Dillard, taken from Republic Pictures' The Wild Frontier. "The Sonset Feud," art by Ralph Carlson; Rocky gets in the middle of a clan feud. Rocky Lane Bandana ad. "The False Friendship," art by Ralph Carlson; Jobey receives notes threatening his life unless he turns over all the money he has hidden on his ranch. "The Non-Profit Bank Robbers," art by Frank Doyle; Rocky rides right into a bank robbery when entering town, and is wounded by a gunshot. Tom Mix Super-Magnetic Compass Gun ad. "Kill The Nester" text story by Walt Farmer. "Nothing Suits Him" starring Slim Pickens. "Blizzard Badmen's Bust-Up," art by Ralph Carlson; Rocky, as undercover Marshal, is in the Northwest Territory to protect the salmon fishermen. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. During a drought, corrupt rancher Bronc figures out a complicated scheme to sell a neighbor his own rustled cattle, and get him framed for rustling to boot. Outlaws hijack a stagecoach and use it to pick up a gold shipment. Rocky gets to the bottom of a gambler's marked-card scheme, thanks to his hermit pal Solitaire. Plus Comix Cards (like the later Marvel Value Stamps) featuring Capt. Marvel Jr. And a vintage ad for "malted milk" featuring Rocky, "Rocky Lane Takes to the Air." The Hot Iron Artists; Sagebrush; Man of Courage; Hermit of the Hills; The Trail's End!; Gopherface; Slim Pickens: School Daze; Bullets Wild! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Bad Bill Bronson rides the rampage trail high, wide and handsome while his jeering boast of never being taken alive rings throughout the West, backed by the roaring fire of his well-notched six-guns as he plunders at will, until the price on his head soars to a point where he reaches for that, too," claims the breathless first sentence of an 18-page story. Whitey Whiskers tries to convince his neighbor that his dog is a retriever. Badman's Reward; Come and Get Me!; Whitey Whiskers: Putting on the Dog; Gopher-Face; Slim Pickens: Till We Meat Again; Slippery Sidmore. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky takes action when owlhoots poison a watering hole for passing wagon trains and demand high prices for pure water. Rocky goes undercover at a lumberjack camp to find out who's been threatening the owners. Cattle face a worse threat than rustlers when a coyote pack stalks the range. And a vintage Captain Tootsie Tootsie Roll ad, Skating on Thin Ice, with art by Bill Schreiber. The Water Wranglers; Sagebrush; The Timberline; Slim Pickens: Trial and Error; The Unlucky Gold Strike; Death Valley Gold; Shifty Silas; Gopherface; Colonel Corn and Korny Kobb: Roomer Rumors; Coyote Breed. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. A particularly dangerous band of bank robbers targets the law enforcement in town before the bank. After robbing a tax agent of his collection documents and ID, a highwayman gets a fiendish idea. Whitey Whiskers finds himself in a predicament: stuck upside-down in a barrel just as two robbers enter the store. The Sheriff-Killers; Slim Pickens Takes His Oat; The Tax Rustlers; The Missing Corpse; Gopherface; Desperate Drive; Whitey Whiskers: The Cracker-Barrel Badmen; Lying Hoofprints. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky Lane finds himself facing black magic on the prairie when the "Hex-man" curses watering holes. But Rocky suspects there's more going on than that, in an 18-page story. Slim Pickens hears a version of the "I'm My Own Grandpa" story. And a vintage Wheaties ad ("Breakfast of Champions!") featuring legendary baseball shortstop Pee Wee Reese. The Hexman of Demon Divide; Sage-Brush; Fearsome Face; Slim Pickens: The Big Fish; Gopherface. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Outlaws employ a trained bear to terrorize settlers, until "undercover marshal" Rocky learns it dances to the violin. Someone hosts a party at an abandoned ranch and invites everyone who was involved with the conviction of killer Red Kavely, including Rocky. Outlaws get the drop on Rocky and steal his marshal's badge, so they can impersonate a posse. The Terror of Big Bear Bend; Slim Pickens: The Big Sale; Prairie Revenge; Bronc Fury; Secret Hide-Out; Randy: The Good Good-Bye; Black Jack's Hitching Post; The Outlaw Posse. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Rocky discovers a ranch house on fire and learns of a plot to destroy evidence, but first he must save the man trapped inside. Rocky runs up against the masked bandit called The Blade, an expert knife-thrower who uses his talent for evil. Rocky figures out how Twin-Gun Eliot hides the loot from his robberies where the law can't find it. The Burning Evidence; Slim Pickens: The Return of Grizzly Burr; Rocky Lane Meets the Blade; The Trail Swappers; Gopher-Face; Sage-Brush; Desert Justice; Black Jack's Hitching Post; Plump Priscilla; The Twig That Talked; Ranchman Raleigh. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. In another horror-tinged Western tale, Rocky tries to Scooby-Doo his way to the truth about the ghostly rustlers haunting the prairie. Rocky must keep Blinky and his gang from starting a war between the Kiowa tribe and the nearby town, as a distraction for a fur robbery. Rocky wants to know why someone is getting too close to the Hermit's dangerous cave just after a bond robbery, but the Hermit finds out first. The Phantom Rustlers; Gopher-Face; The Threat of the Kiowas; Slim Pickens: Bad Times; His Bodyguard; Partners; Perplexed Pete; Burt and Brat; Sage-Brush; The Hermit's Cave. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ralph Carlson and others. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky investigates when obituaries appear in a small-town newspaper before the person has died. Rocky finds a missing marshal in the foothills, but he's displaying very un-marshal-like behavior. Rocky helps the local sheriff track escaped killer Red Baylor. Plus a vintage ad for "malted milk" featuring Rocky, "Rocky Lane Bags the Gold Bandits." Advance Obituaries; Sage-Brush; The Slow Draw; The Missing Marshal!; The Rodeo Rustlers; Colby the College Man; Dee Dickens; Wagon Wheels! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.