Rocky Lane Western (1949) comic books

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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. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky tries to find out why Army Captain Berry hates the Arapahoe, before he can succeed in starting a war with the Native tribe. Rocky must figure out who's planning to murder a rancher, and why they're sending mysterious messages to his friends. Dee Dickens starts a conversation with his barber about how much he hates chatty barbers. Trail Detective; Arapahoe Prisoner; Old Smokey; Bronko Betsy; Dee Dickens: The Closest Shave on Record; The Alibi; Murder and Marriage; Sagebrush; Gopherface. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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. Rocky tries to tame a Western town when a cattle drive comes through, making the place as wild as a future spring break, only with horses and guns. A beautiful woman causes strife in a small town, but that's as nothing to a woman scorned. Vengeful outlaw Hank plots to get even with Rocky in the town of Wheel Rim, where guns are banned. Peaceful Pete; The Green-Eyed Monster; Sagebrush; The Town Tamer; Gopherface; Bronko Betsy; Dee Dickens: The Mighty Masseur; The Mountain Lion Murder. 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. Rocky brings law and order to Beaver Falls, but that doesn't sit well with the vigilante mob that was dealing out crude justice with a heavy hand. Rocky investigates a series of deadly blasts at the railroad construction site. Dee Dickens describes the toughest bug ever and his foolproof bug solution. Also featuring a PSA for air rifle safety. Young Boss; Vigilante Violence; Sagebrush; Old Smokey; Bobby's Bull's-Eye; Dee Dickens: The Buggy Tale; Trouble Boss. 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. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky investigates a series of sniper killings and their connection to a bitter young man whose father was killed by a vigilante mob. Dee Dickens describes the faults of the town's various restaurants. Plus a vintage ad for an autographed photo of Rocky Lane and Black Jack. Death's Justice; The Taming of the Chief; Sagebrush; Dee Dickens: Restaurant Rigamarole; Gopher Face; Old Smokey; The Outcast. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of Rocky Lane (Allan Lane). "Tin-star Trick" text story by John Martin. "Dangerous Past," pencils by Frank Bolle; Langdon is approached by an old "friend" who knows he once robbed a safe, and he wants money to keep his mouth shut. "The Tricky Problem" starring Dee Dickens. "Roping 'n' Riding with Allan Rocky Lane and Black Jack" one-page story, art by Ralph Carlson. "The Double D Dilemma Duty or Debt!", art by Frank Bolle; Rocky arrests a stagerobber who turns out to be an old friend that saved his life when they were kids, so he turn him loose and resigns his job as Marshal; But they meet again very soon. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia and Tony Tallarico. First issue published by Charlton. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Rocky investigates old Zeke's murder, and the trail leads to notorious gambling joint The Flaming Flamingo and its muscle, "Gorilla" Bates. Rocky goes to see the "Prairie Magician," whose grand finale is robbing the audience at gunpoint! A mysterious stranger saves Jean Fargo when bandits try to steal the gold she's transporting from her father's mine. The Flaming Flamingo; Curtains for Curly; Day for Justice; The Stranger; The Cavern of Death; Western Quiz. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, Ralph Carlson and Frank Bolle. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Undercover Marshal" Rocky looks for a rancher's kidnapped son and finds trouble at the river's edge. Rocky gets in the middle of a hotly contested mayoral election on the edge of outlaw territory. Dee Dickens is excited to meet a pretty girl, but not if it means he has to clean up first. The Edge of Doom; Pony Boy Pedro; Pistol Packing Pattie; Tenderfoot Terror; Dee Dickens: The Big Joke; Lawless Territory! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, and Ralph Carlson. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Rocky goes undercover to track down a masked outlaw gang made up of ordinary citizens. While Rocky is telling the sheriff of Drummondville that his jail needs repairs, a jailbreak happens right under their noses. Outlaws plan to use a blizzard as cover for robbing the salmon-fishing crew's payroll. Cover by Dick Giordano is the first in the series to not feature a photo of Rocky Lane. Gang War!; Horse Sense!; Mystery Trail; Colonel Corn and Jawbones Jeffers: Hero's Reward; Storm Warning. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, and Ralph Carlson. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Rocky goes on a secret agent-type adventure, as he must deliver the formula for an experimental new gunpowder and avoid enemy spies. A mysterious blackmailer sends threatening notes to Jobey, demanding he turn over all the money he has hidden on his ranch. A jailbreak, fire and ambush combine to doom Rocky, unless Black Jack the horse can save the day. Destination: Death; The False Friendship; The Marauders; Young Falcon: The Escape; Red-Hot-Trio! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, and Ralph Carlson. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Rocky investigates the mysterious outlaw behind the green mask, but it's not who he suspects. Rocky makes the mistake of getting involved in a violent family feud. Big Bow and Little Arrow go in search of treasure. The Case of the Green Mask!; Brothers; Big Bow and Little Arrow: The Fortune Hunters; The Sonset Feud. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, and Ralph Carlson. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky is targeted by Kid Scurby's younger brother, Young Scurby, for putting Kid in the slammer. A cowboy protests his exorbitant bill at the Liberty Hotel. Murder and Massacre!; Tex Ritter: Deputy Daisy Donavan; The Bill and the Bill of Sale; The Idle Rumor; Li'l Buck: Ironed Out; Wilbur the Waiter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky captures the gang of vandals causing trouble in Bloody Gap, but soon learns they're just a distraction for a robbery. Jetter names his talking horse Preposterous, because what else are you going to call a talking horse? Cactus Brain isn't half as dumb as he thinks he is. The Bloody Gap Plot; Big Bow and Little Arrow: Buckaroos; Kit Carson; The Sneak Rustlers!; Jetter and His Talking Horse Preposterous: A Night Time Fable; Cactus Brain. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. The killer called "Hatchet-Face" has just escaped from prison, unfortunately, right when the rubber-mask salesman is passing through town. Rocky searches for escaped convict Squelch and finds him in Balsa City. Plus facts about raising horses. The Hatchet-Faced Killer!; Black Jack's Hitching Post; The Trail's End; Daniel Boone - Adventurer; Slim Pickens: A Figure of Speech; Sagebrush. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Frank Doyle and Ralph Carlson. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky is framed for a robbery-murder and must prove his innocence. Hyde and Seake stop at a hotel with a mosquito problem. During a prisoner transfer, Rocky is ambushed, and now the outlaws have his badge. Trouble Trail; Slim Dickens: The Big Battle; Silent Slim's Enemy; Hyde and Seake; The Drygulching Desperados. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Mario DeMarco and Ralph Carlson. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky tracks an evil mastermind who is turning honest ranchers into hunted fugitives. But he finds the ranchers themselves are taking the law into their own hands, in an 18-page story. Plus fun facts about racehorses, mustangs, and Tom Smith, the 1860 Marshal of Abilene. The Looters of Lawless Range; Relatively Speaking; Black Jack's Hitching Post; The Man Who Tamed Abilene; Windy: Farm Foolery. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, Frank Bolle and Ralph Carlson. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky helps independent settlers who are being threatened and rousted by the powerful cattle barons in the area. The Chief Marshal assigns Rocky a bodyguard when outlaws focus on him. 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. Plus how to tell when a horse is asleep. The Nester's Treasure; Black Jack's Hitching Post; Rocky Lane and His Bodyguard; Bole and Weavel; One Man Posse; Cactus Brain; The Hermit's Cave; Pistol Packing Pattie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Townspeople wonder why "Secret Marshal" Rocky is not raising a hand to help homesteaders targeted by masked raiders. Rocky pretends to turn outlaw to join Ace Lannin's gang. Lawman "Tex Knight" tries to find out why owlhoots were lying in wait to ambush a cowboy. Plus, how to tell a trot from a canter. The Big Gamble!; Border Badmen; Black Jack's Hitching Post; Marshal on the Dodge; Hammerhead; Lawson the Lawyer; The Cheaters; Locke and Joare. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky Lane investigates when trappers and mountain men are conned by a short-counting scam. Old man Randall and his sons have kept the frontier free of outlaws with their own guns, but now that the law has arrived in the form of Rocky Lane, they don't cotton to giving them up. Rocky tracks outlaw Largo to the Outlaws' Haven, where the odds are in Largo's favor. The Short-Counters; No Lawmen Allowed; Spike Those Rails; Outlaws' Haven; Dusty: The Pay-Off. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky Lane makes a daring horseback leap onto a moving train to catch train robbers. Rocky tries to help an elderly homesteader when Morgan's hired guns try to force him off his land. Dee Dickens goes to the doctor to see about his bad foot. Showdown at Burning Sands Canyon; Homesteader's War; Lewiston Learns a Lesson; Border Dash; Wyatt Earp: Outlaw Junction; Dee Dickens: The Diagnosis. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Vince Alascia, Sal Trapani, Pete Morisi, Maurice Whitman, Bill Fraccio, Tony Tallarico, and Bill Molno. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Rocky Lane and Black Jack cross a scalding desert in pursuit of bank robbers, and soon it comes down to a battle over the last remaining water. Outlaw Whip Agger manages to detour Rocky 100 miles in the wrong direction, and Black Jack the horse races to make up the difference. Thrown off his ranch by outlaws after the murder of his twin brother, a feared gunslinger, Willie comes up with a plan. Hidden Paradise; Showdown at Noon; Jinxed Six-Gun; Prisoner-at-Large; 100 Miles to Danger; Just Justice; The Lincoln County War; The High Price of Peace; His Brother's Guns; The Pony Express Pledge; Western Winkers; One Way Passage; Western Immortals: Doc Holliday; Founder's Day at Fondersville; Davy Crockett: Tent Town Terror; Rendezvous at Rustler's Gap; Stolen City. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

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Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Charles Nicholas, Sal Trapani, Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, and Ernie Hart. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Since only outlaws can safely enter Rustler's Gap, "Secret Marshal" Rocky has himself pursued by a posse to gain entry as an outlaw. Separated from Rocky after a fall into Red River, Black Jack the horse sets out on a desperate search for his master. Gunslingers gather after an outlaw puts a price on Rocky's head. Plus a PSA about hanging out with your parents. Horse Thieves' Haven; Vigil at Red River; Gunslingers' Round-Up!; Cheyenne Kid Welcomes "Fun With Pop" at His Ranch; Smell of Fear. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Dick Giordano. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Vince Alascia, Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. Framed for armed robbery, Rocky must prove his innocence in prison before his old enemies get to him. Roy Carlin leaves town after he's blamed for robbing the general store, but only he knows his younger brother Brent actually committed the crime. Everyone is astonished when Rocky refuses to draw against outlaw Duke Miller. Plus a vintage ad for headshots of various 1950s music and media stars, from Elvis Presley to Tommy Kirk. Yuma Badman; The Law Is Here to Stay!; Blacksheep's Return; The Marshal Wouldn't Draw. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Dick Giordano, Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky faces tough outlaw Shell Buckman and his Colts. At long last, the story of how Rocky Lane met Black Jack the horse, when Rocky was just a cowpoke and Black Jack the object in a fixed game. When Black Jack leaves on a solo adventure, Rocky decides to follow and see what he's up to. The Big Man in Durando; How Rocky Lane Got Black Jack; The Deadly Edge; The Mountain; Runaway; Ten Seconds! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Nicholas and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Bill Molno, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio, Bill Fraccio and Tony Tallarico. Movie cowboy Allan "Rocky" Lane roams the West with a yen for justice. "Secret Marshal" Rocky skips town with the betting take for a bar-knuckle boxing match, but he's just trying to prevent a riot after the fight. Another lawman presents Rocky with a warrant for ex-con Gabe, but he seems awfully eager to shoot it out with Gabe. A crooked newspaper editor libels Rocky as an outlaw to force the marshal into exile. The Stakeholder; Hunter's Warrant; Homecoming; A Cowboy's Job; Midnight; The Outcast. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.