Rocky Lane Western (1949) comic books 1949
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Issue #1
Published May 1949 by Fawcett/Charlton.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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 protect settlers from outlaws and a Comanche raid. Plus photo pinups of Rocky and his movie horse, Black Jack. Renegade's Ambush; Sheriff Shays; One-Man Posse; Slim Pickens: The Holdup. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #2
Published Jun 1949 by Fawcett/Charlton.$110.00
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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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Issue #3
Published Jul 1949 by Fawcett/Charlton.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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Issue #4
Published Aug 1949 by Fawcett/Charlton.$10.75
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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Issue #5
Published Sep 1949 by Fawcett/Charlton.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
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 stagecoach robberies where the stagecoaches themselves disappear. The Missing Stagecoaches; Cactus Joe: Painful Task!; Gopher Face Has a Wall Safe!; Murder Without Motive; Sagebrush: Arch Villain; Red Leafs Treachery; Wright the Writer: Hopeful!; Slim Pickens: The Horseless Carriage; Thirst Madness; Wilbur the Waiter: A Matchless Fellow; The Bogus Bills; Gopherface: Really Short! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #6
Published Oct 1949 by Fawcett/Charlton.$8.99
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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Issue #7
Published Nov 1949 by Fawcett/Charlton.$5.60
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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Issue #8
Published Dec 1949 by Fawcett/Charlton.$31.00
View scansPhoto 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.
