Rocky Lane Western #21

(January 1951)

[Unknown] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Missing in scanned copy. Presumed to be an ad.

Here's Fun! Build This Erector Amusement Park (Table of Contents)

Erector / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for Erector construction toy.

Trouble Trail (Table of Contents)

Rocky Lane / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Ralph Carlson

Inks:

Ralph Carlson

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Fred (rancher); Tim (son); Sheriff; McGee

Synopsis:

After a holdup and killing in a general store, Rocky is arrested for the crime.

Reprints:

• in Rocky Lane Western (Charlton, 1954 series) #69 (September 1955)

Indexer Notes

Carlson is credited on Rocky Lane by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The very lively horses are typical Carlson, especially the outstretched frontlegs.

The Big Battle (Table of Contents)

Dee Dickens / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor; western-frontier

Hey Gang! (Table of Contents)

Mechanix Illustrated / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for building car replicas from plans from Mechanix Illustrated.

Gypsy Nights (Table of Contents)

Rocky Lane / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Pencils:

Frank Doyle

Inks:

Frank Doyle

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Ben Thorpe (real estate man); Torre (circus artist)

Synopsis:

A stranded traveling circus is accused of stealing and robbing.

Indexer Notes

Frank Doyle is credited on Rocky Lane by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. He is best spotted by his horses and movement, and this story compares well with his signed Planet Comics stories, and most of all with Lash LaRue #6.

The Last Plank (Table of Contents)

Rocky Lane / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Frank Doyle

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Frank Doyle

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Tod (settler); Tanner (crooked lumber miller)

Synopsis:

Lots of settlers have had their houses collapse on them, and Rocky suspects the lumer mill owner.

Indexer Notes

Notes on art as for the other Doyle story.

Medicine Man (Table of Contents)

Gopherface / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

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Script:

Lit-Win ?

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Lit-Win ?

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Lit-Win ?

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Content Information

Genre:

humor; western-frontier

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

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Typeset

["The other morning I was out in the back corral..."] (Table of Contents)

Roping 'N' Riding with Allan "Rocky" Lane / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Allan "Rocky" Lane (signed)

Pencils:

Ralph Carlson

Inks:

Ralph Carlson

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse)

Indexer Notes

Art similar to the Carlson stories.

["It's a hold-up!"] (Table of Contents)

Dubble-Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

Ray Thompson [as Ray T]

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Ray Thompson [as Ray T]

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Ray Thompson [as Ray T]

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There's a Surprise Novelty in Every Box (Table of Contents)

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for Cracker Jack. Slogan: "The More You Eat.. The More You Want".

Cries Uncle (Table of Contents)

Sagebrush / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

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Script:

Lit-Win ?

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Lit-Win ?

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Lit-Win ?

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Content Information

Genre:

humor; western-frontier

For the First Time in a Comic Magazine! (Table of Contents)

Captain Video / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Indexer Notes

Promo for Captain Video comic.

Finger Man (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Rafael Astarita ? [as John Martin]

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Indexer Notes

John Martin was a pen-name for Rafael Astarita according to Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but almost all of his credits are for art, not writing.

["Hold on, Joare, I've been wanting to see yuh..."] (Table of Contents)

Locke and Joare / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre:

humor; western-frontier

["The racehorse is a thoroughbred and gets..."] (Table of Contents)

Black Jack's Hitching Post / filler / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

Ralph Carlson

Inks:

Ralph Carlson

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Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Characters:

Rocky Lane; Black Jack

Indexer Notes

Art notes as for the other Carlson stories.

Traders in Deceit! (Table of Contents)

Rocky Lane / comic story / 7.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Ralph Carlson

Inks:

Ralph Carlson

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Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Long Tree (Osawega Indian); Chief Red Sky; Little Star; Fur-robbers

Synopsis:

Rocky is taken prisoner by fur-robbers.

Indexer Notes

Art notes as for the first Carlson story.

Special Offer (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Ad for an autographed picture of Rocky Lane.

Indian Headress Made with "Scotch" Cellophane Tape (Table of Contents)

Scotch tape / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for Scotch tape.

You Make Money Fast (Table of Contents)

T.V. Bank Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for a Television bank from T.V. Bank Co.

[Unknown] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Missing in indexed copy. Presumed to be an ad.

[Unknown] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Back cover. Missing in indexed copy. Presumed to be an ad.