(February 1951)

Fawcett, 1949 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Brand
A Fawcett Publication
Editing
Virginia Provisiero

Issue Notes

Indexed from a scanned copy (missing inside front cover and inside back cover).

The Desert Buccaneers! (Table of Contents)

Rocky Lane / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Colors
? (photography)
Letters
typeset

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Rocky Lane (photograph of Allan Lane); Black Jack (photograph of Anndy Pershing [sic])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Desert Buccaneers (Table of Contents: 2)

Rocky Lane / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ralph Carlson
Inks
Ralph Carlson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Sharkskin (pirate)
Synopsis
Rocky runs into camels and buccaneers in the desert.

Indexer Notes

The very lively horses are typical Carlson, especially the outstretched front legs.

Western Saddle Ring (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Hard Hitting Harvey / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, hyar comes Harvey, the baseball player!
Genre
humor; western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Appears after page 12 of previous story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ralph Carlson
Inks
Ralph Carlson
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Before the horse came to the Western hemisphere, the Indians didn't have much use for money.
Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier
Characters
Rocky Lane; Black Jack
Synopsis
When horses came to America.

Indexer Notes

Art similar to Carlson's main story.

Bunion Blues (Table of Contents: 6)

Gopherface / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Lit-Win ?
Pencils
Lit-Win ?
Inks
Lit-Win ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; western-frontier

Coming Comic Attractions (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

Death Deferred (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Luke Thomas (credited)
Letters
Typeset

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Luke Thomas is likely a pen-name.

Help! Help! (Table of Contents: 9)

Sagebrush / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Lit-Win ?
Pencils
Lit-Win ?
Inks
Lit-Win ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; western-frontier

Special Offer! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Pop Him on the Head! (Table of Contents: 11)

Cactus Brain / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Allan "Rocky" Lane (credited)
Pencils
Ralph Carlson
Inks
Ralph Carlson
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here it is our letter get-together time again...
Characters
Rocky Lane; Black Jack

Indexer Notes

Art similar to main story by Carlson.

A Ward for the Wise (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

!?!??!!?! Quiz (Table of Contents: 15)

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Five true/false quiz questions.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Pappy Parker / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Paw, we got a telegram from our son at college!
Genre
humor

Now you can get Rocky Lane Western each month, by mail (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Rocky Lane Western / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Your Christmas Daisy Ready (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Red Ryder / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Desert Buccaneers!
    Rocky Lane
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Desert Buccaneers
    Rocky Lane
  4. 3. Western Saddle Ring
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  5. 4. ["Look, hyar comes Harvey, the baseball player!"]
    Hard Hitting Harvey
  6. 5. ["Before the horse came to the Western hemisphere, the Indians didn't have much use for money."]
    Black Jack's Hitching Post
  7. 6. Bunion Blues
    Gopherface
  8. 7. Coming Comic Attractions
    Bob Colt
  9. 8. Death Deferred
  10. 9. Help! Help!
    Sagebrush
  11. 10. Special Offer!
  12. 11. Pop Him on the Head!
    Cactus Brain
  13. 12. ["Here it is our letter get-together time again..."]
    Roping 'n' Riding with Allan "Rocky" Lane
  14. 13. A Ward for the Wise
    Dee Dickens
  15. 14. ["Look! She's trying to teach him to blow-"]
    Dubble Bubble
  16. 15. !?!??!!?! Quiz
  17. 16. ["Paw, we got a telegram from our son at college!"]
    Pappy Parker
  18. 17. Now you can get Rocky Lane Western each month, by mail
    Rocky Lane Western
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
  20. 19. Your Christmas Daisy Ready
    Red Ryder
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Peter Croome
  • Gary Henderson
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Matt Tauber