| Additional Information |
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| Publication | December 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Cover photo from Republic Pictures' The Wild Frontier, a 1947 film. |
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| Cover | The Sonset Feud! |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane (photograph of Allan Lane); Art Dillard |
| Notes | Cover photo from Republic Pictures' The Wild Frontier, a 1947 film. |
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| Notes | Indexed from a scanned copy that was missing inside front cover. Assumed to be an ad. |
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| Comic Story | The Sonset Feud (9.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rocky gets in the middle of a clan feud. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Carlson | Inks: Ralph Carlson |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Sonset clan; Karson clan |
| Notes | The very lively horses are typical Carlson. |
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| Illustration | Nyoka |
| Featuring | Comix Cards |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Nyoka |
| Notes | Two cards to cut out featuring Nyoka. |
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| "Rocky" Lane Bandana (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for a bandana from Carnation Malted milk. Includes comic strip at top. |
| Content | Characters: Rocky Lane |
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| Comic Story | Laughing Boy (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Lit-Win? | Pencils: Lit-Win? | Inks: Lit-Win? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Gopher Face |
| Notes | Lit-Win ? credit suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Advertisement | Ha-Ha-Ha-Halloween Party, Kids! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Kellogg's Corn Flakes. |
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| Comic Story | Hill Billy Believes What He Hears (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Lit-Win? | Pencils: Lit-Win? | Inks: Lit-Win? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Hill Billy |
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| Comic Story | The False Friendship (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jobey receives notes threatening his life unless he turns over all the money he has hidden on his ranch. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Carlson | Inks: Ralph Carlson |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Jobey |
| Notes | Notes as for the first story. The horse with outstreched frontlegs in the first panel is a sure sign of Carlson. |
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| Comic Story | A Friend in Need (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Advertisement | Mycro-Spy Wrist Camera! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Helm-Craft. |
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| Comic Story | The Non-Profit Bank Robbers (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rocky rides right into a bank robbery when entering town and is wounded by a gunshot. |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Doyle | Inks: Frank Doyle |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Ricker (banker); sheriff |
| Notes | Frank Doyle's extremely unrealistic horses are not to be mistaken. |
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| Credits | Script: Ray Thompson | Pencils: Ray Thompson | Inks: Ray Thompson |
| Content | Characters: Pud |
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| Advertisement | Tom Mix Super-Magnetic Compass Gun |
| Content | Characters: Tom Mix |
| Notes | Ad for gun from Ralston. |
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| Text Story | Kill the Nester (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Walt Farmer (credited) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Nothing Suits Him (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Slim Pickens |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Slim Pickens |
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| Letters Page | Roping 'n' Riding with Allan "Rocky" Lane (1 page) |
| Credits | Script: Allan "Rocky" Lane (signed) |
| Notes | Letter from Rocky Lane. |
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| Comic Story | Blizzard Badmen's Bust-Up (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rocky, as undercover Marshal, is in the Northwest Territory to protect the salmon fishermen. |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Carlson | Inks: Ralph Carlson |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Weathereye Ike; Mountie |
| Notes | Last 1/8 of a page is offer to get an autographed picture.
Notes as for the first story by Carlson. |
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| Bud and Sis (1 page) |
| Notes | Ad for selling Cloverine brand salve. With comic style strip starring Bud and Sis. |
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| Comic Story | Bottle Neck (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Sagebrush |
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| Notes | Inside back cover. Missing in indexed copy. |
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| Advertisement | Get a Daisy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for a Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | On back cover of comic. |
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