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| Publication | September 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Land of Missing Men! |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Colors:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane (photograph of Allan Lane) |
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| Advertisement | Hey Gang! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Let's build these electric motor powered models, a Buick Convertible and a Chevrolet. |
| Featuring | Mechanix Illustrated |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Land of Missing Men Chapter One Tombstone Gunplay (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A band of four outlaws fleeing from prison take refuge in the Tombstone Hills, and Rocky Lane is summoned to bring them back. On his way he acquires the company of a boy searching for his two missing elder brothers. The kid and Rocky are surprised by the outlaws and taken through a waterfall to a hidden valley. |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Carlson | Inks: Ralph Carlson |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Scholar (outlaw leader); Bull (outlaw); Tad Sawyer |
| Notes | The very lively horses are typical Carlson. |
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| Comic Story | Sooner Sorrows |
| Synopsis | Gopherface is fired for clumsiness. |
| Featuring | Gopherface |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Gopherface; Rancher |
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| Publisher advertisement | Coming Comic Attractions |
| Featuring | Lash LaRue Western |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Lash LaRue |
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| Advertisement | Jet Fighter Planes (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Free jet fighter planes cut-out models in every package of Kellogg's Raisin Bran. |
| Featuring | Kellogg's Raisin Bran |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dickens meets a ghost in the hills near town, and the ghost sees a scary face. |
| Featuring | Dee Dickens |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Dee Dickens; Sheriff |
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| Comic Story | The Land of Missing Men Chapter Two Vengeance of Centuries (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the hidden valley they come upon an old pyramid city, and are attacked by the Toltec inhabitants. Rocky's shooting scare them away. Rocky and the kid are then tied up and left in a cave by the outlaws, who will hunt for jewels in the Toltec temples. Rocky and the kid manage to escape and finds the kid's brothers. |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Carlson | Inks: Ralph Carlson |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Scholar (outlaw leader); Bull (outlaw); Tad Sawyer (kid); Ray Sawyer; Dan Sawyer |
| Notes | Same artist as in first chapter. |
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| Featuring | Roping 'n' Riding with Allan "Rocky" Lane |
| Credits | Script: Allan Rocky Lane (signed) | Pencils: Ralph Carlson | Inks: Ralph Carlson |
| Content | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse) |
| Notes | Art notes as for the main story. |
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| Advertisement | What Builds a Champion Builds You! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Breakfast of champions. Get 8 brand new Walt Disney comic books. |
| Featuring | Wheaties |
| Content | Characters: Phil Rizzuto; Donald Duck; Mickey Mouse |
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| Text Story | The Three Deuces (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Marshal is on the trail of three dangerous outlaws. |
| Credits | Script: Rod Reed [as Walt Farmer] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rex Canyon (U.S. Marshal); Mayor Baldwin; OUTLAWS: Spade Deuce; Diamond Deuce; Club Deuce |
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| Comic Story | Just Wait (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Sagebrush is a waiter at the dog pound and serves soup to mutts. |
| Featuring | Sagebrush |
| Credits | Script: Howard Boughner | Pencils: Howard Boughner | Inks: Howard Boughner |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Sagebrush; Fellers |
| Notes | Script and art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Land of Missing Men Chapter Three Idol of Doom (6.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rocky manages to set free the two brother. The outlaws are captured by the Toltecs, who want to sacrifice them to a strange idol of wood and stone. Rocky finds a hollow in the back of the idol, and crawls into it and uses his voice to scare the Toltecs to set the outlaws free. They all now escape the hidden valley. |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Carlson | Inks: Ralph Carlson |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Scholar (outlaw leader); Bull (outlaw); Tad Sawyer (kid); Ray Sawyer; Dan Sawyer |
| Notes | Whole story by same artist. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Special Offer |
| Synopsis | You can get Rocky's picture with Black Jack autographed to you personally. |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photo) | Inks:? (photo) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse) |
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| Featuring | Fleer's Dubble Bubble |
| Credits | Script: Ray Thompson [as Ray T] | Pencils: Ray Thompson [as Ray T] | Inks: Ray Thompson [as Ray T] |
| Content | Characters: Pud |
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| Advertisement | Be Sure to Have Cracker Jack... |
| Synopsis | The more you eat, the more you want. |
| Featuring | Cracker Jack |
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| Publisher advertisement | A Big, New Book For Model Builders (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Book contains 144 pages, plans for tested projects and hundreds of photos. |
| Featuring | Fawcett Books |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Advertisement | Timber! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Comic strip with A.C. and Quickie working as lumberjacks. |
| Featuring | Royal Crown Cola |
| Credits | Pencils: Creig Flessel | Inks: Creig Flessel |
| Content | Characters: R.C.; Quickie |
| Notes | Art is similar to Creig Flessel stories in Adventures into Darkness. |
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