| Additional Information |
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| Publication | January 1951 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Trouble Trail! |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photography) | Inks:? (photography) | Colors:? (photography) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane (photograph of Allan Lane); Black Jack (photograph of Anndy Pershing [sic]) |
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| Featuring | View-Master |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Advertisement for View-Master. |
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| Advertisement | Here's Fun! Build This Erector Amusement Park (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Erector construction toy. |
| Featuring | Erector |
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| Comic Story | Trouble Trail (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | After a holdup and killing in a general store, Rocky is arrested for the crime. |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Carlson | Inks: Ralph Carlson |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Fred (rancher); Tim (son); sheriff; McGee |
| Notes | The very lively horses are typical Carlson, especially the outstretched front legs. |
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| Comic Story | The Big Battle (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Dee Dickens |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Advertisement | Hey Gang! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for building car replicas from plans from Mechanix Illustrated. |
| Featuring | Mechanix Illustrated |
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| Comic Story | Gypsy Nights (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A stranded traveling circus is accused of stealing and robbing. |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Doyle | Inks: Frank Doyle |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Ben Thorpe (real estate man); Torre (circus artist) |
| Notes | Frank Doyle 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. |
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| Comic Story | The Last Plank (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lots of settlers have had their houses collapse on them, and Rocky suspects the lumber mill owner. |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Credits | Pencils: Frank Doyle | Inks: Frank Doyle |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Tod (settler); Tanner (crooked lumber miller) |
| Notes | Notes on art as for the other Doyle story. |
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| Comic Story | Medicine Man |
| Featuring | Gopherface |
| Credits | Script: Lit-Win? | Pencils: Lit-Win? | Inks: Lit-Win? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership |
| Credits | Letters: Typeset |
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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 | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse) |
| Notes | Art similar to the Carlson stories. |
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| Featuring | Dubble Bubble Gum |
| Credits | Script: Ray Thompson [as Ray T] | Pencils: Ray Thompson [as Ray T] | Inks: Ray Thompson [as Ray T] |
| Content | Genre: Children |
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| Advertisement | There's a Surprise Novelty in Every Box |
| Synopsis | Ad for Cracker Jack. Slogan: "The More You Eat.. The More You Want". |
| Featuring | Cracker Jack |
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| Comic Story | Cries Uncle |
| Featuring | Sagebrush |
| Credits | Script: Lit-Win? | Pencils: Lit-Win? | Inks: Lit-Win? |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Publisher advertisement | For the First Time in a Comic Magazine! |
| Featuring | Captain Video |
| Credits | Pencils:? (Photograph) | Inks:? (Photograph) | Colors:? (Photograph) | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction |
| Notes | Promo for Captain Video comic. |
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| Text Story | Finger Man (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Rafael Astarita? [as John Martin] | Letters: Typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| 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. |
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| Featuring | Locke and Joare |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Featuring | Black Jack's Hitching Post |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Carlson | Inks: Ralph Carlson |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack |
| Notes | Art notes as for the other Carlson stories. |
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| Comic Story | Traders in Deceit! (7.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rocky is taken prisoner by fur-robbers. |
| Featuring | Rocky Lane |
| Credits | Pencils: Ralph Carlson | Inks: Ralph Carlson |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Long Tree (Osawega Indian); Chief Red Sky; Little Star; Fur-robbers |
| Notes | Art notes as for the first Carlson story. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Special Offer |
| Notes | Ad for an autographed picture of Rocky Lane. |
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| Advertisement | Indian Headress Made with "Scotch" Cellophane Tape |
| Synopsis | Ad for Scotch tape. |
| Featuring | Scotch tape |
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| Advertisement | You Make Money Fast |
| Synopsis | Ad for a Television bank from T.V. Bank Co. |
| Featuring | T.V. Bank Co. |
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| Featuring | Red Ryder; Daisy Air Rifles |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Harman (signed) | Inks: Fred Harman (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Red Ryder |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
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| Featuring | Lionel Trains |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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