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| Date | | Number: 23 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Rocky Lane Western 23 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 52 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Indexed from a scanned copy. |
| Cover | The Drygulching Desperados! / 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Rocky Lane (photograph of Allan Lane) |
| Advertisement | Shoot Safe Buddy! / Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Daisy air rifles. |
| Notes | Inside front cover. |
| Comic Story | X Marks the Spot / Rocky Lane (9.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | The prospectors who have made the big strikes in the silver boomtown have mysteriously disappeared. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Freestone (crooked agent); sheriff |
| Pencils | Ralph Carlson |
| Inks | Ralph Carlson |
| Notes | The very lively horses are typical Carlson, especially the outstretched front legs. |
| Publisher advertisement | Special Offer |
| Synopsis | Offer to order an autographed picture of Rocky Lane and Black Jack. |
| Letter Column | Roping 'n' Riding with Allan "Rocky" Lane and Black Jack (1 page) |
| Script | Allan "Rocky" Lane (credited) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse) |
| Pencils | Ralph Carlson |
| Inks | Ralph Carlson |
| First Line | It's mighty good to be riding your way once again... |
| Notes | Art notes as for main story. |
| Comic Story | Well Timed (1 page) |
| Feature | Sagebrush |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | Howard Boughner |
| Pencils | Howard Boughner |
| Inks | Howard Boughner |
| Notes | Script and art credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
| Advertisement | Make a Treasure Chest |
| Synopsis | Ad for how to make a treasure chest with Scotch Cellophane tape. |
| Feature | Scotch Cellophane tape |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Feature | Music Loving Loring |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| First Line | Let's go in this restaurant and eat, Loring! |
| Comic Story | The Drygultching Desperados / Rocky Lane (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rocky is on his way to transfer a prisoner but is ambushed and his marshal credentials stolen. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Wily Dawson (outlaw prisoner) |
| Pencils | Frank Doyle |
| Inks | Frank Doyle |
| Notes | Frank Doyle is best spotted by his horses and movement, and this story compares well with his signed Planet Comics stories and Lash LaRue #6. |
| Advertisement | No Title |
| Feature | Dubble Bubble |
| Script | Ray Thompson |
| Pencils | Ray Thompson |
| Inks | Ray Thompson |
| First Line | Gee, Tommy, what a neat skating sweater! |
| Comic Story | No Title |
| Synopsis | Loonan, inside an insane asylum and dressed as Napoleon, wonders why a man is fishing in the rain. |
| Feature | Lunatic Loonan |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Lunatic Loonan [as Napoleon] |
| First Line | It's sure raining hard! |
| Comic Story | The Doctor's Dilemma (4 pages) |
| Feature | Dee Dickens |
| Genre | Humor |
| Comic Story | The Bridge of Death / Rocky Lane (6.66 pages) |
| Synopsis | The only way people can get to town is over Brach's bridge, and he is taking a toll of ten dollars. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Jawbuster Brach (villain); Meeker |
| Pencils | Frank Doyle |
| Inks | Frank Doyle |
| Notes | Notes as for the other Doyle story. |
| Publisher advertisement | For the First Time in a Comic Magazine! |
| Feature | Captain Video |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Black Jack's Hitching Post |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Black Jack; Rocky Lane |
| Pencils | Ralph Carlson |
| Inks | Ralph Carlson |
| First Line | You know, pards, honor and horses go together! |
| Notes | Notes as for the main story. |
| Comic Story | The Mad Hatter! / Gopherface / Gopher-Face / Gopher Face (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Western-frontier |
| Script | Lit-Win ? |
| Pencils | Lit-Win ? |
| Inks | Lit-Win ? |
| Comic Story | No Title (4 pages) |
| Feature | Roamy and Julie |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Roamy; Julie |
| Pencils | Frank Bolle |
| Inks | Frank Bolle |
| First Line | Our engagement is off, Roamy! |
| Notes | Faces, hats and inklines is identical to Bolle's many Tim Holt stories for Fawcett. He also drew the humor series Pistol Packin' Pattie for Fawcett. |
| Text Story | Coward's Comeback (2 pages) |
| Script | Tracy Lee (credited) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Notes | Tracy Lee is likely a pen-name. |
| Comic Story | Death's Hoax / Rocky Lane (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rocky is asked to give immediate aid to a rancher who says he's going to be killed unless he gets protection. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Rocky Lane; Black Jack (horse); Benton (rancher) |
| Pencils | Ralph Carlson |
| Inks | Ralph Carlson |
| Notes | Notes as for the other Carlson story. |
| Advertisement | Hey Gang! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for building model cars with plans from Mechanix Illustrated. |
| Feature | Mechanix Illustrated |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | Get Your Prize (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for American Seed Company. |
| Feature | American Seed Company |
| Notes | On back cover of comic. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |

