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Issue Details

Issue #75
Published April 1957
Frequency Bimonthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Al Fago (Executive Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Rocky Lane; Black Jack [Rocky Lane's horse]
Genre Western
Pencils Dick Giordano (signed)
Inks Vince Alascia (signed)

7 page Rocky Lane story "The Mirage"

Characters Rocky Lane; Black Jack (Rocky Lane's horse)
Synopsis Rocky Lane stops a gang of criminals using a mirage in the desert to help rob people.
Genre Western
Pencils Dick Giordano (signed)
Inks Vince Alascia (signed)

4 page Rocky Lane story "Marshall Without A Gun"

Characters Rocky Lane; Silas; Webb; Jake
Synopsis Rocky Lane is forced to protect the town without his guns.
Genre Western
Pencils Dick Giordano
Inks Vince Alascia
Notes Art identification by Gary L. Watson (10/2008).

2 page Red Roan text story "Peril!"

Characters Red Roan
Genre Western; Animal
Letters Typeset

7 page Rocky Lane story "Traders In Deceit!"

Characters Rocky Lane; Black Jack (Rocky Lane's Horse); Long Tree; Chief Red Sky; Little Star; Craig
Synopsis Rocky Lane stops fur traders from tricking two Indian tribes into going to war with each other.
Genre Western
Pencils Ralph Carlson
Inks Ralph Carlson
Notes Statement of Ownership on last page. Art identification by Gary L. Watson (10/2008).
Reprinted from ? (Fawcett)

1 page Black Jack's Hitching Post story "You know, pards, honor and horses go together!"

Characters Black Jack; Rocky Lane; Emperor Caligula; Cortez
Synopsis Information about horses.
Genre Fact
Pencils Ralph Carlson
Inks Ralph Carlson
Notes Art identification by Gary L. Watson (10/2008).
Reprinted from ? (Fawcett)

5 page Hoot Tamale story "Hoot Turns Hero"

Characters Hoot Tamale; Manuel; El Diablo
Synopsis Hoot Tamale and Manuel stop El Diable and his bandits from robbing the bank.
Genre Western; Humor
Pencils Frank Johnson?
Inks Frank Johnson?
Notes Art identification by Gary L. Watson (10/2008).

1 page Roping 'N' Riding with Allan "Rocky" Lane letters page

Genre Western
Notes Letter from Rocky Lane to the reader. Some small artwork. The letter is not typeset.