Motion Picture Comics (1950) comic books 1951

Photo cover features Allan "Rocky" Lane and Eddy Waller. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Arthur E. Orloff. Art by Irwin Hasen and Joe Giella. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Code of the Silver Sage, a 1950 Republic B-movie western starring Allan "Rocky" Lane. A US Cavalry lieutenant travels to lawless Arizona, which is under the control of outlaw boss Champion. The US President himself plans to visit Arizona to restore law and order. But Lt. Lane learns that Champion is planning to have the President assassinated to secure his rule of Arizona, and only Rocky Lane can stop him. Plus pinup photos of Rocky Lane. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Allan "Rocky" Lane and Eddy Waller. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by M. Coates Webster. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Covered Wagon Raid, a 1950 Republic B-movie western starring Allen "Rocky" Lane. Insurance investigator Rocky Lane witnesses a murder by thugs working for would-be land baron Deacon Grimes. Rocky goes undercover to help the dead man's daughter Susie bring charges against Grimes. But rancher's daughter Gail learns Rocky's true identity, and inadvertently reveals it to Grimes' henchmen. Plus pinup photos of Rocky Lane. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Allan "Rocky" Lane photo cover. Stills from the movie on the inside front cover. "Vigilante Hideout," art by Bob Powell; An adaptation of a Republic Picture starring Allan "Rocky" Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft, and Virginia Herrick; Rocky, a Range Detective, arrives to help Nugget with rustlers; When he learns Nugget owns only three cows, he stays on anyway and soon becomes involved in Benson's attempt to blow open the banks's safe; When Rocky upsets his plans, Benson supposedly gets rid of him by having him declared an outlaw wanted dead or alive; Then Benson takes a load of explosives into an old mine located directly under the bank vault. Stills from the movie on the inside back cover. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Photo cover features Audie Murphy. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by John Huston and Albert Band. Art by Bob Powell. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on John Huston's 1951 adaptation of the classic Civil War novel by Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage. A young Union soldier (played by famed combat veteran Audie Murphy in the film) wrestles with his courage and his conscience while preparing to face Confederate forces in the early days of the Civil War. This adaptation is based on the full two-hour film, later heavily edited by the studio, which has since been lost. It features art by comics legend Bob Powell of "Sheena" fame. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover features George Montgomery. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by Frank Gruber. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on The Texas Rangers, a 1951 low-budget Columbia western starring George Montgomery and Gale Storm. In the 1870s, Texas is terrorized by outlaw Sam Bass and his gang. Reformed outlaw Johnny Carver is asked by the head of the Texas Rangers to go undercover with the Bass gang. But as the gang plans the robbery of a gold train, is Johnny working with the outlaws, or the Rangers? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover features Allan "Rocky" Lane. Story by Leo Dorfman, from the screenplay by M. Coates Webster. Art by Pete Riss. Fawcett presents adaptations of popular movies of the 1950s in comics form. This issue is based on Frisco Tornado, a 1950 Republic B-movie western starring Allan "Rocky" Lane. Rocky Lane is a US marshal investigating a scam involving "outlaw insurance." He survives an ambush, but loses his ID in the process. The outlaws use his ID to frame him as the brains behind the outlaw gang and their insurance scam. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.