Rocky Lane Western #10

Whitey Whiskers is down on his luck and desperately needs to sell his hungry dog—until he spots a notice from Jeff Halsey offering fifty dollars for a good retriever. The down-and-out prospector launches into a series of tall tales to convince the skeptical buyer that his pooch is the finest hunting dog in the territory, spinning increasingly outlandish yarns about the dog's uncanny abilities both on the hunt and off it.

Gopher Face is laid up and groaning about his illness, so Rocky Lane stops by to check on him—only to get some hilariously backhanded reassurance from the doc's prognosis. It's a quick, punchy gag that captures the irreverent humor of 1950s Western comics.

A customer looking for a refund on a tough steak sparks a series of increasingly ridiculous arguments with the butcher Butch—from complaints about impossible poultry to mistaken meat orders and sampling mishaps. This four-page humor romp features rapid-fire wordplay and slapstick as the two characters trade quips and punches over everything from kidneys to turkey, before matters escalate to hanging and cold feet.