Rocky Lane Western #33

Rocky Lane Western #33 brings the Republic Pictures star to life in this January 1952 Fawcett publication, with a striking photo cover of Rocky astride his jet-black stallion Black Jack, pistol raised against a sun-drenched mountain backdrop. Inset comic panels by Ralph Carlson tease the action within, showing Rocky trading punches ("POW!") with a lawman nearby and disarming a dangerous gunfighter with a well-placed throw ("SPLAT!"). With the story "Gunslinger for Hire" promised inside, this issue delivers the kind of rugged frontier excitement that made Rocky Lane one of the most appealing cowboys of the era.