Rocky Lane Western #36

Rocky Lane answers the chief marshal's call to protect a newly opened settler territory north of the Canadian River, where renegades are expected to cause trouble. Meanwhile, Wolf Wiley and his gang devise a scheme to swindle Native Americans with counterfeit wampum in exchange for their ponies, which they'll dye and resell to the settlers—but their treachery triggers a chain of violent consequences when the fraud is discovered. As tensions erupt into gunfire and chaos, Rocky finds himself in the crossfire with his fate hanging by a thread.

Dee Dickens thinks he's indispensable to his boss, but a series of mishaps—from reckless driving to terrible marksmanship—keeps landing him in hot water in this 1952 humor tale. When the boss finally threatens to fire him for good, Dee's desperation leads to a catastrophic misunderstanding that turns the tables in the most unexpected way. A slapstick Western romp where a loudmouth cowpoke learns that talking his way out of trouble isn't always the smartest strategy.

Rocky Lane finds himself caught in a deadly web of theft and deception when settlers unknowingly purchase stolen Indian ponies, setting tribe and townspeople on a collision course toward bloodshed—until a mysterious dye in a hidden pond offers a vital clue. Forced to negotiate a fragile truce between Chief Thunderbird and the desperate settlers, Rocky discovers his own identity has been stolen by cunning outlaws intent on using the chaos to their advantage. Trapped in a mountain lion's den by ruthless rustlers, the real Rocky Lane must rely on his wits and fighting spirit to expose the truth and prevent a massacre.

When Gopherface finds a horseshoe and tosses it over his shoulder for good luck, the throw goes spectacularly wrong—landing him in hot water with the local law. This one-page western comedy from 1952 proves that sometimes the oldest superstitions lead to the biggest troubles.

Cactus Brain sets his sights on an ambitious hunting expedition to bag two hundred rabbits—all in service of a promise to his girl. What could possibly go wrong when love and wildlife collide in the Old West?

Sagebrush finds something amusing in the newspaper and shares a joke about city lampposts—a quick, lighthearted moment that captures the humor and frontier charm of Rocky Lane Western.

Rocky Lane and his stallion Black Jack face down a dangerous gang of horse thieves who've stampeded wild broncs to trap them—but our hero turns the tables, using the very herd meant to kill him to help desperate settlers instead. After a perilous mountain pursuit and a climactic showdown, Rocky recovers the stolen Indian ponies and unmasks the "wampum wranglers'" clever scheme, restoring peace and justice to the frontier.