Rocky Lane Western #39

Gopherface wrestles with a peculiar dilemma when offered the chance to buy a tobacco plantation—not whether it's a good investment, but what crop to actually grow once he owns it. This one-page western humor bit plays the joke straight, letting the absurdity of the situation carry all the weight.

Dee Dickens inherits his uncle's dental equipment and decides to set up shop as a prairie dentist—much to the dismay of a skeptical customer. When a man named Hank reluctantly agrees to have his teeth examined, Dee's unorthodox methods and questionable bedside manner lead to a comedic disaster. This four-page humor romp pokes fun at frontier dentistry with plenty of groan-worthy jokes and slapstick antics.

Rocky Lane fills in at the bank for his old friend Joe when a mysterious check made out for ten thousand dollars passes through—one written in disappearing ink that vanishes before their eyes. When the hired man who delivered it turns up dead and the check's originator, cattle dealer Dean Dunder, denies ever sending it, Rocky must uncover the truth behind this clever scheme before the bank's money is lost for good.

Sagebrush sets out for the big city with an old valise and announces an ambitious new career plan to his friends—as a social director in a butcher shop, complete with a pun-filled pitch about his unique qualifications. This one-page western humor strip turns on the joke of what "meeting people" really means in that line of work.