Publishers / Fawcett / Rocky Lane Western (1949) / #39
39July 1952
$0.10

Rocky Lane Western #39

Fawcett · July 1952

First appearance: The Fox
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Identification plate

Series
Rocky Lane Western (Fawcett, 1949 series)
Issue
#39
Publication date
July 1952
Key date
1952-07-00
Indicia publisher
Fawcett Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Fox - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Death Makes a Deposit!cover1pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph); letters: typesetRocky Lane (photograph of Allan Lane)
1The Law-Baiters: Chapter 1: The Trapcomic story7Black Jack, The Fox First, Rocky Lane
2Smokey Issue!comic story1
3The Big Pullcomic story4
4The Law-Baiters: Chapter 2: Outlaw Justicecomic story6Black Jack, The Fox First, Rocky Lane
5Killers Goldtext story2script: Joe K. Jones
6Death Makes a Depositcomic story7Rocky Lane
7Social Directorcomic story1script: Howard Boughner; pencils: Howard Boughner; inks: Howard Boughner

Where to read it

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Series context

‹ #3839 of 55#40 ›

Sources

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