Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-05-12
Editing: Gene Fawcette (art director)
Cover Thumbnail for Rangers of Freedom Comics (Fiction House, 1941 series) #6 Edit Cover
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Bugles of the Damned
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U.S. Rangers / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; adventure
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

Bugles of the Damned
(Table of Contents: 1)

U.S. Rangers / comic story / 16 pages

Script:
R. W. Colt (credited as Captain Raymond Colt)
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; adventure
  • Feature Logo:Rangers of Freedom
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Somewhere in Malay, Captain Morgan and his Rangers...
Characters:
The Rangers of Freedom II [Captain Morgan; John Red Hawk; Peter Rogers; others]; Villains: Baron Von Kurt (intro); Marli (intro); Japanese

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb. Also possible inks by Pagsilang Rey Isip.

[no title indexed]
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Glory Forbes / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Bob Hickok (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Can the bestial madness of Japan's war-lords drag...
Characters:
Glory Forbes; Villains: Scarlet Crab agents [Yaki Su; Marya (intro); Miguel (intro; dies)]; the Japanese

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Sea Devil / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
? [as Capt. Nelson Jones] (credited)
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Prisoner on board a Nazi yacht, Ensign...
Characters:
The Sea Devil [Ensign Heck Dewey]; Villains: Albert Werner (intro); Nazis

Delayed Action
(Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
? [as Sheridan Grey]
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:war

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Rocky Hall Jungle Stalker / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
? [as Buck Masters] (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:jungle; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That indomitable team, Rocky Hall and Gay-ree, ends...
Characters:
Rocky Hall; Aimee (intro); Aimee's father (intro; dies); Villain: N'Gusi (intro; dies)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
? [as George R. Cracker] (credited)
Pencils:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Colonel Nutt proudly points out the gas-fighting equipment...
Characters:
Pvt. Elmer Pippin; Hazel Mitt; Professor Dyzzi (intro); Villain: The Crimson Cobra (intro)

Indexer Notes

Boat on page 6, panel 7 labelled "Miss Doris, Isle of View"

[no title indexed]
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Tex Rainger / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Sam Savitt (credited as Hank Houston)
Pencils:
Sam Savitt (credited as Hank Houston)
Inks:
Sam Savitt (credited as Hank Houston)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:At the rancho Murillo, in the lone star state...
Characters:
Tex Rainger; Guest Stars: Sam Taylor; Jackie Taylor; Zeke Taylor (Jackie's uncle; intro); Villain: Bull Shiven (intro)
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
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The Phantom Falcons / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
? [as William Brooks] (credited)
Pencils:
Art Saaf (signed as A. Saaf)
Inks:
Art Saaf (signed as A. Saaf)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; adventure; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A daring band of misfit flyers, legless Jock...
Characters:
The Phantom Falcons [Jock Sturtevant; Ace Ely; Peg Darnell; John Lovelace; Bud]; Villains: Major Holstein (intro); the Japanese
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Bugles of the Damned
    U.S. Rangers
  2. Bugles of the Damned
    U.S. Rangers
  3. ["Can the bestial madness of Japan's war-lords drag..."]
    Glory Forbes
  4. ["Prisoner on board a Nazi yacht, Ensign..."]
    The Sea Devil
  5. Delayed Action
  6. ["That indomitable team, Rocky Hall and Gay-ree, ends..."]
    Rocky Hall Jungle Stalker
  7. ["Colonel Nutt proudly points out the gas-fighting equipment..."]
    Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter
  8. ["At the rancho Murillo, in the lone star state..."]
    Tex Rainger
  9. ["A daring band of misfit flyers, legless Jock..."]
    The Phantom Falcons
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