Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1945-08-05
Editing: Jean Press (editor); Jack Byrne (managing editor)
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Doctor Death from Tokyo
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U.S. Rangers / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; adventure
Characters:
Captain Morgan of the U.S. Rangers
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the previous issue.

The Unbeatable Twenty
(Table of Contents: 1)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:war
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It was late in the afternoon...
Characters:
Ray Bugden; Jerry Moynahan; Tim Tucker; H. W. Thompson; Percy Scott; Charles Wold; Fred Hall
Synopsis:
Twenty Canadian soldiers fight off the Germans.
Reprints (0)
  • from Khaki, Canadian Army Weekly

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Firehair / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks:
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:"Boston blue-blood turned injun, huh?" said Jake Flagg of the J-F Ranch.
Characters:
Firehair [Lynn Cabot]; Jack Flagg; Wingo; Inky; Mr. Cole; Little Ax; Dave; Lizzie; Junior; Swift Eagle; Devil-Eye (horse); Mrs. Cole; Pete; Tehama
Synopsis:
A rancher who wants to drive off a nester crosses paths with Firehair.
Reprints (1)

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

Glory Forbes / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Bob Hickok (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
Fran Hopper (signed)
Inks:
Fran Hopper (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Homo sapiens means man...gnathostomata means fish. Ordinary things, you might say, and who could disagree?
Characters:
Glory Forbes; Betty; Sharkey
Synopsis:
A sharkman wants Glory for his mate.
Reprints (0)
  • pg. 1 rpt. in Women and the Comics (Eclipse, 1985)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Kazanda / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; jungle
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It all started when the expeditionary ship neared the lost continent, little knowing the dangers ahead.
Characters:
Kazanda; Aileen; Professor; Paul; Sylf (villain); Talmar (villain); Malef (villain)
Synopsis:
Aileen is stolen from Sylf's fortress.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Page 1, panel 1 has two sources, Kazanda appears to be a redrawn version of the female sacrifice from page 5, panel 7 of the original book, and the ship from Page 10, panel 5. Panel 2 Aileen appears to be new but the Professor and Paul come from page 4, panel 6. Panel 3 is from page 10, panel 7. Panel 4 is from page 1, panel 10. Panel 5 is from page 10, panel 11. Panel 6 is from page 7, panel 3.
Page 2, panel 1 is from page 7, panel 8. Panel 2 uses a touched-up Kazanda from page 1, panel 1, and Sylf is from page 9, panel 3. Panel 3 is from combining the headless riders from page 7, panel 10 and Talmar from page 8, panel 10. Panel 4 is from page 11, panel 7. Panel 5 is from page 14, panel 4. Panel 6 is from page 15, panel 6.
Page 3, panels 1 and 2 are from page 15, panels 7 and 9. Panels 3, 4 and 5 are from page 18, panels 6, 7 and 8. Panels 6, 7 and 8 are from page 15, panels 3, 4 and 5.
Page 4, panels 1 and 2 are from page 16, panels 8 and 10. Panels 3, 4, 5 and 6 are from page 17, panels 3, 5, 7 and 6.
Page 5, panel 1 is from page 18, panel 4. Panels 2, 3 and 4 are from page 19, panels 3, 4 and 5. Panel 5 has Kazanda from page 12, panel 9 and the Professor is a redrawn Paul from page 10, panel 8. Panel 6 is a combination of a new drawing of the Professor and Kazanda from page 14, panel 5. Panel 7 is from page 20, panel 10 (with additional art).
Page 6, panels 1 and 2 is from page 20, panels 4 and 5. Panels 3, 4 and 6 are from page 22, panels 3, 4 and 5. Panel 5 is from page 20, panel 7. Panel 7 appears to be new.

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

The Werewolf Hunter / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
? [as Armand Broussard] (credited)
Pencils:
Lily Renée (signed as L. Renee)
Inks:
Lily Renée (signed as L. Renee)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:horror-suspense
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:No, no, don't kill me-Let me go!
Characters:
Mademoiselle Pierrepont; Yvonne; Annette; Henry
Synopsis:
Yvonne wishes she could spend one night in the luxurious life of an arrested murderess.

Indexer Notes

Professor Broussard, the Werewolf Hunter, does not appear in this story.

[Doctor Death from Tokyo]
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U.S. Rangers / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
R. W. Colt (credited as Capt. R. W. Colt)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The deserted Chinese temple was being used as a temporary encampment by Captain Morgan's ranger band.
Characters:
U.S. Rangers [Red; Captain Morgan; Joe]; Mala (villain, introduction, death); Foi
Synopsis:
Mala arranges for the Japanese to capture the Rangers.

Indexer Notes

Title from the cover.

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Doctor Death from Tokyo
    U.S. Rangers
  2. The Unbeatable Twenty
  3. [""Boston blue-blood turned injun, huh?" said Jake Flagg of the J-F Ranch."]
    Firehair
  4. ["Homo sapiens means man...gnathostomata means fish. Ordinary things, you might say, and who could disagree?"]
    Glory Forbes
  5. ["It all started when the expeditionary ship neared the lost continent, little knowing the dangers ahead."]
    Kazanda
  6. ["No, no, don't kill me-Let me go!"]
    The Werewolf Hunter
  7. [Doctor Death from Tokyo]
    U.S. Rangers
  8. ["The big 6 of the comics!"]
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