Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1945-12-05
Editing: Jean Press (editor); Jack Byrne (managing editor)
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The Black-Dragon Fire-Raiders
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U.S. Rangers / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:war; adventure

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the previous issue.

Wings Over the World
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text article / 2 pages

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A difference of a week...
Characters:
H. H. Arnold; Henrietta St. Clair
Synopsis:
The good work done by the U. S. Army Air Force's Air Transport Command.

Indexer Notes

On inside front and back covers.

[no title indexed]
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Firehair / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pierre La Rue (credited)
Pencils:
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks:
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:For long months, Firehair toiled over dull ledgers...
Characters:
Firehair [Lynn Cabot]; Sam; Little Ax; Devil-Eye; Rose; Bess; Scarlet; Maizy; Zeke; Walker; Cookie; Luke; Abe
Synopsis:
Firehair learns of a plan to ambush a wagon train.
Reprints (2)

[The Black-Dragon Fire-Raiders]
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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:Anybody could foresee it--anybody not so deliriously...
Characters:
U.S. Rangers [Captain Morgan; Peter]; Nan
Synopsis:
A rogue group of Japanese soldiers are fighting on despite Japan's surrender.

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

[no title indexed]
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Kazanda / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Archie E. Martin (credited)
Pencils:
Ted Brodie-Mack (credited as Peter Amos)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; jungle
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sylf, the Subtle, must find an otherworlder to...
Characters:
Kazanda; Professor; Talmar; Sylf; Paul; Aileen
Synopsis:
The time of sacrifice has come.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

This episode is actually signed on the last panel.

Page 1, panel 1 takes the tigers from page 6, panels 5 and 6, and Kazanda comes from page 27, page 8 of the original publication. Panel 2 is from page 6, panel 7. Panel 3 is from page 2, panel 7.
Page 2, panels 1 and 2 are from 26, panels 3 and 4. Panel 3 is Sylf and Talmar from page 19, panel 5 and Paul and Aileen from page 21, page 7. Panels 4, 5 and 6 are from page 26, panels 9, 10 and 11.
Page 3, panel 1 is from page 2, panel 11. Panel 2 is from page 16, panel 8. Panels 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are from page 28, panels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Page 4, panels 1, 2 and 3 are from page 28, panels 7, 8 and 10. Panels 4, 5, 6 and 7 are from page 29, panels 2, 3, 5 and 8.
Page 5, panels 1 and 2 are from page 29, panels 4 and 9. Panel 3 is from page 29, panel 7 with some redrawing. Panel 4 might be new. Panels 5 and 6 are from page 30, panels 3 and 4.
Page 6, panels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 are from page 30, panels 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Panel 5 is from page 11, panel 7.

[no title indexed]
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Glory Forbes / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Bob Hickok (credited) (house name)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:She never does anything unless it's the hard way, and nothing ever happens to her unless it's violent!
Characters:
Glory Forbes; Hoiby; Pinky Schultz; Mitzi; Tony
Synopsis:
Glory sees a man beating a woman and drags a cop and a cabbie into the case.

[no title indexed]
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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:We were passing through Rockton, a tiny New England town where the most exclusive boy's school in the country is located.
Characters:
Professor Broussard [the Werewolf Hunter]; Jackie; Charles; Margo
Synopsis:
Professor Broussard helps a young man who dreamed his father was in danger.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Black-Dragon Fire-Raiders
    U.S. Rangers
  2. Wings Over the World
  3. ["For long months, Firehair toiled over dull ledgers..."]
    Firehair
  4. [The Black-Dragon Fire-Raiders]
    U.S. Rangers
  5. ["Sylf, the Subtle, must find an otherworlder to..."]
    Kazanda
  6. ["She never does anything unless it's the hard way, and nothing ever happens to her unless it's violent!"]
    Glory Forbes
  7. ["We were passing through Rockton, a tiny New England town where the most exclusive boy's school in the country is located."]
    The Werewolf Hunter
  8. ["The big 6 of the comics!"]
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