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Issue Details

Issue #30
Published August 1946
Frequency every other month
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Jack Byrne (Managing Editor)
Notes Indicia title is Ranger Comics; cover title is Rangers Comics

Cover Details

Genre war
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin
Notes Cover image does not relate to any interior feature.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Big Six of the Comics!"

Notes Inside-front cover house ad for 6 Fiction House titles (cover repros)

10 page Firehair story "This is the story of the wooing of Firehair."

Characters Dakota Chief Tehama; Red Lance (wooer of Firehair);
Genre western
Script ? [as John Starr]
Pencils August Froehlich; Bob Lubbers
Inks August Froehlich; Bob Lubbers
Notes The artwork is Froehlich with the exception of Lubbers redrawing of Firehair's face throughout.
Reprinted in Rangers Comics (Fiction House, 1941 series) #65 [art re-used for entirely new story]

7 page Crusoe Island story "Connie Courtney, newspaper reporter, en route to a China assignment..."

Characters Intro of: Connie Courtney (reporter); Paul Harris, Jr. (son of famous General); Loo Fey (Chinese priness)
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Skipper Martin]
Pencils Howard Larsen (signed)
Inks Howard Larsen (signed)
Notes First appearance

8 page Sky Rangers featuring Captain Morgan story "Postal Union -- Captain Morgan -- Hotel Westmore -- St. Louis..."

Characters Captain Hal Morgan (pilot); Mr. Graham (the 'tall Texan')
Genre adventure
Script ? [as R.W. Colt]
Pencils Murphy Anderson
Inks Murphy Anderson
Notes This is the former U.S. Rangers strip marshalled out of the service and into civilian life. Even the house-name of the "author" has been decomissioned. The Rangers apply for and get their job with Graham Enterprises

2 page text story "The Ghost of Dutch Emil"

Genre crime
Script ? [as Ed Lacy]
Letters Typeset

6 page The Werewolf Hunter story "There had been a weird note of anxiety and mystery in my sudden summons..."

Characters Prof. Armand Broussard [The Werewolf Hunter]; Dr. Richard Howe (haunted explorer; thief & murderer)
Genre horror
Script ? [as Armand Broussard]
Pencils Lily Renee (signed)
Inks Lily Renee (signed)

6 page Glory Forbes story "Glory, you know professor Ledeaux, the distinguished art critic..."

Genre adventure
Script ? [as Bob Hickok]
Pencils Al Walker
Inks Al Walker

9 page Tiger Man story "She was dead now, the girl Bob Benton loved, the girl who betrayed him..."

Characters Bob Benton [Tiger Man]; Pali (his Hindu assisstant); The GFrog (villain; killer of Nan Benton)
Genre crime
Script ? [as Eric Marlin]
Pencils John Celardo
Inks John Celardo
Notes JV - I would almost bet on inks by Gene Fawcette.