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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published April 1948
Frequency every other month
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Jack Byrne (Managing Editor)

Cover Details - "Prowlers of the Wild"

Genre western
Pencils Bob Lubbers (signed)
Inks Bob Lubbers (signed)

10 page Firehair story [Prowlers of the Wild] ["Through the long dreary winter, the Dakota warriors..."]

Characters Firehair [Lynn Cabot]; Little Hawk; White Fawn; Marie Le Roche; Little Ax; Tehama; Pierre; Black Eagle
Synopsis Firehair must stop Marie Le Roche from tricking the Indians into going on the warpath.
Genre western
Script ? [as John Starr]
Pencils Bob Lubbers
Inks Bob Lubbers
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
Reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (AC, 1990 series) #[3]

9 page Tiger Man story "Lightning crackled and thunder boomed over the Rockies..."

Characters Tiger Man [Lt. Robert Benton]
Genre crime
Script ? [as Eric Marlin]
Pencils George Evans (signed)
Inks George Evans (signed)

6 page Crusoe Island story "Night winds moaned a brooding lullaby through the..."

Genre adventure
Script ? [as Skipper Martin]
Pencils Frank Doyle?
Inks Frank Doyle?

Half page statement of ownership "Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc."

Letters typeset

5 page Glory Forbes story "Zarro the Great"

Characters Glory Forbes
Genre crime
Script ? [as Bob Hickok]
Pencils Al Feldstein?; John Forte?
Inks ? (Iger Shop)
Notes One quarter of last page is taken up with an ad.

2 page text article "Pony Bob's Ride"

Genre fact
Script Henry Wysham Lanier
Letters typeset
Notes An account of the early Pony Express.

6 page Sky Rangers story "The Mardi Gras!"

Characters Sky Rangers
Genre adventure
Script ? [as R.W. Colt]
Pencils Charles Sultan?
Inks Charles Sultan?; ?
Notes Even for Sultan, this is very crude in places.

6 page The Werewolf Hunter story "The chair creaked and candles flickered as Aunt..."

Genre horror
Script ? [as Armand Broussard]
Pencils Lily Renee (signed)
Inks Lily Renee (signed)
Notes The Werewolf Hunter does not actually appear in this story and the article "The" is returned to the title.