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Issue Details

Issue #46
Published April 1949
Frequency every other month
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Jack Byrne (Managing Editor)
Notes Index revised by Craig Delich, January 2006. Index revised again by Henry Steele, Hames Ware, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr., January 2007.

Cover Details - "The Phantoms of Renegade Trail"

Genre western
Pencils Bob Lubbers
Inks Bob Lubbers

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

Notes House ad for Fiction House Comics.

10 page Firehair story [The Phantoms of Renegade Trail] ["Almost as old as time itself, Treaty Tree..."]

Characters Firehair [Lynn Cabot]
Genre western
Script ? [as John Starr]
Pencils Bob Lubbers
Inks Bob Lubbers
Notes The title is taken from the cover blurb. HW sees possible additional inks by John Celardo.

8 page Tiger Man story "Spindly pines weaved strange silhouettes, and loons laughed..."

Characters Tiger Man [Lt. Robert Benton] (last appearance)
Genre mystery
Script ? [as Eric Marlin]
Pencils George Evans (signed)
Inks George Evans (signed)
Notes Last appearance of Tiger Man.

6 page Jan of the Jungle story "Jan, the Wolf Boy"

Characters Jan of the Jungle
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Coleman Hart]
Pencils Enrico Bagnoli
Inks Enrico Bagnoli

7 page I Confess story "Knock! Knock! Knock! This is Myra, your voice..."

Synopsis The story involves peril, pirates, suspense and mystery.
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Myra Maxwell]
Pencils Reuben Moreira
Inks Reuben Moreira

3 page World Adventurers text article "Davy Crockett"

Characters Davy Crockett; Colonel Jim Bowie; Colonel Travis
Genre true
Pencils ? (5 panels)
Inks ? (5 panels)
Letters typeset
Notes Factual text biographical article with five panels of art. Part 1 of a 3-part story of the Alamo

5 page Glory Forbes story "Business as usual meant none at all to..."

Characters Glory Forbes
Genre crime
Script ? [as Bob Hickok]
Pencils John Forte?
Inks Ray Osrin?

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

Letters typeset

6 page Sky Rangers story "A terse radio appeal for help flashed from..."

Characters Sky Rangers
Genre adventure
Script ? [as R.W. Colt]
Pencils Giovanni Benvenuti (signed)
Inks Giovanni Benvenuti (signed)