Star Ranger Funnies Vol. 2 (1939) comic books 1939

Cover by Jack Cole. Stories and art by Jack Cole, Ray Burley, Terry Gilkison, George Filchock, Howard Hastings, Pat Allen, Martin Filchock, Fred Schwab, Victor J. Dowling, and Joe E. Buresch. Centaur publishes the final run of Star Ranger, one of the very first Western comics. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Wild West Junior and Cowboy Jake. Historical and educational strips, including comics biographies of "Wild Bill" Hickock and the Texas Rangers, and fun facts about the Rio Grande and the Mavericks. The new sheriff in town tries to stop the train-robbing Casey Bunch. A wealthy rancher almost kills the wrong man for stealing his black stallion, but luckily Native American detective Bigmoose deciphers the clues. Moonshine saves a farm family from being swindled by city slickers, in an early humor strip by comics legend Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man. Home in the Ozarks; The Ermine; Rangeography!; Fabricatin' Phil; The Wild Casey Bunch Tangles with a Kid Sheriff; One Buck and Two Bits; Footprints in the Dust; How to Draw Comic Cowboys featuring Horsefeathers; The Secret of the White Sands; Famous Frontiersmen; Windy Parks; Joe Ticket the Picket; Buck Bush. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Filchock. Stories and art by Bob Wood, Paul Gustavson, George Filchock, Howard Hastings, Pat Allen, Martin Filchock, Fred Schwab, Victor J. Dowling, and Joe E. Buresch. Centaur publishes the final run of Star Ranger, one of the very first Western comics. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Wild West Junior and Cowboy Jake. Historical and educational strips. Also featuring an early humor strip by Bob Wood, later the mind behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Murder in the Hills; Ace and Deuce; Jess Phoolin; Wild West Junior; Windy Parks; Krazy Koot; Huck Pshaw; Tex Maverick Horns In; Bill Hardin; Night Hawk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Filchock. Stories and art by Jack Cole, Paul Gustavson, George Filchock, Howard Hastings, Pat Allen, Martin Filchock, Fred Schwab, Victor J. Dowling, and Joe E. Buresch. Centaur publishes the final run of Star Ranger, one of the very first Western comics. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Wild West Junior and Cowboy Jake. Lyin' Lou tells a tale so tall it reaches all the way to the moon. In the early days of the frontier, the mysterious scout known as The Ermine emerges from the woods to help a pioneer family. An early Western strip by comics legend Jack Cole, creator of Plastic Man. Bad Medicine; Tenderfoot Joe; Lyin' Lou; The Ermine; Windy Parks; Krazy Koot; Huck Pshaw; One Buck and Two Bits; Home in the Ozarks; Comic Cowboys; Marked Bullets; Dynamite Trail; Tin Mule. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dick Dyer. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Bob Wood, Paul Gustavson, George Filchock, Frank Frollo, Martin Filchock, Fred Schwab, Rafael Astarita, and William Allison. Centaur publishes the final run of Star Ranger, one of the very first Western comics. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Wild West Junior and Cowboy Jake. Historical and educational strips, including comics biographies of " Kit Carson and Chief Pakagon. Cowboy Jake takes on a tough guy using only his wits. In the early days of the frontier, the mysterious scout known as The Ermine promises to help a pioneer family find their kidnapped daughter. Also featuring early humor strips by Charles Biro and Bob Wood, later the minds behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Vacation Way Out West; Tenderfoot Joe; Killer McGee; The Ermine; Gold Coast; Cowboy Jake; Fabricatin' Phil; Chief Pakagon; Blood on the Rio Grande; One Buck and Two Bits; Wild West Junior; Star Gags; The Bison; Ace and Deuce; Pot o' Gold; Where Men Are Men; Lonesome Luke; Centaur Kid; Null and Void; Kit Carson; Tin Mule. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Art Pinajian. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Bob Wood, Paul Gustavson, Art Pinajian, Gill Fox, Fred Guardineer, George Filchock, Frank Frollo, Martin Filchock, Fred Schwab, Al Hopkins, and William Allison. Centaur publishes the final run of Star Ranger, one of the very first Western comics. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Wild West Junior and Cowboy Jake. Historical and educational strips, including comics biographies of movie cowboy Gene Autry and other radio stars. The Medicine Man claims that his curio show features the skull of Hamlet, but if people don't believe that, he also has the skull of Hamlet as a child. The mysterious scout known as The Ermine rescues frontier girl Alice, only to learn that her parents have fled to the Cumberland Gap. Also featuring early humor strips by Bob Wood, later the mind behind the notorious Crime Does Not Pay comic. Brief Biography of Radio Stars; Tenderfoot Joe; Killer McGee; The Ermine; Red Man of the Rockies; Cowboy Jake; Stars on the Range; Lyin' Lou; Lee Trent; Jess Phoolin; Wild West Junior; One Buck and Two Bits; Tenderfoot Mary; Ace and Deuce; Tubby of the T-Bone Ranch; Star Gags; Medicine Man; Centaur Kid; Null and Void; Tommy Hawk; Chief Weasel-Tail; Jest the Type; Ace and Deuce; Comic Cowboy; IndiaNotes. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.