Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	September 1943
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	John C. Mitchell (Editor)

Cover Details - "The Bone-Grinders of B' Zambi"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	Rafael Astarita
Inks	Rafael Astarita
Letters	typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Who is Commando Ranger?"

Characters	Commando Ranger
Notes	House ad for Rangers Comics, featuring Commando Ranger's debut

12 page Kaänga story "Terror stalks the damp green jungles!.. Falling prey to a bandit queen's death-bed desire, Kaänga..."]

Characters	The Baroness (white ruler of natives; dying from years of drug use)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Frank Riddell]
Pencils	Ruben Moreira?; Rafael Astarita
Notes	First five pages might be Moriera pencils, last seven pages are pencilled by Astarita. Inks on both are undistinguished.

6 page Simba, King of Beasts story "To a challenge by a crazed killer, the tawny lord of beasts has one answer..."

Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Ed Hunt]
Pencils	Richard Case?
Inks	E.H. Hart?

6 page Tabu story "A grinning idol nods, and human blood must stain the altar.."

Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Mack]
Pencils	Richard Case
Inks	Richard Case?

10 page Wambi, The Jungle Boy story "Destruction comes swiftly to the homes of the jungle dwellers..."

Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Roy L. Smith]
Pencils	Henry Kiefer
Inks	Henry Kiefer

5 page Fantomah, Daughter of the Pharaohs story "A new king wears the crown of Ar, Khefra's neighbor realm..."

Genre	jungle
Script	? [as W.B. Hovious]
Pencils	George Appel
Inks	George Appel

2 page text story "White Man's Juju"

Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Bob Paige]
Letters	typeset

5 page Captain Terry Thunder story "The tom-toms have a hundred voices that whisper..."

Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Pierre La Rue]
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	? (Iger Shop)

10 page Camilla story "Back at his post, Trader Davis ponders strange documents..."

Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Victor Ibsen]
Pencils	Jim Mooney (signed)
Inks	Jim Mooney (signed)