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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published February 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing De Witt Shank (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Notes Pencil and ink credits from Nick Burns (February 16, 2006). Entire issue revised/updated Jan. 2007 by HS/HW/JV. The title of the comic book is "Rangers of Freedom Comics" and it does not have a text story.

Cover Details - "The Headsman of Hate"

Genre Adventure
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Inks Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Notes Pencil and ink credits from Nick Burns (February 16, 2006). Entire issue revised/updated Jan. 2007 by HS/HW/JV. The title of the comic book is "Rangers of Freedom Comics" and it does not have a text story.

13 page Rangers of Freedom story The Headsman of Hate ["In the last issue, Superbrain tried an invasion..."]

Characters The Rangers of Freedom [Biff Barkley; Tex Russell; Percy Cabot]; Guest Stars: Ranger Girl [Lt. Gloria Travers] (first as Ranger Girl); Phineas B. Tutts (intro); Villains: Super-Brain; Black Axemen (intro); Scarface (intro)
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Capt. Raymond Colt]
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter story "Elmer On Maneuvers"

Characters Pvt. Elmer Pippin; Hazel Mitt; Villains: Captain Nutter; Nazis
Genre humor
Script ? [as George R. Cracker]
Pencils Andre Le Blanc?
Inks Andre Le Blanc?
Notes Or possibly this is early Dave Berg?

6 page The Royal Watch story "I'm Mac, the native son, trying to do my..."

Characters The Royal Watch [Jock; Mac; Harry; Terry]; Sir Cedric Smythe (intro); Villains: Nazi spies
Genre war
Script ? [as Stacy Kent]
Pencils Jim Chambers
Inks Jim Chambers

3 page filler "They Escaped From the Nazis"

Characters Cameo: Winston Churchill; Charles DeGaulle
Genre fact; war
Script Walter Galli (signed)
Pencils Walter Galli (signed)
Inks Walter Galli (signed)
Notes The splash panel is a photograph.

8 page Defense Kids story "Yer Out!" "Whadda ya mean - out! Why ya..."

Characters The Defense Kids [Pedro; Tony; Socker; Nick; Spike; Tom; Fatso; Izzy]; Billy Butty (a goat); Villains: Max Pflug (intro); Bundists
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Jeff Adams]
Pencils Don Lynch
Inks Don Lynch

8 page Rocky Hall Jungle Stalker story "Although he grew up in the jungle, Gay-Ree..."

Characters Rocky Hall; Reggie Moko Boko (intro); Villains: Nazis
Genre jungle
Script ? [as Buck Masters]
Pencils Robert Bugg?
Inks Robert Bugg?
Notes HW suggests Tom Gill as another possibility.

6 page Jeep Milarkey story "It's a Date!"

Characters Jeep Milarkey; Villains: Matsoko and other Japanese spies (intro for all)
Genre humor
Script ? [as Pat O'Hara]
Pencils Al Walker
Inks Al Walker

5 page The Double-Slango Kids story "Tell 'em about double-slango, Terry"

Characters The Double-Slango Kids [Topper; Steve; Terry] (last appearance); Villains: Fatsie Smythe; Duke (intro); Butch (intro)
Genre adventure
Pencils Richard Case
Inks Richard Case
Notes Last appearance of the Double-Slango Kids.

1 page Riot Range filler "But I tell you I haven't got chocolate..."

Genre gags
Pencils Walter Galli?
Inks Walter Galli?

8 page Don Stuart of the Far East Rangers story "The Japs are desperate, son, they know we're..."

Characters Don Stuart; Villains: The Japanese
Genre war
Script ? [as John Campbell]