Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	December 1942
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Larabie Cunningham (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director)
Notes	Indicia title: Rangers Comics. Contents copyrighted, 1942, by Flying Stories, Inc.

Cover Details - "Sabres of Defiance"

Genre	war
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich (signed)
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich (signed)

10 page U. S. Rangers story "Sabres of Defiance"

Characters	formerly Rangers of Freedom (II). Villain: Jade (Introduction, Death); the Japanese
Script	? [as Capt. Raymond Colt]
Pencils	Ruth Atkinson?
Inks	Ruth Atkinson?; ?
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover blurb. Art is signed with a colophon that can be interpreted as either "RA" or "AR" or "AA". If this is, indeed, Ruth Atkinson, she is being assisted by a more experienced artist/inker. Other possibilities include Al Avison or Aldo Rubano, but the art doesn't support those as well.

8 page Glory Forbes Vigilante story "Chinese New Year...The steep streets of Frisco's..."

Characters	Villain: Yaki Su. Introduction: Lun Din (Death); Tu Kang; Jasmine
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Bob Hickok]
Pencils	Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed)
Inks	Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed)

6 page The Werewolf Hunter story "Werewolfery (see Lycanthropy, Encyclopedia Britannica) plays a prominent..."

Characters	Introduction: Professor Broussard (the Werewolf Hunter); Danny O'Shea (his assistant). Villain: Jacques Duval (Introduction, Death; a werewolf). Introduction: Marie; Michele
Genre	mystery
Script	? [as Armand Weygand]
Pencils	Gustaf Schrotter?

8 page The Sea Devil story "In the Dewey Shipyards at Tampa, Alexander Dewey..."

Characters	Villains: Tiny; Mungo (Introduction); Kapitan Wezel (Introduction); Nazis
Genre	war
Script	? [as Capt. Nelson Jones]
Pencils	Joe Doolin
Inks	Joe Doolin

2 page text story "Treachery On Timor"

Genre	war
Script	? [as Tom Russell]
Pencils	? (2 panels art)
Inks	? (2 panels art)
Letters	typeset

8 page Rocky Hall Jungle Stalker story "Cannibal slavers cook up more terror and destruction..."

Characters	Villain: The Ubandos (Introduction); Introduction: An Arab chieftain; Sarika (his daughter)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as Buck Masters]
Pencils	Rudy Palais (pages 1-7); Richard Case (page 8)
Inks	Saul Rosen?; Richard Case (page 8)

6 page Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter story "Sergeant Boyle, nursemaid to the carrier pigeons, stares..."

Characters	Villains: Hans; another spy (Introduction for both)
Genre	humor
Script	? [as George R. Cracker]
Pencils	Al Walker
Inks	Al Walker

6 page Tex Rainger story "Saturday night, after the roundup, Tex Rainger and..."

Characters	Villains: Jake (Introduction, Death); other bandits (Introduction)
Genre	western
Script	Sam Savitt [as Hank Houston]
Pencils	Sam Savitt
Inks	Sam Savitt
Notes	next appearance in PIONEER WEST ROMANCES #7

10 page The Phantom Falcons story "Striking with the fury of their feathered namesakes..."

Characters	Villain: Admiral Kamatoto (Introduction); the Japanese
Genre	war
Script	? [as William Brooks]
Pencils	Art Saaf (signed)
Inks	Art Saaf (signed)