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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published June 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Jean M. Press

Cover Details - "Raiders of the Red Dawn"

Genre war
Pencils Art Saaf
Inks Art Saaf

9 page Commando Ranger story "Easter morning in a suburb of London..."

Characters Commando Ranger
Genre War
Script ? [as Jock Lawrence]
Pencils Art Saaf (signed)
Inks Art Saaf (signed)

8 page Glory Forbes Vigilante story "The Affair of the Counterfeit Crooner"

Characters Glory Forbes
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Bob Hickok]
Pencils George Tuska (signed)
Inks George Tuska (signed); ?

7 page U.S. Rangers story Raiders of the Red Dawn ["Off the southeast coast of China, a Japanese..."]

Characters U.S. Rangers
Genre war
Script ? [as Capt. R.W. Colt]
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska?; ?
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb. One third of page four is occupied by an ad. Note the difference in this art compared to signed Tuska on Glory Forbes. HW suggests Mike Suchorsky as a possible inker.

5 page The Sea Devil story "One day as the Sea Devil cruises along..."

Characters The Sea Devil
Genre war
Script ? [as Morgan Hawkins]
Pencils Ruth Atkinson?
Inks Ruth Atkinson?

2 page text story "Carlson, the Raider"

Genre war
Script ? [as R.E. Ballou]
Letters typeset

6 page The Werewolf Hunter story "The Soul Slaver"

Characters Professor Broussard [the Werewolf Hunter]
Genre mystery
Script ? [as Armand Weygand]
Pencils Lily Renee
Inks Lily Renee

4 page Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter story "It's not that Private Pippin is deliberately uncooperative..."

Characters Pvt. Elmer Pippin; Hazel Mitt
Genre humor
Script ? [as George R. Cracker]
Pencils Fran Hopper
Inks Fran Hopper; ?

6 page The Phantom Falcons story "Peg and John cruise over North Borneo..."

Genre war
Script ? [as William Brooks]
Pencils Lee Elias (signed)
Inks Lee Elias (signed)
Notes The Phantom Falcons [Jock Sturtevant; Ace Ely; Peg Darnell; John Lovelace; Bud]