Issue Details

Issue	#30
Published	August 1946
Frequency	every other month
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Jack Byrne (Managing Editor)
Notes	Indicia title is Ranger Comics; cover title is Rangers Comics

Cover Details

Genre	war
Pencils	Joe Doolin
Inks	Joe Doolin
Notes	Cover image does not relate to any interior feature.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Big Six of the Comics!"

Notes

Inside-front cover house ad for 6 Fiction House titles (cover repros)

10 page Firehair story "This is the story of the wooing of Firehair."

Characters	Dakota Chief Tehama; Red Lance (wooer of Firehair);
Genre	western
Script	? [as John Starr]
Pencils	August Froehlich; Bob Lubbers
Inks	August Froehlich; Bob Lubbers
Notes	The artwork is Froehlich with the exception of Lubbers redrawing of Firehair's face throughout.
Reprinted	in Rangers Comics (Fiction House, 1941 series) #65 [art re-used for entirely new story]

7 page Crusoe Island story "Connie Courtney, newspaper reporter, en route to a China assignment..."

Characters	Intro of: Connie Courtney (reporter); Paul Harris, Jr. (son of famous General); Loo Fey (Chinese priness)
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Skipper Martin]
Pencils	Howard Larsen (signed)
Inks	Howard Larsen (signed)
Notes	First appearance

8 page Sky Rangers featuring Captain Morgan story "Postal Union -- Captain Morgan -- Hotel Westmore -- St. Louis..."

Characters	Captain Hal Morgan (pilot); Mr. Graham (the 'tall Texan')
Genre	adventure
Script	? [as R.W. Colt]
Pencils	Murphy Anderson
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Notes	This is the former U.S. Rangers strip marshalled out of the service and into civilian life. Even the house-name of the "author" has been decomissioned. The Rangers apply for and get their job with Graham Enterprises

2 page text story "The Ghost of Dutch Emil"

Genre	crime
Script	? [as Ed Lacy]
Letters	Typeset

6 page The Werewolf Hunter story "There had been a weird note of anxiety and mystery in my sudden summons..."

Characters	Prof. Armand Broussard [The Werewolf Hunter]; Dr. Richard Howe (haunted explorer; thief & murderer)
Genre	horror
Script	? [as Armand Broussard]
Pencils	Lily Renee (signed)
Inks	Lily Renee (signed)

6 page Glory Forbes story "Glory, you know professor Ledeaux, the distinguished art critic..."

Genre	adventure
Script	? [as Bob Hickok]
Pencils	Al Walker
Inks	Al Walker

9 page Tiger Man story "She was dead now, the girl Bob Benton loved, the girl who betrayed him..."

Characters	Bob Benton [Tiger Man]; Pali (his Hindu assisstant); The GFrog (villain; killer of Nan Benton)
Genre	crime
Script	? [as Eric Marlin]
Pencils	John Celardo
Inks	John Celardo
Notes	JV - I would almost bet on inks by Gene Fawcette.