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Issue Details

Issue #37
Published October 1947
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 adventure
Pencils Joe Doolin
Inks Joe Doolin

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Great Eight of the Comics!"

Notes Inside-front cover ad for 8 Fiction House titles (cover repros)

10 page Firehair story "Crammed with mink and otter pelts were the teepees of the Dakota village..."

Characters Firehair [Lynn Cabot]; Chief Tehama
Genre western
Script ? [as John Starr]
Pencils Bob Lubbers
Inks Bob Lubbers

6 page Werewolf Hunter story "The Far East - Bagdad - a land of occult mystery..."

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

2 page Tiger Man text story "Blood of the Tiger"

Characters Tiger Man [Lt. Robert Benton]
Genre crime
Script ? [as Eric Marlin]
Letters typeset

6 page Sky Rangers story "Sudden Death for the Sky Rangers... a shattered empire"

Characters Sky Rangers, featuring Captain Morgan; Gert Gilbert (villain)
Genre adventure
Script ? [as R.W. Colt]
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan

6 page Glory Forbes story "M'deah, Mrs. Plush Bilt's ball is postively the most exclusive..."

Characters Glory Forbes; Senor Soundoff [i.e. Toledo Teddy] (villain ventriloquist)
Synopsis Glory attends what she thinks is another dull society function when she spots a wanted felon, acting as a ventriloquist....and in the end also has to round up his "dummy", who is stealing the guests blind!
Genre crime
Script ? [as Bob Hickok]
Pencils Matt Baker
Inks John Forte ? (Iger Shop)
Notes This is definitely through the Iger Shop and indicates a change in the editorial direction of the title. Hames Ware suggests perhaps Al Feldstein inks.
Reprinted in America's Greatest Comics (AC, 2002 series) #15

7 page Crusoe Island story "For months now, rescue parties have futilely sought..."

Characters 3 crash victims: Connie Courtney; Loo Fey; Paul Harris, Jr.
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Skipper Martin]
Pencils Walter Palais (signed)
Inks Walter Palais (signed)

8 page Tiger Man story "The War Is Not Yet Won! Nor will it be won until..."

Characters Tiger Man [Lt. Robert Benton]
Genre crime
Script ? [as Eric Marlin]
Pencils John Celardo (signed)
Inks John Celardo (signed)