Star Ranger (1937 Ulten Pub.) 2

Cover by Fred Schwab. Stories and art by Ken Fitch, Norman A. Daniels, Fred Guardineer, W. M. Allison, Dick Ryan, Fred Schwab, James Sanders, Rafael Astarita, Tom Curry, Richard Speed and Creig Flessel. An early Western anthology published by Harry Chesler, one of the first Western-themed U. S. comic books (along with Western Picture Stories). A missing-persons investigation leads a sheriff to an old ghost town and a band of murderous robbers. Historical and educational strips, including comics biographies of The Pony Express, Red Cloud, and Pancho Villa. Short Western strips, sometimes just one to three pages, with titles like Home on the Range and Gopher Moore. How the buffalo coexisted with the Native Americans in the years before white settlements. To a Pinto Pony; The Pony Express; Tenderfoot Joe; Tenderfoot Mary; The Ghosts of Ghost Town; Ace and Deuce; The Old One; Red Cloud; Cowboy Jake; Francisco Villa; Gun Boss; Boss of the Ranch; Wanted for Murder; Sam Hill; Home on the Range; Trouble Shooters; Gopher Moore; Bandit Raid; Pal; Homeless Oscar; Spurs For a Man; Midnight Mob; Pinto Pete; Hurtling Death; Jest the Type; Vanishing Herd; Western Facts; Okie Doke; Jess Phoolin; Bull Moose; The West That Was; Killer McGee; Smoke Range; Hi-Lee Hi-Low; Lonesome Luke. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2 in., 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.