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Rangers Comics #1
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| Additional Information | |
| Publication | October 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Editing: De Witt Shank (Editor); Gene Fawcette (Art Director) |
| Notes | The title of the comic book is "Rangers of Freedom Comics." This comic book has no text story. No publication frequency in the indicia. |
| Cover | The Super-Brain |
| Featuring | Rangers of Freedom |
| Credits | Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich (signed) | Inks: Dan Zolnerowich (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Rangers of Freedom [Biff Barkley; Tex Russell; Percy Cabot]; Super-Brain (villain) |
| Comic Story | "As fiendish sabotage terrorizes the citizens of the United States..." (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biff, Tex and Percy are brought by the FBI to Washington D.C. and informed that a mysterious mental force is behind the attack on America's democracy and that only young minds can resist their powers. The three accept the challenge and form the "Rangers of Freedom", only to be captured by the Super-Brain, subjected to an intense brain compelling ray and ordered to go to the nation's capitol and kidnap the President of the United States. |
| Featuring | Rangers of Freedom |
| Credits | Script:? [as Captain Raymond Colt] (signed) | Pencils: Joe Doolin | Inks: Joe Doolin |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Rangers of Freedom [Biff Barkley; Tex Russell; Percy Cabot, the Little Corporal] (introduction with origin; not the Marine heroes featured in #5-7); guest stars: President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Gloria Travers (Miss America of 1941, name revealed next issue); The Super-Brain (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains) |
| Comic Story | "Jock, Mac, Harry and Terry are at the..." (9 pages) |
| Featuring | The Royal Watch |
| Credits | Script:? [as Stacy Kent] | Pencils: Jim Chambers? | Inks: Jim Chambers? |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: The Royal Watch [Jock; Mac; Harry; Terry] (intro of all); Sgt. Harkness; Captain Carruthers; Villains: Herman (intro; dies); Nazi spies (intro; die) |
| Comic Story | "The toughest little eggs in Steel City are..." (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Defense Patrol |
| Credits | Pencils: Don Lynch | Inks: Don Lynch |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Defense Patrol [Pedro; Tony; Socker; Nick; Spike; Tom; Fatso; Izzy] (intro; origin); Captain Thomason; Villains: Von Sourpuss (intro); Nazis |
| Notes | Originally credited to Stan Asch, but the following stories in this feature, with the same artwork, are credited to Don Lynch. He is also credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Asch's signed art is quite different, with much googly-eyed faces as in Lawbreaker Suspen Stories. |
| Comic Story | "Jeep Milarkey, on guard at a southern army..." (4 pages) |
| Featuring | Jeep Milarkey |
| Credits | Script:? [as Pat O'Hara] |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jeep Milarkey (intro; an MP); Lt. Kitty Tone (an Army nurse); Villains: Nazis |
| Comic Story | "Living on an isolated plantation on the barren..." (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Anzac Hawks |
| Credits | Script:? [as Talbot Cook] | Pencils: Bob Jenney | Inks: Bob Jenney |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: The Anzac Hawks [Tommy Armitage; Betty Armitage; Roy Blake] (intro; origin; only appearance); Villains: Van Der Meer (intro); Nazis |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of the Anzac Hawks. |
| Comic Story | "Rocky Hall, a champion tracker, has been chosen..." (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Rocky Hall Jungle Stalker |
| Credits | Script:? [as Buck Masters] | Pencils: Robert Bugg? | Inks: Bob Hebberd? |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Rocky Hall (intro); Gay-Ree (Gary Murray; a jungle boy; intro); Villains: Snake-Men (intro) |
| Notes | HW and HS see some possible Jim Chambers and HW adds Tom Gill to the list of suspects. |
| Comic Story | "Legend. Five adventurous friends, all expert sailors, have..." (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Sea Squad |
| Credits | Script:? [as Caleb Banks] | Pencils: Harry Fisk? | Inks: Harry Fisk? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: The Sea Squad [Jackson; Rick Davis; three unnamed others] (intro; origin); Sam Squidd (intro); Villains: Nazis |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of the Sea Squad. |
| Comic Story | "Dr. Stuart, the unofficial adviser to the Chinese government..." (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Don Stuart of the Far East Rangers |
| Credits | Script:? [as John Campbell] |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Don Stuart (intro); Dr. Stuart (intro; his father); Hilda Von Bellows (intro); Sing Hi (intro); Sing Lo (intro); Lt. Lee Wing (intro); Villain: Von Bellows (intro) |
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