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| Is that the first television seen in comic books on page 29? |
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| If this comic was published in 1937, it probably was one of the first references to TV in print media.
[Electronic television was first successfully demonstrated in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 1927]
[RCA, the company that dominated the radio business in the United States with its two NBC networks, invested $50 million in the development of electronic television. To direct the effort, the company's president, David Sarnoff, hired the Russian-born scientist Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, who had participated in Rosing's experiments. In 1939, RCA televised the opening of the New York World's Fair, including a speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who was the first president to appear on television. Later that year RCA paid for a license to use Farnsworth's television patents. RCA began selling television sets with 5 by 12 in (12.7 by 25.4 cm) picture tubes. The company also began broadcasting regular programs, including scenes captured by a mobile unit and, on May 17, 1939, the first televised baseball game between Princeton and Columbia universities.]
Cheers! |
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| The comical cover art on this and subsequent issues of Star Ranger is just terrific. Too funny! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | April 1937 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | To a Pinto Pony (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A poem about a rider taking a new Pinto pony. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | on inside front cover. |
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| Foreword/Afterword | Well It's Here! (1 page) |
| Featuring | The Roundup |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Editorial introduction with vignettes from the various features. |
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| Contents | Table of Contents (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Publisher credits (editors), feature list, and indicia. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Text Article | The Pony Express (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; History; Western-frontier |
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| Synopsis | City-slicker Joe thinks that tossing a bull can't be that hard...until he tries it. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Tenderfoot Joe |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Tenderfoot Mary |
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| Comic Story | The Ghosts of Ghost Town (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | A sheriff investigates an old Ghost Town, where people have been disappearing, and finds a band of murderous robbers. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Synopsis | Ace and Deuce host some city ladies at their Dude Ranch. |
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| Comic Story | The Old One (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | A story of the buffalo herd and their existence with their hunters, the Native Americans. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Text Article | Red Cloud (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A biography of the Sioux Indian Chief who lived from 1822 to 1909. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Western-frontier | Characters: Red Cloud |
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| Synopsis | When he plays Poker with a tough guy, Jake takes the better part of valor, and folds rather than revealing his hand of four Aces. |
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| Comic Story | Gun Boss (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bull Turner is mean and seemingly the fastest gun in Lariat, until the Ranger discovers his trick and sends him to the hangman's noose for dirty fighting. |
| Credits | Script:? [as Jack Melzer] |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Text Article | Francisco Villa (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A biography of the Mexican rebel leader who challenged the United States over control of New Mexico, and several revolts against the government of Mexico. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Biography; Western-frontier | Characters: Francisco Villa |
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| Comic Story | Boss of the Ranch (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The boss talks tough all day long to his workers, but wait 'til he gets home to his wife. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Wanted for Murder (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cut-throat Burt murders a rancher and forges the deed to the ranch into his name. Burt tries to get the rancher's daughter to marry him, but the deputy is on hand to win her favor and save the ranch. |
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| Comic Story | Sam Hill (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | not same character as the Sam Hill Private Eye from publisher Archie. |
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| Comic Story | Home on the Range (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A bunch of cowboys view a television for the first time to see who sings their favorite cowboy ballads, and are sore when they see it is a bunch of city slickers. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Trouble Shooters (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ramrod and Woogy have been picked to put on a Valentine's Day play at the Dude Ranch, but dirty tricks are going to get in the way. |
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| Comic Story | Gopher Moore (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Bandit Raid (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | text with spot illustrations. |
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| Comic Story | Pal (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The sheriff's dog Pal knows when something smells fishy at the scene of a miner's death. |
| Credits | Script: W. C. Miller? [as Vance Miller] |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Synopsis | After the judge gives the order, the sheriff does his best to clear the unruly mob, but nothing works as well as a skunk to clear a room. |
| Content | Genre: Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | Spurs for a Man (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A rancher tells his son that he will earn his spurs when he can capture his own wild horse. The boy rescues a spectacular black stallion from a mountain lion, and earns the stallions trust, gaining the boy his rite of passage to manhood. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Midnight Mob (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | An old land dispute between two cattle ranchers will spill into the next generation unless someone can find out who is behind the mysterious Masked Riders. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
| Notes | A horse is branded 'FG' in panel 5 of the 2nd page, initials for Fred Guardineer. |
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| Comic Story | Pinto Pete (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Pinto Pete, a grifter, bums a meal, but specifically requests cake, as it is his birthday. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Pinto Pete |
| Notes | contains a 1/4 page Butterfinger candy bar ad. |
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| Comic Story | Hurtling Death (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | A rancher is murdered for his money, and the killers force the ranchers' assistant to drive the get-away car. The driver has no intention of letting the killers get away. |
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| Synopsis | Ladies' movie night at the Ol' Opry House. |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | on same page with an ad by Bradley National Jewelers for and Engineers' watch. |
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| Comic Story | Vanishing Herd (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | There has been cattle rustling going on, and nobody is able to track the disappearing cattle. A new rancher on the scene has an airplane, and soon, folks put two and two together. |
| Credits | Script:? [as George Hill] |
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| Synopsis | Information on chaps, cowboy boots, Maverick calfs, the 30-30 Winchester rifle, and boots for horses. |
| Featuring | Western Facts |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Okie Doke (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Okie is in court once again, and the judge has a hard time making him feel any shame. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Okie Doke |
| Notes | contains a 1/4 page ad for Butterfinger candy bars. |
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| Content | Characters: Jess Phoolin |
| Notes | contains a 1/4 page ad from Mead Cycle Co. for the Streamlined "Champion". |
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| Comic Story | Bull Moose (1 page) |
| Synopsis | "Bull" Moose tries to credit his strength to the motto that 'you are what you eat'. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Illustration | The West That Was (1 page) |
| Synopsis | An outline of the progression of mail delivery in the West from Pony Express, to Stage Coach, to railroad. |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
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| Synopsis | Killer McGee is a bounty hunter who isn't worried if the dead body he brings in doesn't match the wanted poster. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Killer McGee |
| Notes | contains a 1/4 page ad for Baby Ruth candy bars. |
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| Comic Story | Smoke Range (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | A peace-seeking cattle hand joins a ranch where the boss means to drive off a group of 'Nesters', and new guy is determined to stop it. |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Hi-Lee Hi-Low (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The Chinese brothers have a hard time pleasing cowhand customers with their laundry service. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Synopsis | Luke applies for the job of cook at the local diner for the pay of $1 a day and all you can eat. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier | Characters: Lonesome Luke |
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| Publisher advertisement | Star Comics (1 page) |
| Notes | house ad for Star Comics. |
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