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| Publication | December 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
| Notes | Logo trademark information: (Submission) Serial #: 456,529. Flying Stories, Inc. New York, N. Y., Filed Oct. 30, 1942. "Rangers Comics" (logo design). The word "Comics" is disclaimed apart from the mark. For Periodical. Claims in use since July 20, 1942. Trademark submission posted in the Official Gazette for the United States Patent Office, Volume 546, January 19, 1943, p. 427. |
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| Cover | Sabres of Defiance |
| Featuring | U. S. Rangers |
| Content | Genre: War |
| Notes | Logo trademark information: (Submission) Serial #: 456,529. Flying Stories, Inc. New York, N. Y., Filed Oct. 30, 1942. "Rangers Comics" (logo design). The word "Comics" is disclaimed apart from the mark. For Periodical. Claims in use since July 20, 1942. Trademark submission posted in the Official Gazette for the United States Patent Office, Volume 546, January 19, 1943, p. 427. |
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| Comic Story | Sabres of Defiance (10 pages) |
| Featuring | U. S. Rangers |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as AA] (signed) (see notes) | Inks:? [as AA] (signed) (see notes) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: U. S. Rangers (formerly Rangers of Freedom (II)); Jade (villain, introduction, death); The Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. Art is signed with a colophon that can be interpreted as either "RA" or "AR" or "AA". If this is, indeed, Ruth Atkinson, she is being assisted by a more experienced artist/inker. Other possibilities include Al Avison or Aldo Rubano, but the art doesn't support those as well. |
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| Featuring | Glory Forbes Vigilante |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Yaki Su (villain); Lun Din (introduction, death); Tu Kang; Jasmine |
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| Featuring | The Werewolf Hunter |
| Credits | Script:? [as Armand Weygand] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery; Horror-suspense | Characters: Professor Broussard [The Werewolf Hunter] (introduction); Danny O'Shea (Broussard's assistant, introduction); Jacques Duval (a werewolf, villain, introduction, death); Marie (introduction); Michele (introduction) |
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| Featuring | The Sea Devil |
| Credits | Script:? [as Capt. Nelson Jones] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Military; War | Characters: The Sea Devil; Tiny (villain); Mungo (villain, introduction); Kapitan Wezel (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains) |
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| Text Story | Treachery On Timor (2 pages) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (two panels illustration art) | Inks:? (two panels illustration art) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War |
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| Featuring | Rocky Hall Jungle Stalker |
| Credits | Script:? [as Buck Masters] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Rocky Hall; The Ubandos (villains, introduction); An Arab Chieftain (introduction); Sarika (Chieftain's daughter, introduction) |
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| Featuring | Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter |
| Credits | Script:? [as George R. Cracker] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Private Elmer Pippin; Colonel's Daughter; Hans (villain, introduction); another unnamed spy (villain, introduction) |
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| Featuring | Tex Rainger |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Tex Rainger; Jake (villain, introduction, death); other bandits (introduction) |
| Notes | next appearance in PIONEER WEST ROMANCES #7 |
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| Featuring | The Phantom Falcons |
| Credits | Script:? [as William Brooks] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: The Phantom Falcons; Admiral Kamatoto (villain, introduction); The Japanese |
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