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Issue: Rangers of Freedom Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #5 of 7 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Flying Stories Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/16/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Blood-Putsch of the Hooded Men

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rangers of Freedom
Character(s): Original Rangers of Freedom (don't appear in this issue)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover inaccurate: old Rangers of Freedom team depicted and the story title blurb refers to the "Superbrain" character who does NOT appear in the issue. However, the title does match the story.
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All Brand New

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Feature(s): Wambi
Character(s): Wambi
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An inside-front cover ad for Wambi Comics; not a cover reproduction
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Captain Raymond Colt]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Rangers of Freedom
Character(s): The Rangers of Freedom [Captain Morgan; John Red Hawk; Peter Rogers; others] (introduction, origin, new group); Marlene Jackson (introduction); Mr. Rogers (introduction, dies); Mrs. Rogers (introduction); The Tiger Lady [Helen Jackson?] (villain, introduction, dies); Black Dragon Society (villain, introduction)
First Line: On December 7, 1941, a treacherous snake coiled and.struck..
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Introduction of a new group of Rangers of Freedom.
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Mail Order Murder

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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Private Elmer Pippin & the Colonel's Daughter
Character(s): Pvt. Elmer Pippin; Hazel Nutt; Col. Nutt
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as William Brooks]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): The Phantom Falcons
Character(s): The Phantom Falcons [Jock Sturtevant; Ace Ely; Peg Darnell; John Lovelace; Bud] (intro); Villains: The Japanese
First Line: The Phantom Falcons--a gallant band of misfit flyers...
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Pages: 7
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Send Us More Japs!

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Writer(s): ? [as Wilson Prentiss]
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: war
Character(s): Slats; Missouri (2 Marines)
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Glory Forbes Vigilante
Character(s): Glory Forbes (intro); Mr. Forbes (her father, intro); Randy Duncan (intro); Billy (intro); Villains: The Scarlet Crab [Dr. Togo (intro); Yaki Su (intro); Ludwig (intro, dies)]
First Line: The vigilante spirit of the roaring old West comes to life...
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Rocky Hall Jungle Stalker
Character(s): Rocky Hall; Villains: Ko-Ko (intro); Snake-Men (intro)
First Line: Drums tell of much trouble, Bwana... chief Ko-Ko makes war!
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Pages: 8
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The Black Jack Gang!!!

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Genres: western
Feature(s): Tex Rainger
Character(s): Tex Rainger; Jackie Taylor (intro); Ah Lee (intro); Villains: Black Jack Gang [including Dawson; Buck] (intro)
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ? [as Capt. Nelson Jones]
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Sea Devil
Character(s): Introduction: Alexander Dewey; Ensign Heck Dewey; Swenson; Cora Wood; Villains: The Nazis
First Line: Long before the first two-man submarine was blasted with its two-Jap crew...
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Pages: 8
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A New Sensational Complete 64-page Book

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Feature(s): Sheena
Character(s): Sheena
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An inside-back cover ad for Sheena Comics; not a cover reproduction
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The Big Six of Comics Books

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Disclose Notes: Standard Fiction House ad on the back cover fo their 'Big 6' titles (cover repros)

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