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COVER DETAILS
Title:
Featuring Rang-A-Tang
Characters:
Rang-a-Tang
Pencils:
Edd Ashe ?
Inks:
Edd Ashe ?
Notes:
Formerly credited to Norman Danberg, but Danberg was a writer, not an artist.
STORY DETAILS
Title:
The Vandemeer Arson Case
Characters:
Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed; Vandemeer (introduction); Pierre (villain, introduction)
Pages:
10.000
Script:
Norman Danberg (signed)
Pencils:
Edd Ashe ?
Inks:
Edd Ashe ?
Title:
The Platinum Asteroid
Characters:
Dan Hastings; Dr. Carter; Bob Carter; Gloria Carter (Dr. Carter's daughter); Crissman (villain, introduction, death); Arnold Barnes (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Barnes asks Carter for his daughter Gloria's hand in marriage, he's rebuffed because he's middle-aged and poor. Carter is more interested in a meteorite that he's convinced is made of platinum and he sends Barnes and Dan Hastings to stake a claim. Barnes calls upon Jan Crissman to help him ambush Hastings and steal the ore. Hastings fights both off, and Crissman abandons Barnes and flees. Barnes comes to his senses, and confesses all to Hastings. He even proves his reformation in saving both Hastings, himself and the ship when Hastings falls unconscious after destroying Crissman and his ship.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Clem Gretter
Inks:
Clem Gretter
Notes:
Last appearance.
Gretter is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and faces, hands and figures are very much like his signed stories in US Marines Comics #1 and in Ray and Gail from DC Comics.
Title:
A Bad Bargain: Part 2
Characters:
Buck Stacey (range detective); Sandra Cummings (rancher); Steve Vance (crooked rancher); Ben Hackerman (foreman)
Pages:
5.000
Script:
W. M. Allison
Pencils:
W. M. Allison
Inks:
W. M. Allison
Notes:
last appearance
The faces and realistic horses are all identical to his credited stories in Cowboy Western Comics #38, and Hi-Lite Comics #1.
Title:
Experiment in Death
Characters:
Dan Hastings; Dr. Carter; Bob Carter; Gloria Carter (Dr. Carter's daughter)
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Ken Fitch
Pencils:
Clem Gretter
Inks:
Clem Gretter
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Art notes as for the Dan Hastings story.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Inks:
Jack Cole (signed)
Title:
Enter: The Marvel
Characters:
Scoop Cody (newspaperman); the Marvel (introduction); King Carr (villain; introduction)
Synopsis:
A white masked individual called The Marvel helps Scoop track down King Carr.
Pages:
6.000
Pencils:
Charles Biro
Inks:
Charles Biro
Notes:
Faces with prominent chin, and large hands look much like Biro's early work, as in Corporal Collins in this issue.
Characters:
Alfred Langevin
Synopsis:
Smoking, football and ukulele.
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:
Bob Wood (signed)
Letters:
Typeset
Title:
The Stolen Porridge
Characters:
Sugar; Honey; Huggin; Willie Wolf (villain, introduction)
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Dick Ryan (signed)
Pencils:
Dick Ryan (signed)
Inks:
Dick Ryan (signed)
Title:
In This Corner! "Billy" Conn!
Characters:
Billy Conn (boxer)
Pages:
1.000
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:
Bob Wood (signed)
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Richard Speed ?
Pencils:
Richard Speed ?
Inks:
Richard Speed ?
Letters:
Typeset
Title:
The Scourge of the Underworld
Characters:
Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney] (introduction); Butch Brady (introduction); Dan Danning (introduction); The Purple Gang (villains, introduction for all)
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Harry Shorten ?
Pencils:
Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Inks:
Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Notes:
An earlier version of Bob Phantom appeared in Star Comics #1 and Keen Komics #1. He was not a costumed hero.
Title:
Murder on the VENTURA
Characters:
Devils of the Deep [Jim; Bill; Ted] (introduction)
Pages:
5.000
Script:
George Nagle
Pencils:
Edd Ashe ?
Inks:
Edd Ashe ?
Notes:
Ashe is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Title:
Sabotage at the Balkan Oil Fields
Characters:
Jack Strand (introduction); Parker Halsey (introduction)
Pages:
5.000
Pencils:
Maurice Gutwirth
Inks:
Maurice Gutwirth
Title:
Origin of the Silver Fox
Characters:
The Silver Fox (a police chief, introduction, origin)
Pages:
5.000
Pencils:
Maurice Gutwirth
Inks:
Maurice Gutwirth
Title:
The Coming of Corporal Collins
Characters:
Corporal Collins [Jim Collins] (introduction, origin); The Nazis (villains)
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Abner Sundell ?
Pencils:
Charles Biro ?
Inks:
Charles Biro ?
Notes:
Biro is credited as a creator on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
15
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Total
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
2
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
16
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