Issue: #7
Published: October-November 1937, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Harry "A" Chesler (Editor & Publisher); Kenneth Fitch (Managing Editor)
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: The indicia, printed on the Table of Contents page, reads as follows:
'STAR RANGER is published monthly by Ultem Publications, Inc., Mount Morris, Illinois. Editorial office, 276 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter at post office, Mount Morris, Illinois, under act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price: 12 issues in the United States and its possessions and Canada, $1.00. Single copies, 10 cents.
The publishers accept no responsibility for unsolicited drawings or manuscripts but will exercise due care in handling same. Drawings and manuscripts, to receive consideration, must be accompanied by postage sufficient to insure their return to owner. BEFORE SUBMITTING DRAWINGS OR MANUSCRIPTS WRITE FOR INSTRUCTIONS. This magazine printed in U. S. A. and entire contents COPYRIGHTED, 1937, by ULTEM PUBLICATIONS, INC. All rights reserved.'
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Cover (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Cowboy Jake |
Credits: |
Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
Genre: |
Humor Western-frontier |
Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
A Bit Off the Trail |
Featuring: |
The Roundup |
Synopsis: |
A promo for Centaur's sister titles, Star Comics, Funny Pages, and Funny Picture Stories. |
Credits: |
Script: Harry Chesler | Letters: typeset |
Table Of Contents (1 page) |
Table of Contents |
Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Tenderfoot Joe |
Synopsis: |
Joe is put to work as the chef when the regular cook goes on strike, but isn't really suited for the job. |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab (signed) | Pencils: Fred Schwab (signed) | Inks: Fred Schwab (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Tenderfoot Joe |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Tenderfoot Mary |
Synopsis: |
Mary has rats in her cabin. |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
Genre: |
Humor Western-frontier |
Characters: |
Tenderfoot Mary |
Comic Story (1 page) |
The Little Papoose |
Synopsis: |
a poem to a Native American baby |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer | Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer |
Genre: |
Western-frontier |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Cowboy Jake |
Synopsis: |
The story of how Jake rid the town of the tough guy with his wits. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Charles Biro | Inks: Charles Biro |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Cowboy Jake |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Lyin' Lou |
Synopsis: |
Lou spins a tale about how smart his dog was. |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer | Pencils: Fred Guardineer | Inks: Fred Guardineer |
Characters: |
Lyin' Lou |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Wild West Junior |
Synopsis: |
Junior signs up for the rodeo, despite the taunts about his age, throws the bull, rescues the damsel in distress...all before his Mom wakes him for school. |
Credits: |
Script: Charles Biro | Pencils: Charles Biro | Inks: Charles Biro |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Killer McGee |
Synopsis: |
Killer McGee can calmly take being called a menace and thief, but won't abide being accused of eating onions. |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
Genre: |
Humor Western-frontier |
Characters: |
Killer McGee |
Comic Story (1 page) |
John Dillinger |
Synopsis: |
Facts about the life and death of infamous outlaw John Dillinger. |
Credits: |
Script: Richard Speed | Pencils: Richard Speed | Inks: Richard Speed |
Genre: |
Non-fiction Biography Crime |
Characters: |
John Dillinger |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
Dynamite Trail |
Synopsis: |
A ranger investigates strange accidents at a mining operation and finds a disgruntled employee. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Frank Frollo ? | Inks: Frank Frollo ? |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Ace and Deuce |
Synopsis: |
A couple New York City mob members come to the Dude ranch to lay low, but Ace and Deuce sniff them out. |
Credits: |
Script: W. M. Allison | Pencils: W. M. Allison | Inks: W. M. Allison |
Characters: |
Ace Deuce |
Text Story (7 pages) |
Killer's Horse |
Credits: |
Script: Tom Curry (credited) | Pencils: Frank Frollo (signed) | Inks: Frank Frollo (signed) |
Genre: |
Western-frontier |
Illustration (2 pages) |
One Less Horse-Thief! |
Credits: |
Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) |
Genre: |
Western-frontier |
Comic Story (3 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Bad Medicine |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Guardineer (signed) [as F. B. G.] | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) [as F. B. G.] | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) [as F. B. G.] |
Genre: |
Western-frontier |
Comic Story (3 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Grizzly Dunn |
Synopsis: |
Grizzly gets challenged to a horse race. |
Credits: |
Script: Rafael Astarita (signed) | Pencils: Rafael Astarita (signed) | Inks: Rafael Astarita (signed) |
Genre: |
Western-frontier |
Characters: |
Grizzly Dunn |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
Errand of Mercy |
Credits: |
Script: Norman Daniels |
Genre: |
Adventure |
Text Article (1 page) |
Big Trees in America |
Synopsis: |
Lore about the history of trees in America, and of giant pre-historic petrified tree remains in Arizona. |
Credits: |
Script: Richard Speed | Pencils: Richard Speed | Inks: Richard Speed |
Genre: |
Non-fiction |
Comic Story (1 page) |
Words Without Music |
Synopsis: |
a lyrical poem about migrant cowboys looking for work. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Todmoro] | Pencils: ? [as Todmoro] | Inks: ? [as Todmoro] |
Genre: |
Western-frontier |
Characters: |
Null Void |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Null and Void |
Credits: |
Script: Lit-Win ? [as Todmoro] (signed) | Pencils: Lit-Win ? [as Todmoro] (signed) | Inks: Lit-Win ? [as Todmoro] (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Null Void |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Death's Head Range |
Synopsis: |
Bob Horn lives on his Dad's ranch, which has a valuable oil well just across the fence on his neighbor's property. Bob discovers by accident that the neighbor moved the fence, and that the well is really his father's property. |
Credits: |
Script: Irving Frisch | Pencils: Rafael Astarita | Inks: Rafael Astarita |
Characters: |
Bob Horn |
Comic Story (6 pages) |
Marked Bullets |
Credits: |
Script: Will Harr (credited) | Pencils: Rafael Astarita ? | Inks: Rafael Astarita ? |
Genre: |
Western-frontier |
Cartoon (1 page) |
"I hope no calls come in..." |
Featuring: |
Jest A Laugh |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Jess Phoolin |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Jess Phoolin |
Cartoon (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Jest the Type |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab ? | Pencils: Fred Schwab ? | Inks: Fred Schwab ? |
Genre: |
Humor |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Lonesome Luke |
Credits: |
Script: Fred Schwab | Pencils: Fred Schwab | Inks: Fred Schwab |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Lonesome Luke |
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