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The real title of this comic is Rangers of Freedom. The lead story takes up almost 1/3 (20 pages) of the comic. It's the first appearance for these characters (Marines)... a completely different group than appeared in issues 1-4, and in issue 8 they were re-named the U.S. Rangers (note that the cover features the original group). There are 2 other first appearances: Glory Forbes, Vigilante (daughter of America's foremost bomber designer; she fights spys); and Phantom Falcons ('a gallant gang of misfit flyers').
All these changes were probably prompted by the entry of the USA into WWII. In issue 30 (Aug/46), they became the civilian Sky Rangers.

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Issue: #5
Published: June 1942, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Blood-Putsch of the Hooded Men
Featuring:	Rangers of Freedom
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Original Rangers Of Freedom (don't Appear In This Issue)

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	All Brand New
Featuring:	Wambi
Characters:	Wambi

Comic Story (20 pages)
Featuring:	Rangers of Freedom
Credits:	Script: ? [as Captain Raymond Colt]
Genre:	War
Characters:	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)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Mail Order Murder
Featuring:	Private Elmer Pippin & the Colonel's Daughter
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Pvt. Elmer Pippin Hazel Nutt Col. Nutt

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	The Phantom Falcons
Credits:	Script: ? [as William Brooks]
Genre:	War
Characters:	The Phantom Falcons [Jock Sturtevant Ace Ely Peg Darnell John Lovelace Bud] (intro) Villains: The Japanese

Text Story (2 pages)	Send Us More Japs!
Credits:	Script: ? [as Wilson Prentiss] \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	War
Characters:	Slats Missouri (2 Marines)

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	Glory Forbes Vigilante
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	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)]

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	Rocky Hall Jungle Stalker
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Rocky Hall Villains: Ko-Ko (intro) Snake-Men (intro)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Black Jack Gang!!!
Featuring:	Tex Rainger
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Tex Rainger Jackie Taylor (intro) Ah Lee (intro) Villains: Black Jack Gang [including Dawson Buck] (intro)

Comic Story (8 pages)
Featuring:	The Sea Devil
Credits:	Script: ? [as Capt. Nelson Jones]
Characters:	Introduction: Alexander Dewey Ensign Heck Dewey Swenson Cora Wood Villains: The Nazis

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	A New Sensational Complete 64-page Book
Featuring:	Sheena
Characters:	Sheena

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)

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