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A rangerhouse scan.
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Issue: #8
Published: November 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Victor Fox
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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The Dart and Ace
Credits:	Pencils: Edd Ashe ? \| Inks: Edd Ashe ? \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler] Ace [Ace Barlow]

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Motor Company Mobsters
Featuring:	The Dart and Ace
Synopsis:	At the request of one of his students, Mr. Wheeler decides to help her discover what happened to her father, missing for two weeks in California. As the Dart, he and Ace decide to investigate the Ajax Motor Company, whom her father had a connection with.
Credits:	Pencils: ? [as Jerry Arbo] (signed) \| Inks: ? [as Jerry Arbo] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Dart [Caius Martius Wheeler] (school Teacher) Ace [Ace Barlow] Betty (student) Basco (villain, Motor Company President, Introduction) Alvo (villain, Introduction) Nick (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Science vs. Sorcery
Featuring:	The Sorceress of Zoom
Credits:	Pencils: Don Rico ? \| Inks: Don Rico ?
Genre:	Fantasy
Characters:	Sorceress Of Zoom (villain) Super-Scientist (introduction, Turned Into A Rat)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Stop Doctor Mortal!
Featuring:	Dr. Mortal
Synopsis:	Because of his death feud against the world, Police officers are sent out to bring the evil Doctor Feud in: dead or alive. When they fail to do the job, Gary and Marlene take on the task.
Credits:	Script: Bert Whitman [as Godfrey Clarke] (credited) \| Pencils: Bert Whitman \| Inks: Bert Whitman
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Gary (Mortal's Nephew) Marlene (Mortal's Niece) Policemen (many Die) Dr. Mortal (villain, Scientist) Ulan (villain, Mortal's Assistant, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Super-Science Spies
Featuring:	Dynamo
Synopsis:	Dynamo gets involved after a fellow worker is killed and defense plans that Andrews had been working on are stolen.
Credits:	Script: Joe Simon ? \| Pencils: Robert Webb ? [as Harold Weber] (signed) \| Inks: Robert Webb ? [as Harold Weber] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Dynamo [Jim Andrews] (electrical Expert) Ingres (death) Stark (villain, Detective) Stark's Gang (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Rudite Crystals
Synopsis:	Marga, Ted and Mr. Brunt set out to fly to the Arctic regions to find a supply of rudite, a rare mineral that helps improve alloys for government guns.
Credits:	Script: ? [as James T. Royal] (credited)
Genre:	Adventure Jungle
Characters:	Marga Ted Grant Professor Reid Mr. Brunt (villain) Glacial Savages (villains, Some Die)

Text Story (2 pages)	The Sword of Marduk
Credits:	Script: Nathaniel Nitkin [as N. N. Nathaniel] (signed) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Coming of the Eagle
Featuring:	The Eagle
Synopsis:	The Eagle is born to combat a trucking mob, which is trying to coerce factory owners to use "Roya" Trucks to ship all of their products.
Credits:	Pencils: Louis Cazeneuve [as Lester Raye] (signed) \| Inks: Louis Cazeneuve [as Lester Raye] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Eagle [Bill Powers] (origin, Brief Mention) Jason Mr. Thorne Browden Rider (villain, Introduction) Otho (villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	A Princess of Ur
Featuring:	Blast Bennett
Credits:	Pencils: ? [as Spencer Allen] (signed) \| Inks: ? [as Spencer Allen] (signed)
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Blast Bennett Lua (introduction) Alla (introduction) King Of Urol (villain, Introduction, Death)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Undersea Tanks
Featuring:	Navy Jones Underseas
Synopsis:	After having a delicate undersea operation, allowing him to become a waterman, Jones and his companions must find a way to battle a large fleet of underseas Army tanks advancing on the U.S. off the Florio Coast.
Credits:	Script: Bert Whitman [as Frank Pensley] (credited) \| Pencils: Bert Whitman \| Inks: Bert Whitman
Genre:	War
Characters:	Navy Jones Princess Coral Captain Nemo Dictator Of Europe (villain, Introduction) General Von Rothmann (villain, Introduction, Death)

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