Star Ranger
#2
(April 1937)
Chesler / Dynamic,
1937 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Chesler Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Chesler; Kenneth Fitch
To a Pinto Pony
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- A poem about a rider taking a new Pinto pony.
- Reprints
-
in Jest Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1944 series) #10 ([circa 1944])
-
Indexer Notes
on inside front cover.
Well It's Here!
The Roundup / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Editorial introduction with vignettes from the various features.
Table of Contents
table of contents / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Publisher credits (editors), feature list, and indicia.
The Pony Express
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Richard Speed (signed)
- Pencils
- Richard Speed (signed)
- Inks
- Richard Speed (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; history; western-frontier
[no title indexed]
Tenderfoot Joe / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aw, I can throw the bull easy
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tenderfoot Joe
- Synopsis
- City-slicker Joe thinks that tossing a bull can't be that hard...until he tries it.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Tenderfoot Mary / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That city gal sure don't know nothin.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Tenderfoot Mary
The Ghosts of Ghost Town
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- A sheriff investigates an old Ghost Town, where people have been disappearing, and finds a band of murderous robbers.
[no title indexed]
Ace and Deuce / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here are some new guests for you boys...
- Synopsis
- Ace and Deuce host some city ladies at their Dude Ranch.
The Old One
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Norman Daniels (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- A story of the buffalo herd and their existence with their hunters, the Native Americans.
Red Cloud
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; western-frontier
- Characters
- Red Cloud
- Synopsis
- A biography of the Sioux Indian Chief who lived from 1822 to 1909.
[no title indexed]
Cowboy Jake / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A bunch of boys was 'Vooping' it up...
- Synopsis
- When he plays Poker with a tough guy, Jake takes the better part of valor, and folds rather than revealing his hand of four Aces.
Gun Boss
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Bull Turner is mean and seemingly the fastest gun in Lariat, until the Ranger discovers his trick and sends him to the hangman's noose for dirty fighting.
Francisco Villa
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; western-frontier
- Characters
- Francisco Villa
- Synopsis
- A biography of the Mexican rebel leader who challenged the United States over control of New Mexico, and several revolts against the government of Mexico.
- Reprints
- in Jest Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1944 series) #11 ([circa 1945])
-
Boss of the Ranch
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The boss talks tough all day long to his workers, but wait 'til he gets home to his wife.
- Reprints
Wanted For Murder
comic story / 3 pages
- Synopsis
- Cut-throat Burt murders a rancher and forges the deed to the ranch into his name. Burt tries to get the rancher's daughter to marry him, but the deputy is on hand to win her favor and save the ranch.
Sam Hill
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
not same character as the Sam Hill Private Eye from publisher Archie.
Home on the Range
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A bunch of cowboys view a television for the first time to see who sings their favorite cowboy ballads, and are sore when they see it is a bunch of city slickers.
The Trouble Shooters
comic story / 3 pages
- Synopsis
- Ramrod and Woogy have been picked to put on a Valentine's Day play at the Dude Ranch, but dirty tricks are going to get in the way.
Gopher Moore
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer [as F. B. G.] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
Bandit Raid
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Tom Curry (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
Indexer Notes
text with spot illustrations.
Pal
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- The sheriff's dog Pal knows when something smells fishy at the scene of a miner's death.
[no title indexed]
Homeless Oscar / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sheriff, you'll have to clear this courtroom
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- After the judge gives the order, the sheriff does his best to clear the unruly mob, but nothing works as well as a skunk to clear a room.
- Reprints
Spurs For a Man
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- A rancher tells his son that he will earn his spurs when he can capture his own wild horse. The boy rescues a spectacular black stallion from a mountain lion, and earns the stallions trust, gaining the boy his rite of passage to manhood.
Midnight Mob
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Fred Guardineer [as F. G.] (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer [as F. G.] (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer [as F. G.] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- An old land dispute between two cattle ranchers will spill into the next generation unless someone can find out who is behind the mysterious Masked Riders.
Indexer Notes
A horse is branded 'FG' in panel 5 of the 2nd page, initials for Fred Guardineer.
Pinto Pete
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pinto Pete
- Synopsis
- Pinto Pete, a grifter, bums a meal, but specifically requests cake, as it is his birthday.
Indexer Notes
contains a 1/4 page Butterfinger candy bar ad.
Hurtling Death
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Will Harr
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel [as Valens Moreno] (signed)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel [as Valens Moreno] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Synopsis
- A rancher is murdered for his money, and the killers force the ranchers' assistant to drive the get-away car. The driver has no intention of letting the killers get away.
[no title indexed]
Jest the Type / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hoot Mon, git goin!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Ladies' movie night at the Ol' Opry House.
Indexer Notes
on same page with an ad by Bradley National Jewelers for and Engineers' watch.
Vanishing Herd
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ? [as George Hill]
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Synopsis
- There has been cattle rustling going on, and nobody is able to track the disappearing cattle. A new rancher on the scene has an airplane, and soon, folks put two and two together.
[no title indexed]
Western Facts / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- Information on chaps, cowboy boots, Maverick calfs, the 30-30 Winchester rifle, and boots for horses.
Okie Doke
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Guardineer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Okie Doke
- Synopsis
- Okie is in court once again, and the judge has a hard time making him feel any shame.
Indexer Notes
contains a 1/4 page ad for Butterfinger candy bars.
[no title indexed]
Jess Phoolin / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cowboys nowadays is jest a bunch of sissys!
- Characters
- Jess Phoolin
- Reprints
-
in Dynamic Comics (Superior, 1947 series) #22 (September 1947)
-
Indexer Notes
contains a 1/4 page ad from Mead Cycle Co. for the Streamlined "Champion".
Bull Moose
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Creig Flessel [as C. F.] (signed)
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel [as C. F.] (signed)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel [as C. F.] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- "Bull" Moose tries to credit his strength to the motto that 'you are what you eat'.
The West That Was
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed)
- Pencils
- William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed)
- Inks
- William M. Allison [as W. M. Allison] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- An outline of the progression of mail delivery in the West from Pony Express, to Stage Coach, to railroad.
[no title indexed]
Killer McGee / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This'll get him back alright
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Killer McGee
- Synopsis
- Killer McGee is a bounty hunter who isn't worried if the dead body he brings in doesn't match the wanted poster.
- Reprints
- in Red Seal Comics (Superior, 1947 series) #21 (October 1947)
-
Indexer Notes
contains a 1/4 page ad for Baby Ruth candy bars.
Smoke Range
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Synopsis
- A peace-seeking cattle hand joins a ranch where the boss means to drive off a group of 'Nesters', and new guy is determined to stop it.
Hi-Lee Hi-Low
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel [as Fless] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- The Chinese brothers have a hard time pleasing cowhand customers with their laundry service.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["We must-a took the wrong road..."]
Jess Phoolin -
1.
To a Pinto Pony
-
2.
Well It's Here!
The Roundup -
3.
Table of Contents
-
4.
The Pony Express
-
5.
["Aw, I can throw the bull easy"]
Tenderfoot Joe -
6.
["That city gal sure don't know nothin."]
Tenderfoot Mary -
7.
The Ghosts of Ghost Town
-
8.
["Here are some new guests for you boys..."]
Ace and Deuce -
9.
The Old One
-
10.
Red Cloud
-
11.
["A bunch of boys was 'Vooping' it up..."]
Cowboy Jake -
12.
Gun Boss
-
13.
Francisco Villa
-
14.
Boss of the Ranch
-
15.
Wanted For Murder
-
16.
Sam Hill
-
17.
Home on the Range
-
18.
The Trouble Shooters
-
19.
Gopher Moore
-
20.
Bandit Raid
-
21.
Pal
-
22.
["Sheriff, you'll have to clear this courtroom"]
Homeless Oscar -
23.
Spurs For a Man
-
24.
Midnight Mob
-
25.
Pinto Pete
-
26.
Hurtling Death
-
27.
["Hoot Mon, git goin!"]
Jest the Type -
28.
Vanishing Herd
-
29.
[no title indexed]
Western Facts -
30.
Okie Doke
-
31.
["Cowboys nowadays is jest a bunch of sissys!"]
Jess Phoolin -
32.
Bull Moose
-
33.
The West That Was
-
34.
["This'll get him back alright"]
Killer McGee -
35.
Smoke Range
-
36.
Hi-Lee Hi-Low
-
37.
["Lonesome Luke applied for a job..."]
Lonesome Luke -
38.
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