Thrilling Comics #72

When Buck Ranger and his pint-sized partner Chico Charlie arrive in Lansdale to resign from the Cattlemen's League, they're pulled back into action by news of a brewing range war—ambitious rancher Race Marlow is using force to drive out the nesters settling the territory, and only Buck's gun and quick wits stand between the peaceful farmers and bloodshed. With U.S. Agent Clyde Jepson and a growing crowd of desperate settlers looking to him for leadership, Buck must confront Marlow and his gunmen before the prairie erupts in violence.

Princess Pantha arrives in Africa at the invitation of Gwoom, a member of the Kombi tribe who promises her access to extraordinary jungle animals—but it's all a trap orchestrated by the villainous Humber Craigon, who controls the tribe's weak-willed king and covets a fortune in hidden diamonds. To escape with her life and free Dane Hunter from Craigon's clutches, Pantha must survive the brutal Two Trials of the Circus of Death, facing monstrous creatures bred for slaughter. As she confronts giant beasts in a deadly arena, her courage and command over wild animals become her only hope against impossible odds.

Oncle Bashful is too shy to court The Widow Hefty himself, so he convinces Looie Lazybones to write her a love letter—complete with Looie's photograph—on his behalf. When The Widow shows up expecting to marry the man in the picture, chaos erupts as Looie tries to explain the mix-up while Clarabelle defends her sweetheart. The result is a wild chain of misunderstandings, a rigged fight, and a surprise twist that leaves everyone scrambling to figure out what just happened.

When the Duke of Arrad and his pirate partner Red Rogue frame Sir Ronald Blake's crew for a theft to clear the seas for their own plunder, the Sea Eagle finds himself stripped of his command and his honor by the Governor himself. As conspiracies deepen and the stakes climb toward murder, Sir Ronald must untangle the Duke's treachery before both he and his loyal mate are lost to the gallows.

Kathy sets her sights on Doctor Brewster, the new physician in town—but he's planning to leave in just a week if he can't build a practice. When she concocts a scheme to drum up patients for him, an accident lands her in his care and gives the doctor his much-needed start. A lighthearted tale about how a teen's misguided matchmaking sets everything right.