"Rocky Hall, Jungle Stalker" in Rangers of Freedom Comics #2 p 47 (Dec 1941)

"Rocky Hall, Jungle Stalker" in Rangers of Freedom Comics #2 p 47 (Dec 1941)
by Robert Bugg (1920-1993)
18 x 24 in, ink on board

Fresh out of high school, Bugg sold his first gag cartoons to Collier's magazine. He got his artistic training during two years at the Art Students League, and was then part of the emerging comic book industry. His story artwork appeared in several comic books during the 1939-1942 period, drawing adventure features like 'Bob and Bill', 'Clyde Beatty', 'Dr. Hormone' and 'Martan the Marvel Man' for Dell Comics. He additionally drew for the Centaur Comics Group ('Fantom of the Fair'), Fiction House Comics ('Rocky Hall') and Hawley Publications ('Adventures of Bill Baker'). Bugg then spent four years in the U.S. Army, before returning to civilian life in 1946. Back in New York City, he embarked upon a freelance career in illustration, working mainly for magazines.

Rangers of Freedom Comics #2 Pg. 43 from 1941. This story is the second appearance of Rocky Hall, Jungle Stalker. And also introduced here is Gary Murray, the Jungle Boy, who is known as "Gay-Ree". Large Golden Age art measuring 16 1/2" by 22". The artwork has been credited to Robert Bugg. A classic Fiction House page from early in the Golden Age.