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Rangers Comics #21
Rangers Comics #21 is an anthology featuring multiple stories. The lead story, "Captain Morgan and the U.S. Rangers," follows Captain Morgan confronting a giant blue-skinned villain at a temple with swinging death traps. Another feature, "Still Life," recounts the survival ordeal of the American war freighter Richard Hovey after it was torpedoed in the Arabian Sea, detailing how the crew and passengers improvised a water still to survive in lifeboats before rescue. Additional stories include "Captains Courageous," about Captain Evensen commanding the SS Benjamin Contee while transporting 1,800 prisoners of war, and "Helping Hands," chronicling Mary Williams' experience working in a Chicago ordnance plant during wartime, where an industrial accident resulted in the loss of her hand and subsequent compensation.