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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #16 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1941
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Issues: #16 of 22 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 14 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; Richy (inset); Rang-a-Tang (inset)
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Pages: 1
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Created: The Green Ghoul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Satan (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); Boering (villain, death); the Green Ghoul (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: A swarm of death-dealing bombers soars towards the capital of Kurtey, and Mr. Justice takes Field Marshal Boering along to let him have a good look at the bombing. The corpulent air marshal is given a formula to protect him from immortals (Mr. Justice as a ghost qualifies), and when he is slain by his own bombers, Mr. Justice confronts the Dictator who tells him about this new monster unleashed on America: a three-eyed scaly chap devoted to "committing murder and atrocity as fast as his wretched mind can conceive of new plots".
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The story's a bit unclear on whether the Ghoul is supposed to be the dead air marshal or not.
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The Screen Test Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, nature
Feature(s): Rang-A-Tang
Character(s): Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed; Richy [The Amazing Boy]; Linda Lane (actress); Trigger Quick (boxer); Mike (villain, introduction); Mr. Lukas (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Linda has run into racketeering moviemakers, and turns to detective Hy for help.
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Pages: 11
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The Rang-a-Tang Club

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rang-a-Tang
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Application form for the Rang-a-Tang Club.
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The Confession of Lucky Leonardo

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fox
Character(s): Fox [Paul Patton] (photographer); Ruth Ransom (reporter); unnamed prosecuting attorney (introduction, death); Lucky Leonardo (reformed villain, introduction, death); Watts Watson (villain, introduction); Watson's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Gangster Lucky is confessing to the D.A. because he is afraid for his life.
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Pages: 6
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The Kidnapping of King Netto

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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Corporal Collins
Character(s): Corporal Collins [Jim Collins]; Slapsie; King Netto (introduction); Netto's Governess (introduction); The Fascists (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Collins and Slapsie are helping a young girl and her little brother to get to Alexandria.
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Pages: 7
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Oh! Oh! Something's About to Happen to... Wilbur in Zip Comics

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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Zip Comics.
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Shield-Wizard Comics No. 4

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield; Wizard
Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Wizard [Blaine Whitney]; Roy
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Shield-Wizard Comics #4.
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The De Snook Snatch

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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ty-Gor
Character(s): Ty-Gor [Tyrone Gorman]; Mr. De Snook (introduction); his son (introduction); A gang of kidnappers (villains, introductions); Joan Davis (guest-star); Mr. Davis (guest-star)
Synopsis: One of the boy scouts is kidnapped.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited Joe Blair, but he is only a writer and editor. Compare with Storm's story in Hangman #19, with long and lively inklines. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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The Pinball Evidence

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Inferno
Character(s): Inferno; Virginia Ames (Police agent) Spunk Germain (introduction, death); Petrello (villain, introduction); the Murder Syndicate (villains, introductions)
Synopsis: An informer, member of a murder syndicate, is killed when when talking to a secret police agent.
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Pages: 6
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Scouting Mission On the Suez Canal

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Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Loop Logan
Character(s): Loop Logan (pilot); Clatra (boy servant); The Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: In Egypt, Logan is sent out to locate the German army before a flanking attack.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Signed in lower left corner on splash panel.
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It's Here Gang!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling; Black Hood; Mr. Justice; Sergeant Boyle
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Jackpot Comics #2.
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The Origin of Captain Flag

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Flag [Tom Townsend] (introduction, origin); Yank (introduction, an eagle), John Townsend (introduction, death); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; J. Edgar Hoover (FBI head); The Black Hand (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Black Hand, attired in a monk's robe with a large black hand in a circle emblazoned on the front and back, his face deathly pale and dark ringed eyes, and a clawed, diseased right hand that can kill when it draws blood. Unfortunately, when he kidnaps young Tom Townsend in an effort to force his father to impart the secret of a new bomb sight, he sets in motion the events that create his most implacable foe: Captain Flag.
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Pages: 9
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Shield Pinup

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Betty Warner; Mamie Magda; Juju Watson
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Pages: 1

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