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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #19 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #19 of 22 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/30/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date calculated from on-sale dates of preceding issues and multiple house ads with "on sale about the 30th of every month" as printed in issues of Top Notch Comics.
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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): Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; Black Hand
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Due to the signature being in the very bottom left corner, many times it was cropped or partially cropped from the cover. The location is also prone to damage, further obscuring the signature.
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The Botanist of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; The Mad Botanist (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A plant with tentacle-like vines kills an inventor in his laboratory.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #3.
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House of Wax

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, nature
Character(s): Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed; Richy [The Amazing Boy]; Trigger Quick (boxer); Slick (villain, introduction, death); Bart (villain, introduction); another gangster (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: "Wax" figures act as pickpockets in a museum.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Murder on a Gambling Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Fox [Paul Patton] (photographer); Ruth Ransom (reporter); Judge Hurd (villain, introduction); a steward (villain, introduction, death); Ace Poletti (introduction, death); Phyllis Hurd (introduction)
Synopsis: Poletti, the owner of the off shore gambling ship is killed and thrown overboard.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Oil Tank Fires

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Corporal Collins; Slapsie; Ratzer (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Oil is disappearing from guarded oil tanks in Iraq.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Island Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Ty-Gor [Tyrone Gorman]; The Nazis (villains); a cannibal tribe (villains, introductions); Capt. Plug Nickel (introduction); Van Astor (introduction); Junior DeSnook (guest-star)
Synopsis: Ty-Gor and Junior are on a tropical island, where they discover a German U-boat.
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Pages: 6
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Doom in the Deep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Inferno; Virginia Ames (F.B.I. Agent); Mac (diver, death); un-named District Attorney; Spooner (villain, introduction); Spooner's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: A diver is killed with cyanide fumes when removing an old, sunken hulk, and when Inferno begins his investigation, he learns that a payroll truck is on the bottom of the harbor where the divers are hard at work.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inferno is pardoned for his past crimes.

Next appearance of Inferno [Frank Verrano] in Mighty Crusaders (1966) #4.

Signed "NOVICK" in splash panel.

This is the final appearance of the "Inferno [Archie]" feature.
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The Telltale Typewriter Ribbon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Loop Logan (pilot); Clatra (boy servant); Lt. Kraft (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains
Synopsis: A British staff car racing across the African desert is bombed by a German plane.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Frank Volpe, but not him. It is the same unknown artist that made some Fran Frazer and Zambini stories. Notice very narrow and pointed ears, and large hands with crawly fingers.
This is the final appearance of the "Loop Logan" feature.
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The Evil Eye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Justice [Royal Wrath]; Satan (villain); Ribo (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: An inventor makes a deal with Satan to make his eyes see again, and to complete his great invention.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #3.

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