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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #5
Publication Date: February 1984
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Issues: #5 of 14 Issues (24 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000693402
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
8 (5 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Robin Snyder
Disclose Notes: The book is a 1-for-1 reproduction of the Double Life Of Private Strong #1, except for the Fly story that appears in the original book.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; 1-4 baxter; 5-14 newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Rich Buckler (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Shield [Lancelot Strong]
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Robin Snyder
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Under The Gun
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Disclose Notes: Partial letters page and a continuation of the Golden Age Blue Ribbon Comics index by Robin Snyder. Located on the inside front cover. Letters by Joseph Addison (Italy), Ian Forrest (Costa Messa, Ca), Lou Henken (Flushing, NY), John Diesel (Palm Beach), Georgia Schultz (Lincoln, NE), Pam Miller (Clayton, OH)
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Meet Lancelot Strong

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
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Disclose Notes: A brief intro page to the character. Joe Simon is credited as solo author in editorial.
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The Double Life of Private Strong

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Shield [Roger Fleming also known as Lancelot Strong] (origin); Professor Fleming (dies in this story); Abel Strong; Martha Strong
Synopsis: Professor Fleming explores his uncharted brain theories on his young son Roger. Soviet spies want the professor, the son and the theories behind the reality. But they run the professor and the boy off of a road during a car chase and leave them for dead. The professor dies but the boy survives and wanders off. Soon Roger is found by Abel Strong. Abel and his wife Martha adopt the lost child, and name him "Lancelot".
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Robin Snyder
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Under the Gun
Synopsis: Robin talks about the early days of comic fandom.
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Spawn of the "X" World!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Spud (is gravely injured in this story)
Synopsis: Lancelot and Spud find Professor Fleming's wrecked car years after the accident. Lancelot also finds Fleming's notes, eqiupment and a costume that fits him perfectly. The costume seems to activate his powers. As soon as he dons it, he defends the earth against a gigantic alien invader.
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Mystery of the Vanished Wreckage

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Agent four (a Soviet spy); Klaut (a Soviet spy); Abel Strong; Martha Strong (cameo); Spud
Synopsis: Lancelot goes back to the wreckage, but finds it has been removed. Concentrating, Lancelot sees his life in reverse, remembering his real father and his experiments. He dons his Shield costume and follows the tire tracks to a Soviet spy ring-- the same one that killed his father 15 years earlier.
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The Menace of the Micro-Men!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shield
Character(s): Shield [Private Lancelot Strong]; Sergeant Griper; Dr. Diablq; Colonel Smith; Georgia Smith (the Colonel's niece)
Synopsis: After being drafted into the army, Private Strong stops a suposedly unmanned atomic tank from accidently killing Colonel Smith and his niece. But the three of them and the tank are shrunk by Dr. Diablq, who has grand designs for the tank.
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