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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #21 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #21 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: 11/30/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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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 Secret of the Poet Pirate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Poet Pirate (villain, introduction, death, in flashback); the Black Hand (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Seance of Dr. Sorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dr. Sorrow (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Phony Death of Lefty Moran

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Lefty Moran (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introductions)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The pencils must be King, with all the bent figures and heads popping up along the panel borders, and the slim figure of the girl.

The signature is on the first page's lower left corner and reads "by King & Montana".
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Battle in the Ukraine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): The Nazis (villains); Marshall Timodenny (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Yellow Jack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: story of battle against yellow fever
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: True Story
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The Black Stallion of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): The Black Stallion (introduction, a horse)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Hangman Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.9
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Date of filing: October 1, 1941. No circulation data included. Printed at reduced size, rendering it illegible.
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Galileo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Galileo (origin)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited "Sam Cooper?", but not him. It is the same unknown artist who drew Loop Logan in #20, and some Fran Frazer and Zambini stories. Peculiar ears and long crab leg fingers.
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The Monk Summons Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, superhero
Character(s): The Mad Monk (villain, introduction, death); Death (introduction)
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Pages: 9

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