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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #22 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: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
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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
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)
Inker(s): Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Flag
Character(s): Captain Flag [Tom Townsend] (also in inset); Black Hand; Rang-a-Tang (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Black Hand's Pirate Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter
Inker(s): Lin Streeter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Flag
Character(s): Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; The Black Hand (villain, death)
Synopsis: Captain Flag finally succeeds in capturing the Black Hand and thwarts his piracy scheme, and the evil villain is hung from the yardarm.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Last Golden Age appearance.

Next appearance in Mighty Crusaders #4 (1966).
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The Sacrifice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Feature(s): Rang-A-Tang
Character(s): Scott (villain, introduction, death); A small dog (introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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The Fingerless Corpse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Warren King
Inker(s): Bob Montana ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fox
Character(s): The Fox [Paul Patton]; Ruth Ransom (reporter); The Mandarin (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A rash of fingerless corpses found in the East River attracts the attention of reporter Ruth Ransom, so she tracks the murders to a hidden opium den in a Chinese museum and is captured by the man only known as the Mandarin. Luckily for her, she was followed by the Fox who rescues her from the death trap and sends the Mandarin to the doom he granted so many others: a pit with a ladder whose rungs conceal blades that slice the fingers when grabbed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Next appearance in Mighty Crusaders #4 (1966).

Originally pencils were credited "Bob Montana ?", but with all the slim figures and heads at an angle popping in from the panel borders, it must be King on pencils.
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The Last Mission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Carl Hubbell (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Hubbell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Corporal Collins
Character(s): Corporal Collins [Jim Collins]; The Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Next appearance in Pep Comics #26.
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Beethoven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Ludwig Von Beethoven (origin)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited "Warren King?", but none of his sleek figures or heads popping out of the borders are found.
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The Warren House Curse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Jim Phillips
Inker(s): Jim Phillips
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): Tales from the Witch's Cauldron
Character(s): Dr. Frank Payne (introduction, death); Dr. Wallace (introduction, death); John Payne (introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: next appearance in ZIP COMICS #26
Originally credited to Sam Cooper, but this is the same art as on the signed Mr. Justice story in #21, Jim Phillips.
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Leonardo Da Vinci

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Character(s): Leonardo Da Vinci (origin)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited "Warren King?", but none of his sleek figures or heads popping out of the borders are found. This is the same unknown artist that made some Fran Frazer and Zambini stories. Notice very narrow and pointed ears, and long creepy fingers.
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The Ghost of Rogers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Sam Cooper (signed)
Inker(s): Sam Cooper (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Justice
Character(s): Mr. Justice [Prince James] (origin retold in flashback); Sir Harold Rogers (villain, introduction, death); The Ghost of Rogers (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Next appearance in Jackpot #5.

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