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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #3
Publication Date: December 1983
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Issues: #3 of 14 Issues (26 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Red Circle Comics GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Red Circle Productions Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/13/1983
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.75 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #32.
Richard H. Goldwater is listed as editor-in-chief and editor.
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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
Format Notes:  
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The Startling Secret Origin of Steel Sterling

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Under The Gun
Character(s): Captain Flag
First Line: Blue Ribbon Comics Checklist, Part 3
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior front cover with indicia.
Robin Snyder's index of the golden age Blue Ribbon Comics series continues.
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The Tin Hero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling; Honcho (Steel's Dog); Aunt Annie
First Line: Am I dreaming? Will it go away?
Synopsis: Steel stops a bag lady from being kidnapped. But everything isn't as it seems.
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In Issue: FlagNew Crusaders: Legacy #[nn] published July 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Chapter Two: Trial by Fire!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling (origin recap); Honcho; Pop Casey; Ms. Samson; Gayla Gaynor; The Young Steelers; Mr. Sterling (Steel's father, flashback); Mrs. Sterling (Steel's mother, flashback); Meg Sterling (Steel's sister, flashback)
First Line: Shortly, at Pop Casey's gym...where Steel Sterling and Ms. Samson toil at their daily workouts.
Synopsis: Steel works out at the gym. Then a press agent comes to interview him after he wins a movie competition. His thoughts then drift back to his family including his father's murder and his sister's paralysis.
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In Issue: FlagNew Crusaders: Legacy #[nn] published July 2013First three pages are cut.
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Pages: 8
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Chapter Three: Light from a Strange Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling (origin recap); Ms. Sterling; Meg Sterling; Gayla Gaynor; Honcho; Ms. Samson; The Young Steelers; Maria Ramirez
First Line: Don't cry mister...'member what you said mister?
Synopsis: Steel remembers how he got his powers, his family and friends, and the vow he made to his dad to help those who cannot help themselves.
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In Issue: FlagNew Crusaders: Legacy #[nn] published July 2013Only the first five pages are reprinted.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Disclose Notes: Continued in Lancelot Strong, The Shield (Archie, 1983 Series) #1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Zeno (opening quote)
Colorist(s): ? (page color, text color)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Under the Gun!
First Line: Thought for the day: The reason we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and the less.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from readers: Jay Elliot, Daniel Louie, Lou Henken
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Coming in September!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional for The Fly #4 featuring The Jaguar by Charles Ward and Vicatan, Deja Vu by Timmons, Buckler, Ditko and Gonzales with art by Ditko and Nebres.
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Coming in October!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Blue Ribbon Comics
First Line: A quality Baxter collector's edition!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Interior back cover.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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