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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #5

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Publication Date: February 1984

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Issues: #5 of 14 Issues (34 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Adventure Series

Indicia Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.

On Sale Date: 11/18/1983

Volume: 2

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.00 CAD
$0.75 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Robin Snyder

Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #35.

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Format

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:

Variants3

Blue Ribbon Comics #5 [Direct]

Blue Ribbon Comics #5 [Canadian]

Blue Ribbon Comics #5 [Newsstand]

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.

Reprinted From6

6 Content Items

reprinted 6 times from Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (8 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Shield [Lancelot Strong]

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

The Double Life of Private Strong #1 published June 1959
was New Action Champ of Comics! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Robin Snyder

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Under The Gun

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

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)

Meet Lancelot Strong, The Man With The Double Life!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Inker(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Reprinting

From Content Item: Flag

The Double Life of Private Strong #1 published June 1959
was Meet Lancelot Strong, The Man With The Double Life! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: A brief intro page to the character. Joe Simon is credited as solo author in editorial.

The Double Life of Private Strong

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Inker(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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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From Content Item: Flag

The Double Life of Private Strong #1 published June 1959
was The Double Life of Private Strong [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

[untitled]

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

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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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Spawn of the "X" World!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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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From Content Item: Flag

The Double Life of Private Strong #1 published June 1959
was Spawn of the "X" World! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Mystery of the Vanished Wreckage

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Inker(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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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From Content Item: Flag

The Double Life of Private Strong #1 published June 1959
was Mystery of the Vanished Wreckage [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

The Menace of the Micro-Men!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Inker(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

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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From Content Item: Flag

The Double Life of Private Strong #1 published June 1959
was The Menace of the Micro-Men! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8