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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1939
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Issues: #2 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: 10/20/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 431785. Produced by Chesler Publications for the fledgling M.L.J Magazines, Inc. Louis H. Silberkleit is recorded as editor on the first published Statement of Ownership for October 1st, 1939. Abner J. Sundell was working as editor for Louis Silberkleit's pulp publications and could have acted as editor on the early M.L.J comic books.
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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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Featuring Rang-A-Tang

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Character(s): Rang-a-Tang
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Formerly credited to Norman Danberg, but Danberg was a writer, not an artist.
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The Vandemeer Arson Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, nature
Character(s): Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed; Vandemeer (introduction); Pierre (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Credit ID's by Martin O'Hearn. Writing formerly credited to "Will Harr ?" and art to Norman Danberg.
Jerry Bails's Who's Who indicates Edd Ashe may be the artist.
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The Platinum Asteroid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dan Hastings; Dr. Carter; Bob Carter; Gloria Carter (Dr. Carter's daughter); Crissman (villain, introduction, death); Arnold Barnes (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Barnes asks Carter for his daughter Gloria's hand in marriage, he's rebuffed because he's middle-aged and poor. Carter is more interested in a meteorite that he's convinced is made of platinum and he sends Barnes and Dan Hastings to stake a claim. Barnes calls upon Jan Crissman to help him ambush Hastings and steal the ore. Hastings fights both off, and Crissman abandons Barnes and flees. Barnes comes to his senses, and confesses all to Hastings. He even proves his reformation in saving both Hastings, himself and the ship when Hastings falls unconscious after destroying Crissman and his ship.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Dan Hastings" feature.

Gretter is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and faces, hands and figures are very much like his signed stories in US Marines Comics #1 and in Ray and Gail from DC Comics.
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A Bad Bargain: Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Buck Stacey (range detective); Sandra Cummings (rancher); Steve Vance (crooked rancher); Ben Hackerman (foreman)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Buck Stacey" feature.
The faces and realistic horses are all identical to his credited stories in Cowboy Western Comics #38, and Hi-Lite Comics #1.
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Experiment in Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Dan Hastings
Character(s): Dan Hastings; Dr. Carter; Bob Carter; Gloria Carter (Dr. Carter's daughter)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art notes as for the Dan Hastings story.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Knight Off
First Line: Fire! Fire!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the only appearance of the "Knight Off" feature.
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Enter: The Marvel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Scoop Cody (newspaperman); the Marvel (introduction); King Carr (villain; introduction)
Synopsis: A white masked individual called The Marvel helps Scoop track down King Carr.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Faces with prominent chin, and large hands look much like Biro's early work, as in Corporal Collins in this issue.
The "Scoop Cody" feature previously appeared in Star Comics (Centaur, 1938 Series).
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Alfred Langevin
First Line: The man who smokes with his eyes
Synopsis: Smoking, football and ukulele.
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Pages: 1
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The Stolen Porridge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Sugar; Honey; Huggin; Willie Wolf (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 2
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In This Corner! "Billy" Conn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Billy Conn (boxer)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the only appearance of the "Sport-O-Grams" feature in Blue Ribbon Comics. It will next appear in Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 Series), starting with #1 (February 1940).
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: That the persimon tree is a source of food...
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Pages: 1
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The Scourge of the Underworld

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Bob Phantom [Walt Whitney] (introduction); Butch Brady (introduction); Dan Danning (introduction); The Purple Gang (villains, introduction for all)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: An earlier feature named "Bob Phantom" appeared in Star Comics #1 and Keen Komics #1. It was about a stage magician who also fights crime, and was not the same character or the same feature.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Brain-Teasers
First Line: Maple
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Pages: 1
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Murder on the Ventura

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Devils of the Deep [Jim; Bill; Ted] (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Ashe is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
The "Devils of the Deep" feature previously appeared in Funny Pages (Centaur, 1938 Series).
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Sabotage at the Balkan Oil Fields

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Character(s): Jack Strand (introduction); Parker Halsey (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Origin of the Silver Fox

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): The Silver Fox (a police chief, introduction, origin)
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Pages: 5
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The Coming of Corporal Collins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Corporal Collins [Jim Collins] (introduction, origin); The Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Biro is credited as a creator on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Your Second Helping

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Just a Moment
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: editorial, various artists

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