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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1940
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/01/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 447051.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Charles Biro
Charles Biro
?
?
Subject Matter
war
Corporal Collins
Corporal Collins [Jim Collins]
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Miscellaneous
1
On the Trail of the Bank Robbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Harr
Jack Binder
Jack Binder
?
?
Subject Matter
Rang-A-Tang
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Miscellaneous
10
Mystery Thriller of the Month

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Stuart Logan
Stuart Logan (introduction, only appearance)
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Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Wood?
Bob Wood (signed)
Bob Wood (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Strange But True
Larry Kelly former Yale captain...
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Miscellaneous
1
The Baston Murder Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Silver Fox
Baston (introduction, death); Riggs (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
5
last appearance
The Master Plan of Billy Wolf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dick Ryan (signed)
Dick Ryan (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Sugar, Honey, and Huggin'
Billy Wolf (villain)
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Miscellaneous
2
last appearance
The Story of the Famous Pope Diamond Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Charles Biro
Charles Biro
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Scoop Cody
Scoop Cody; The Marvel; Mrs. Lancelot van Meter
Having heard that the famous Pope Diamond has been stolen from Mrs. van Meter, Scoop heads out to find it. He nearly loses his life until the mysterious Marvel shows up to save him at the last minute.
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Miscellaneous
6
Last appearance.

Story is told of the famous Pope Diamond Robbery.

Faces with prominent chin, and large hands look much like Biro's early work, as in Corporal Collins in #2.
Red Grange

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
G. Hansen (signed)
G. Hansen (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Facts about Red Grange football star.
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Miscellaneous
1
All Quiet On the Western Front

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Abner Sundell?
Charles Biro?
Charles Biro?
?
?
Subject Matter
Corporal Collins
The Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
6
Frame-Up

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Phil Sturm
? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
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Miscellaneous
2
The Sea Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Nagle
Edd Ashe
Edd Ashe
?
?
Subject Matter
Devils of the Deep
Spike Wood (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Cardo (introduction, death); a sea monster (introduction); Red Dugan (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6
last appearance
The Lost Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Maurice Gutwirth
Maurice Gutwirth
?
?
Subject Matter
Secret Assignments
The Wreckers (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6
last appearance
The Downfall of Snaky Simms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten?
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
?
?
Subject Matter
Bob Phantom
Snaky Simms (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6
next appearance in TOP-NOTCH COMICS #3
The Los Angeles Killers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
Jack Cole
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Crime On the Run
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Miscellaneous
6
true-crime story; last appearance
Boys and Girls Win a Prize For Your Letter

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
? (illustrations)
? (illustrations)
?
typeset
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Miscellaneous
1
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