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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1940
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/15/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Abner Sundell
Disclose Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Charles Biro (signed)
Charles Biro (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
Corporal Collins
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Miscellaneous
1
The Madman of Mammoth Studios

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair
Ed Smalle
Ed Smalle
?
?
Subject Matter
Rang-A-Tang
Nawson Swelles (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
10
Hercules Slaying the Hydra of Lerna

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair
Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed)
Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Hercules
Zeus (introduction); Hy Dralerny (villain); The Nameless Nine (introduction); Henry Doyle (introduction); Betty Doyle (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
8
The Island of Baron von Krasner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Bulthuis [as Johann Bulthuis] (signed)
John Bulthuis [as Johann Bulthuis] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Gypsy Johnson
Baron von Krasner (villain, introduction); Dorothy Collier (introduction); Leonard Collier (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
5
Story continues in Blue Ribbon Comics (1939 series) #6 (September 1940).
The Great Trailer Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair (signed)
Irwin Hasen (signed)
Irwin Hasen (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Fox
The Fox [Paul Patton]; Dick Van Nostrum (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6
Breakout in the POW Camp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Abner Sundell (signed)
Charles Biro (signed)
Charles Biro (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
war
Corporal Collins
Corporal Collins; the Nazis
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Miscellaneous
7
Captured by the Dyaks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair
George Storm
George Storm
?
?
Subject Matter
jungle
Ty-Gor
Ty-Gor [Tyrone Gorman]; the Dyaks (villains, introduction, death); Joan Davis (introduction); Mr. Davis (introduction)
Mr. Davis and his daughter are taken prisoners by the Dyaks.
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Miscellaneous
6
George Storm by comparing with Storm's story in Hangman #19, with long and lively inklines.
Battle in Oculta Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair
Sam Cooper (signed)
Sam Cooper (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Doc Strong
Doc Strong; Alice Rayburn; Professor Harrison; Gustave Ritter (villain)
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Miscellaneous
6
The Dispatch Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair (signed)
Frank Volp (signed)
Frank Volp (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
war
Loop Logan
Loop Logan; the Nazis
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Miscellaneous
6
The Ulla-Boltyn Conspiracy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten
Edd Ashe
Edd Ashe
?
?
Subject Matter
historical
Green Falcon
Sir Boltyn (villain); Ulla (introduction, death); Richard the Lion-Hearted
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Miscellaneous
6

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