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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #19 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #19 of 22 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)
Inker(s): Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Flag
Character(s): Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; Black Hand
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Botanist of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter
Inker(s): Lin Streeter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Flag
Character(s): Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; The Mad Botanist (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A plant with tentacle-like vines kills an inventor in his laboratory.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #3.
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House of Wax

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, nature
Feature(s): Rang-A-Tang
Character(s): Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed; Richy [The Amazing Boy]; Trigger Quick (boxer); Slick (villain, introduction, death); Bart (villain, introduction); another gangster (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: "Wax" figures act as pickpockets in a museum.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Murder On a Gambling Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Bob Montana (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Montana (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fox
Character(s): Fox [Paul Patton] (photographer); Ruth Ransom (reporter); Judge Hurd (villain, introduction); a steward (villain, introduction, death); Ace Poletti (introduction, death); Phyllis Hurd (introduction)
Synopsis: Poletti, the owner of the off shore gambling ship is killed and thrown overboard.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Oil Tank Fires

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Carl Hubbell (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Hubbell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Corporal Collins
Character(s): Corporal Collins; Slapsie; Ratzer (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Oil is disappearing from guarded oil tanks in Iraq.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Island Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Montana (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Montana (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ty-Gor
Character(s): Ty-Gor [Tyrone Gorman]; The Nazis (villains); a cannibal tribe (villains, introductions); Capt. Plug Nickel (introduction); Van Astor (introduction); Junior DeSnook (guest-star)
Synopsis: Ty-Gor and Junior are on a tropical island, where they discover a German U-boat.
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Pages: 6
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Doom In the Deep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Inferno
Character(s): Inferno; Virginia Ames (F.B.I. Agent); Mac (diver, death); un-named District Attorney; Spooner (villain, introduction); Spooner's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: A diver is killed with cyanide fumes when removing an old, sunken hulk, and when Inferno begins his investigation, he learns that a payroll truck is on the bottom of the harbor where the divers are hard at work.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Inferno is pardoned for his past crimes.

Next appearance in Mighty Crusaders (1966) #4.

Signed "NOVICK" in splash panel.
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The Telltale Typewriter Ribbon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Loop Logan
Character(s): Loop Logan (pilot); Clatra (boy servant); Lt. Kraft (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains
Synopsis: A British staff car racing across the African desert is bombed by a German plane.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Frank Volp, but not him. It is the same unknown artist that made some Fran Frazer and Zambini stories. Notice very narrow and pointed ears, and large hands with crawly fingers.
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The Evil Eye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Sam Cooper (signed)
Inker(s): Sam Cooper (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Justice
Character(s): Mr. Justice [Royal Wrath]; Satan (villain); Ribo (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: An inventor makes a deal with Satan to make his eyes see again, and to complete his great invention.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Title taken from ad in JACKPOT COMICS #3.

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