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Issue: Blue Ribbon Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1940
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Issues: #5 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: 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Charles Biro (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Corporal Collins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Madman of Mammoth Studios

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rang-A-Tang
Character(s): Nawson Swelles (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Hercules Slaying the Hydra of Lerna

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

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair (signed)
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen (signed)
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fox
Character(s): The Fox [Paul Patton]; Dick Van Nostrum (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Breakout in the POW Camp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell (signed)
Penciller(s): Charles Biro (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Corporal Collins
Character(s): Corporal Collins; the Nazis
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Captured by the Dyaks

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

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: science fiction
Feature(s): Doc Strong
Character(s): Doc Strong; Alice Rayburn; Professor Harrison; Gustave Ritter (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Dispatch Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair (signed)
Penciller(s): Frank Volp (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Volp (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Loop Logan
Character(s): Loop Logan; the Nazis
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Pages: 6
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The Ulla-Boltyn Conspiracy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe
Inker(s): Edd Ashe
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Green Falcon
Character(s): Sir Boltyn (villain); Ulla (introduction, death); Richard the Lion-Hearted
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Pages: 6

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