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| Publication | September 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Cover | The Amazing Boy Richy the Rang-A-Tang Kid! |
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| Comic Story | Richy, the Amazing Boy (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Rang-a-Tang the wonder dog and his handler, detective Hy Speed, are brought in to protect movie star Harly Shaplyn, who's making a movie mocking "the European madman." Bundonians loyal to the foreign leader try to prevent the film production. Hy is injured but former child star Richy and Rang-a-Tang team up to foil the enemy scheme. |
| Content | Genre: Animal; Children; Crime | Characters: Richy Waters [Richy, the Amazing Boy] (introduction); The Bundonians (villains, introductions); Harly Shaplyn; Hy Speed; Sam Wyngold |
| Notes | Clearly "Harly Shaplyn" = Charlie Chaplin, and the story obliquely references his anti-Hitler film "The Great Dictator." Other pseudonyms include "Sam Wyngold" (Sam Goldwyn) and "Stark Brable" (Clark Gable, only referenced, not shown). Rang-a-Tang himself is obviously a reference to Rin-Tin-Tin. Richy Waters does not replace Hy Speed as Rang-a-Tang's human assistant, as they both continued to appear in the series. |
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| Content | Characters: Augie King (villain, introduction); Dick Rivers (villain, introduction); Tom Rivers (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Island of Baron Von Krasner: Part 2 (5 pages) |
| Content | Characters: Baron Von Krasner (introduction, death) |
| Notes | story swiped from "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
Story continues from Blue Ribbon Comics (1939 series) #5 (July 1940)
Penciller and inker credits corrected by Denys Howard on 20 July 2004 from information from Jerry Bails; original credit was "Johann Bulthuis" |
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| Content | Characters: Scarface Mike (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Characters: The Nazis (villains) |
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| Content | Characters: Gorman (introduction, Ty-Gor's uncle); Hartley (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Characters: Gustave Ritter (villain); Edward Stuyvesant (villain) |
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| Content | Characters: Hans Himler (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Characters: Sir Boltyn (villain); Zayda (villain, introduction); Saracens (villain) |
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