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| Date | | Number: 22 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Notes | Features in this issue include Mr. Justice, Rang-a-Tang the Wonder Dog, The Fox, Corporal Collins, Captain Flag, and Tales from the Witch's Cauldron. Artists in this issue include Ed Smalle, Warren King, Jim S. Phillips, Carl Hubbell, Sam Cooper, and Lin Streeter. There is more information about this book at the bottom of the page | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Blue Ribbon Comics 22 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | On-sale date calculated from on-sale dates of preceding issues and multiple house ads with "on sale about the 30th of every month" as printed in issues of Top Notch Comics. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Captain Flag [Tom Townsend] (also in inset); Black Hand; Rang-a-Tang (inset) |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Inks | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Notes | Due to the signature being in the very bottom left corner, many times it was cropped or partially cropped from the cover. The location is also prone to damage, further obscuring the signature. |
| Comic Story | The Black Hand's Pirate Ship / Captain Flag (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Flag finally succeeds in capturing the Black Hand and thwarts his piracy scheme, and the evil villain is hung from the yardarm. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; The Black Hand (villain, death) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| Notes | Final appearance of the "Captain Flag" feature, except for a public service announcement in Archie's Weird Mysteries (Archie, 2000 Series) #13. Next appearance of Captain Flag [Tom Townsend] in Mighty Crusaders #4 (1966). |
| Comic Story | The Sacrifice / Rang-A-Tang (9 pages) |
| Genre | Animal |
| Characters | Scott (villain, introduction, death); A small dog (introduction, death) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle |
| Inks | Ed Smalle |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Rang-A-Tang" feature. |
| Comic Story | The Fingerless Corpse / The Fox (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A rash of fingerless corpses found in the East River attracts the attention of reporter Ruth Ransom, so she tracks the murders to a hidden opium den in a Chinese museum and is captured by the man only known as the Mandarin. Luckily for her, she was followed by the Fox who rescues her from the death trap and sends the Mandarin to the doom he granted so many others: a pit with a ladder whose rungs conceal blades that slice the fingers when grabbed. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Fox [Paul Patton]; Ruth Ransom (reporter); The Mandarin (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Warren King |
| Inks | Bob Montana ? |
| Notes | Next appearance of the Fox [Paul Patton] in Mighty Crusaders #4 (1966). Originally pencils were credited "Bob Montana ?", but with all the slim figures and heads at an angle popping in from the panel borders, it must be King on pencils. This is the final appearance of the "The Fox" feature in Blue Ribbon Comics. It will next appear in Mighty Comics (Archie, 1966 Series), starting with #49 (August 1967). |
| Comic Story | The Last Mission / Corporal Collins (8 pages) |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Corporal Collins [Jim Collins]; The Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
| Inks | Carl Hubbell (signed) |
| Notes | Corporal Jim Collins appears next in Pep Comics #26. This is the final appearance of the "Corporal Collins" feature. |
| Comic Story | Beethoven (6 pages) |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Ludwig Von Beethoven (origin) |
| Script | Bill Woolfolk |
| Notes | Originally credited "Warren King?", but none of his sleek figures or heads popping out of the borders are found. |
| Comic Story | The Warren House Curse / Tales from the Witch's Cauldron (6 pages) |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Dr. Frank Payne (introduction, death); Dr. Wallace (introduction, death); John Payne (introduction, death) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Jim Phillips |
| Inks | Jim Phillips |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Tales from the Witch's Cauldron" feature in Blue Ribbon Comics. It will next appear in Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 Series) starting with #26 (May 1942), with a new name: "Stories of the Black Witch". Originally credited to Sam Cooper, but this is the same art as on the signed Mr. Justice story in #21, Jim Phillips. |
| Comic Story | Leonardo Da Vinci (6 pages) |
| Genre | Biography |
| Characters | Leonardo Da Vinci (origin) |
| Script | Bill Woolfolk ? |
| Notes | Originally credited "Warren King?", but none of his sleek figures or heads popping out of the borders are found. This is the same unknown artist that made some Fran Frazer and Zambini stories. Notice very narrow and pointed ears, and long creepy fingers. |
| Comic Story | The Ghost of Rogers / Mr. Justice (9 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mr. Justice [Prince James] (origin retold in flashback); Sir Harold Rogers (villain, introduction, death); The Ghost of Rogers (villain) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Sam Cooper (signed) |
| Inks | Sam Cooper (signed) |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Mr. Justice" feature in Blue Ribbon Comics. However, the feature has also been appearing in Jackpot Comics (Archie, 1941 Series) and will continue there. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
