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| Publication | June 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero |
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| Comic Story | The Mosconian Menace, Part 5 (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Mosconians send a submarine to sink a passenger ship that the Shield is aboard. The Shield escapes and travels to Washington DC to put an end to the Mosconians plan to blow up Congress. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Mosconians (villain) |
| Notes | Story continued from Top Notch Comics (Archie, 1939 series) #5. |
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| Comic Story | Stinger Lee's Ray of Darkness (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Comet still an outlaw |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Stinger Lee (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Comic Story | The Corruption of Senator Palmgreas (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Senator Palmgreas (villain, introduction); Killer Scaretti (villain, introduction) |
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| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Tay Ming (fiancee); Yen Fat Sing (villain, introduction, death) |
| Notes | script credit from Bob Hughes by textual analysis. Excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses. |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (signed as Quincy) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Prince Buttonhead; The Five Dopes [Block-Head; Lunk-Head; Stupid; Useless; Lame-Brain]; Princess |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Prince Buttonhead" feature. |
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| Comic Story | The Crackdown of Captain Twerp (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Captain Twerp (introduction); Von Blotz (villain, introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Army-Navy Baseball Game (6 pages) |
| Content | Characters: a gang of gamblers (villains, introduction) |
| Notes | Wood is credited on this feature, and the art is similar to his signed Kayo Ward stories. |
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| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Ape-Men (villain, death); Ungar (villain, introduction, death); Prince Falkar (guest-star); Hawkmen (guest-star) |
| Notes | Script credit from Bob Hughes by textual analysis. Excessive use of passive voice, run on sentences held together by ellipses. |
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| Text Story | What Coyotes Eat (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as M.] (signed) | Inks:? [as M.] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
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| Publisher advertisement | Blue Ribbon Comics (1 page) |
| Notes | House ad for Blue Ribbon Comics #4 (June 1940) |
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| Comic Story | Ten Straight Knockouts! (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Killer Slick (villain, introduction); Candy Morgan (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | continued next issue |
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| Comic Story | The Man-Monster of London (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Monster (villain, introduction, death); Remek (villain, introduction); the Prince of Inrak (villain, introduction); Rajah of Inrak (introduction) |
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