Additional Information |
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Publication | February 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling; Black Jack |
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Publisher advertisement | A letter to readers of Zip Comics (1 page) |
Synopsis | A letter from "The Editors" announcing the inclusion of "true fact" stories in Blue Ribbon Comics and soliciting reader feedback on the idea. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
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Comic Story | The Kidnapping of Lu-Chek (14 pages) |
Synopsis | The father of an old Chinese friend of Steel is kidnapped by the Japanese. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Kiang-Chek (Intro; Death); Lu-Chek (Intro); Stanley Porter (Villain; Intro); the Japanese (Villain) |
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Synopsis | House ad announcing the addition of Archie to Jackpot Comics. |
Content | Characters: Steel Sterling; Mr. Justice; Sgt. Boyle; Black Hood; Archie; Jughead |
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Comic Story | Poker Face (11 pages) |
Synopsis | Wane sells everything he owns to get away from the avenging Poker Face. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Poker Face (Villain; Intro); Rudolph Wane (Villain; Intro; Death); Anthony Phelps (Villain; Intro; Death) |
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Comic Story | The Hockey Game (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Wilbur tries it out on the skating rink. |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Gabby Garson (Intro) |
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Synopsis | Captain Valor and some of his Marines are trying to get an important message through the to the Peruvian government. |
Content | Characters: Captain Valor; Slim; Slam; Sergeant Hogan; Nazis (villains) |
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Comic Story | The Polo War (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Nevada Jones plays polo on horseback. |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Frost and his gang (Villain; Intro); Wade and other polo players (Intro) |
Notes | Bony faces with mouth drawn with two short lines, and quite realistic horses are identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13. |
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Comic Story | The Big Berthas (6 pages) |
Synopsis | The Eagles are on a mission to bomb and destroy a Big Bertha gun that shells London. |
Content | Genre: War | Characters: Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Nazis (Villain) |
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Comic Story | City of Talking Animals (7 pages) |
Synopsis | Dicky shows his friends his new horse. |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Dicky; Dicky's Father; Jackie; Freckles |
Notes | Art identical to Streeter's signed story in #25. |
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Synopsis | House ad for Hangman Comics. |
Content | Characters: The Hangman; Dusty; Roy |
Notes | The bottom 0.1 of the page is the Statement of Ownership. |
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Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation |
Synopsis | Statement of Ownership. |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Notes | Date of filing: October 1, 1941. No circulation data included. Printed at reduced size, rendering it illegible. Top 0.9 of page is a house ad for Hangman Comics. |
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Synopsis | Zambini helps a boy from the County Reform School who has run away because of harsh treatment. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zambini; warden and guards of a reform school |
Notes | The art is very similar to the signed Phillips story in #24. |
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