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Series: Blue Ribbon Comics

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Publisher: Archie

Title: Blue Ribbon Comics
Issue: 16
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: September 1941
Volume: 1

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Blue Ribbon Comics #16
Owner: RedGiant

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; Richy (inset); Rang-a-Tang (inset)


Story Title: Created: The Green Ghoul - comic story
Pages:10
Genre:superhero
Characters:Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Satan (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); Boering (villain, death); the Green Ghoul (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:A swarm of death-dealing bombers soars towards the capital of Kurtey, and Mr. Justice takes Field Marshal Boering along to let him have a good look at the bombing. The corpulent air marshal is given a formula to protect him from immortals (Mr. Justice as a ghost qualifies), and when he is slain by his own bombers, Mr. Justice confronts the Dictator who tells him about this new monster unleashed on America: a three-eyed scaly chap devoted to "committing murder and atrocity as fast as his wretched mind can conceive of new plots".


Story Title: The Screen Test Racket - comic story
Features:Rang-A-Tang
Pages:11
Genre:animal; detective-mystery
Characters:Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed; Richy [The Amazing Boy]; Linda Lane (actress); Trigger Quick (boxer); Mike (villain, introduction); Mr. Lukas (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:Linda has run into racketeering moviemakers, and turns to detective Hy for help.


Story Title: The Rang-a-Tang Club - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Rang-a-Tang
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Confession of Lucky Leonardo - comic story
Features:Fox
Pages:6
Genre:superhero
Characters:Fox [Paul Patton] (photographer); Ruth Ransom (reporter); unnamed prosecuting attorney (introduction, death); Lucky Leonardo (reformed villain, introduction, death); Watts Watson (villain, introduction); Watson's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:Gangster Lucky is confessing to the D.A. because he is afraid for his life.


Story Title: The Kidnapping of King Netto - comic story
Features:Corporal Collins
Pages:7
Genre:war
Characters:Corporal Collins [Jim Collins]; Slapsie; King Netto (introduction); Netto's Governess (introduction); The Fascists (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:Collins and Slapsie are helping a young girl and her little brother to get to Alexandria.


Story Title: Oh! Oh! Something's About to Happen to... Wilbur in Zip Comics - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:0.5
Genre:teen
Characters:Wilbur Wilkin


Story Title: Shield-Wizard Comics No. 4 - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Shield; Wizard
Pages:0.5
Genre:superhero
Characters:Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Wizard [Blaine Whitney]; Roy


Story Title: The De Snook Snatch - comic story
Features:Ty-Gor
Pages:6
Genre:jungle
Characters:Ty-Gor [Tyrone Gorman]; Mr. De Snook (introduction); his son (introduction); A gang of kidnappers (villains, introductions); Joan Davis (guest-star); Mr. Davis (guest-star)
Synopsis:One of the boy scouts is kidnapped.


Story Title: The Pinball Evidence - comic story
Features:Inferno
Pages:6
Genre:superhero
Characters:Inferno; Virginia Ames (Police agent) Spunk Germain (introduction, death); Petrello (villain, introduction); the Murder Syndicate (villains, introductions)
Synopsis:An informer, member of a murder syndicate, is killed when when talking to a secret police agent.


Story Title: Scouting Mission On the Suez Canal - comic story
Features:Loop Logan
Pages:6
Genre:aviation; war
Characters:Loop Logan (pilot); Clatra (boy servant); The Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:In Egypt, Logan is sent out to locate the German army before a flanking attack.


Story Title: It's Here Gang!! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Pencils:various
Inks:various
Genre:superhero
Characters:Steel Sterling; Black Hood; Mr. Justice; Sergeant Boyle


Story Title: The Origin of Captain Flag - comic story
Pages:9
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain Flag [Tom Townsend] (introduction, origin); Yank (introduction, an eagle), John Townsend (introduction, death); President Franklin D. Roosevelt; J. Edgar Hoover (FBI head); The Black Hand (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:The Black Hand, attired in a monk's robe with a large black hand in a circle emblazoned on the front and back, his face deathly pale and dark ringed eyes, and a clawed, diseased right hand that can kill when it draws blood. Unfortunately, when he kidnaps young Tom Townsend in an effort to force his father to impart the secret of a new bomb sight, he sets in motion the events that create his most implacable foe: Captain Flag.


Story Title: Shield Pinup - illustration
Features:Shield
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Shield [Joe Higgins]; Dusty; Betty Warner; Mamie Magda; Juju Watson


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