Blue Ribbon Comics #13 Values

Publisher: Archie, 1941

About Blue Ribbon Comics #13

Devil cover by Sam Cooper. Inferno, the Flame Breather begins. Hitler appearance.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Richy (inset); Rang-a-Tang (inset)

Pencils: Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks: Sam Cooper (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: The Devil's Dictatorship

Characters: Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Satan [Adolf Hitler] (villain, story implies that both are the same, but the Devil could be possessing Hitler)

Synopsis: Satan has decided to take on a human form to join all evil men together.

Pages: 10.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Warren King

Inks: Warren King

Notes: Originally credited to Sam Cooper. The art is similar to Warren's signed Fox story. Many faces and figures popping in from the panel borders at an angle, and slender women, are all earmarks of his work.

Title: Parade of Peril

Characters: Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed; Richy [The Amazing Boy]; Mike Vincent (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Rang, Rich and Hy are touring around the country, and meet men trying to collect graft money from the circus they are touring with.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Ed Smalle

Inks: Ed Smalle

Title: The Roadhouse Murders

Characters: The Fox [Paul Patton] (photographer); Ruth Ransom (reporter)

Synopsis: Stopping at a roadhouse, Paul and Ruth discover two dead bodies.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Warren King [as King] (signed)

Inks: Warren King [as King] (signed)

Title: The Debut of Penny Parker

Characters: Penny Parker (introduction); Mr. Parker (introduction); Mrs. Parker (introduction); Pug (introduction); unnamed thief (villain)

Synopsis: Penny is a young society girl, but one who'd rather work out in the gym than go to her own coming out party. When she uncovers a thief disguised as a reporter at the party her parents throw for her, she is given the idea to start her own detective agency with her trainer, the pugilistic Pug.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Irv Novick ? [as Irving] (signed)

Inks: Irv Novick ? [as Irving] (signed)

Notes: A very doubtful Novick credit, as the art don't look much like his work. It looks similar to the Penny Parker stories in #14 and 15, and they have an unreadable signature that is not Irv Novick.

Title: Fight at Fort George

Characters: Corporal Collins; Slapsie; Mahatmama (villain, introduction); Muslims (villains)

Synopsis: An Italian inspired Moslem attack on an outpost in the Libyan Desert.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Charles Biro ?

Pencils: Charles Biro (signed)

Inks: Charles Biro (signed)

Title: The Coney Island Crook Chase

Characters: Y-Gor [Tyrone Gorman]; A pickpocket (villain, introduction); Joan Davis (guest-star); Mr. Davis (guest-star)

Synopsis: Ty-Gor is spending a day at Coney Island and chases a thief.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks: Mort Meskin (signed)

Title: A Flame for Justice

Characters: Inferno [Frank Verrano] (former criminal); Judge Sands (introduction); Miss Sands (his daughter, introduction); A group of convicts (villains)

Synopsis: Originally a crook working with a circus rubberman called the Twister, Frank decide to serve out his time and go straight after encountering Steel Sterling and even helping him capture another killer, the Rattler. While in prison he learns of a plot of escape and the murder of the judge responsible for convicting him and others. In order to save Judge Sands and his daughter, Inferno is forced to escape himself to deal with the convicts. The judge convinces him he can better serve the cause of justice by remaining an escaped convict and taking up the fight as a costumed crime-fighter.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)

Notes: Last appearance in Zip Comics #13. Inferno becomes a costumed super-hero.

Title: The Horsemen's Battle

Characters: Loop Logan (pilot); Clatra (boy servant); Major Grazionni (villain, introduction); Ali Ben Nabe (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis: Logan is on a mission in Libya, to tell the Arabs on throwing in their lot with the British instead of the Italians.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Frank Volp

Inks: Frank Volp

Title: The Marriage of the Green Falcon

Characters: Green Falcon; King John (villain); Sir Boltyn (villain)

Synopsis: Green Falcon marries Maid Marion; war with Spain ends.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Harry Shorten (credited)

Pencils: Roland Patenaude (signed)[as Patenaude]

Inks: Roland Patenaude (signed)[as Patenaude]

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	3	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	4	3	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24

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