Blue Ribbon Comics #22 Mile High Pedigree (MLJ, 1942) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....

Auction amount: $5,019.00

Sold: Feb 25, 2017

Blue Ribbon Comics #22 Values

Publisher: Archie, 1942

About Blue Ribbon Comics #22

Final issue. Origin of Mr. Justice retold. The Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books lists this issue as "uncommon," with only 50 to 200 copies believed to exist.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Captain Flag [Tom Townsend] (also in inset); Black Hand; Rang-a-Tang (inset)

Pencils: Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)

Inks: Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)

Letters: ?; typeset

STORY DETAILS

(8 Stories)

Title: The Black Hand's Pirate Ship

Characters: Captain Flag [Tom Townsend]; The Black Hand (villain, death)

Synopsis: Captain Flag finally succeeds in capturing the Black Hand and thwarts his piracy scheme, and the evil villain is hung from the yardarm.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Lin Streeter

Inks: Lin Streeter

Notes: Last Golden Age appearance. Next appearance in Mighty Crusaders #4 (1966).

Title: The Fingerless Corpse

Characters: The Fox [Paul Patton]; Ruth Ransom (reporter); The Mandarin (villain, introduction, death)

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.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Warren King

Inks: Bob Montana ?

Notes: Next appearance 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.

Title: The Warren House Curse

Characters: Dr. Frank Payne (introduction, death); Dr. Wallace (introduction, death); John Payne (introduction, death)

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Jim Phillips

Inks: Jim Phillips

Notes: next appearance in ZIP COMICS #26 Originally credited to Sam Cooper, but this is the same art as on the signed Mr. Justice story in #21, Jim Phillips.

Title: Leonardo Da Vinci

Characters: Leonardo Da Vinci (origin)

Pages: 6.000

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.

Title: The Ghost of Rogers

Characters: Mr. Justice [Prince James] (origin retold in flashback); Sir Harold Rogers (villain, introduction, death); The Ghost of Rogers (villain)

Pages: 9.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks: Sam Cooper (signed)

Notes: Next appearance in Jackpot #5.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11
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	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	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	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	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	13

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