Blue Ribbon Comics #16 Values

Publisher: Archie, 1941

About Blue Ribbon Comics #16

Origin and first appearance of Captain Flag. Hitler appearance. Shield and Dusty back cover pin-up. Rang-A -Tang appearance. Sam Cooper cover and art. Paul Reinman art.

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COVER DETAILS

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

Pencils: Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks: Sam Cooper (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: Created: The Green Ghoul

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".

Pages: 10.000

Script: Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils: Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks: Sam Cooper (signed)

Notes: The story's a bit unclear on whether the Ghoul is supposed to be the dead air marshal or not.

Title: The Screen Test Racket

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.

Pages: 11.000

Script: Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils: Ed Smalle (signed)

Inks: Ed Smalle (signed)

Title: The Confession of Lucky Leonardo

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.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Warren King [as King] (signed)

Inks: Warren King [as King] (signed)

Title: The Kidnapping of King Netto

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.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Charles Biro?

Pencils: Carl Hubbell [as Hub] (signed)

Inks: Carl Hubbell [as Hub] (signed)

Title: The De Snook Snatch

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.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils: George Storm

Inks: George Storm

Notes: Originally credited Joe Blair, but he is only a writer and editor. Compare with Storm's story in Hangman #19, with long and lively inklines. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Title: The Pinball Evidence

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.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)

Title: Scouting Mission On the Suez Canal

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.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)

Notes: Signed in lower left corner on splash panel.

Title: The Origin of Captain Flag

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.

Pages: 9.000

Script: Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils: Lin Streeter (signed)

Inks: Lin Streeter (signed)

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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	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	19
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	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Total	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	2	1	2	0	2	3	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	24

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