(September 1944)

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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1944-07-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Rewl Publications Inc.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is Blue Circle Comics not Blazing Comics (cover only). At the end of two stories it refers the reader to the next issue of Blazing Comics. Artwork by FUNNIES INC. Month of issue looks overstamped/printed with September in indicia.
On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1944, page 255, registration number B639969.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Green Turtle / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Chu F. Hing
Inks
Chu F. Hing
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Green Turtle [Ching Quai]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Artist's name is CHU, F. HING, with the surname CHU listed first in the Chinese.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Green Turtle / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Chu F. Hing ?
Pencils
Chu F. Hing
Inks
Chu F. Hing
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The cymbals of intrigue crash...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Green Turtle [Ching Quai]; Burma Boy; Wun Too; Ra-Ting; Chan; Chinese guerrillas (some die); Japanese army [General Kimonak; Lieutenant Tasuto (phony Green Turtle, death); others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis
General Kimonak and his staff plot a conspiracy to destroy the reputation of the Green Turtle, which, in turn, would destroy the Chinese people's faith in the Turtle. This is accomplished by a Japanese officer donning the garb of the Turtle and flying a plane similar to his to cause many Chinese guerrilla deaths.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Artist suggested by Gary Watson, June 2008. Also Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. has him as artist in issue #1, and the art is similar. Compare the special eyebrows, bushy at the outer top.

Art credits verified by Leonard Starr in Alter Ego #110 (June 2012).

Credits also verified by Alex Jay in his article in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) #167 (January 2021).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Tommy Paige / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Allison
Inks
Bill Allison
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Correspondent Tommy Paige accompanies a sound man...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Tommy Paige

Indexer Notes

Allison is credited by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. in issue #1 on this feature, and the art is similar. He has a funny way of drawing running people, with legs really stepping out and which is found in some of his credited Chameleon stories in Target Comics too.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Buccaneer / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Leonard Starr
Pencils
Leonard Starr
Inks
Leonard Starr
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On a small French-dominated island...
Genre
historical
Characters
Black Buccaneer

Indexer Notes

Art ID suggested by Gary Watson, June 2008.
The artwork is similar to the previous issues, in which Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. has a wild guess at Gil Kane and/or Leonard Starr. That is Kane when he was Eli Katz.
Writer and art credits verified by Leonard Starr in Alter Ego #110 (June 2012). Formerly Dick Briefer ?

Inventory of Trouble (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Super Drooper and Drip / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Moore (signed as Moore)
Inks
Art Moore (signed as Moore)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Y'know, if I was president, I'd...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Signature noted by Gary Watson, June 2008.

The Forgotten Day! (Table of Contents: 6)

Red Hawk / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Battefield
Inks
Ken Battefield ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; western-frontier
Characters
Red Hawk

Indexer Notes

Image from this story used as cover to #6.
Battefield is credited on pencils on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the quite simple lines and square figures suggests so.

The Curse of the Seven Straws! (Table of Contents: 7)

Jun-Gal / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harold DeLay
Inks
Harold DeLay
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Jun-Gal

Indexer Notes

Art ID by Gary Watson, June 2008.

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Mr. Ree / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Henry Kiefer
Inks
Henry Kiefer
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. Ree proves that a gambler's ace up his sleeve...
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Mr. Ree (detective magician)

Indexer Notes

Art ID by Gary Watson, June 2008.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Green Turtle
  2. 1. ["The cymbals of intrigue crash..."]
    The Green Turtle
  3. 2. ["Correspondent Tommy Paige accompanies a sound man..."]
    Tommy Paige
  4. 3. ["On a small French-dominated island..."]
    Black Buccaneer
  5. 4. Inventory of Trouble
  6. 5. ["Y'know, if I was president, I'd..."]
    Super Drooper and Drip
  7. 6. The Forgotten Day!
    Red Hawk
  8. 7. The Curse of the Seven Straws!
    Jun-Gal
  9. 8. ["Mr. Ree proves that a gambler's ace up his sleeve..."]
    Mr. Ree
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Craig Delich
  • Bill Devine
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • LongBox.com Staff
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)