(January 1940)
Archie,
1939 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1939-12-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Harry "A" Chesler ? (editor); Louis H. Silberkleit ? (editor); Abner J. Sundell ? (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 447051. Produced by Chesler Publications for the fledgling M.L.J Magazines, Inc. Louis H. Silberkleit is recorded as editor on the first published Statement of Ownership for October 1st, 1939. Abner J. Sundell was working as editor for Louis Silberkleit's pulp publications and could have acted as editor on the early M.L.J comic books.
[no title indexed]
Corporal Collins / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- war; military
- Characters
- Corporal Collins [Jim Collins]
- Reprints
in 
Mystery Thriller of the Month
Stuart Logan / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Stuart Logan (introduction, only appearance)
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Stuart Logan" feature.
[no title indexed]
Strange but True / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Larry Kelly former Yale captain...
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
[The Baston Murder Case]
Silver Fox / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Baston (introduction, death); Riggs (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
This is the final appearance of the "Silver Fox" feature.
[The Master Plan of Billy Wolf]
Sugar, Honey, and Huggin' / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Billy Wolf (villain)
Indexer Notes
This is the final appearance of the "Sugar, Honey, and Huggin'" feature.
The Story of the Famous Pope Diamond Mystery
Scoop Cody / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Scoop Cody; The Marvel; Mrs. Lancelot van Meter
- Synopsis
- Having heard that the famous Pope Diamond has been stolen from Mrs. van Meter, Scoop heads out to find it. He nearly loses his life until the mysterious Marvel shows up to save him at the last minute.
Indexer Notes
This is the final appearance of the "Scoop Cody" feature.
Story is told of the famous Pope Diamond Robbery.
Faces with prominent chin, and large hands look much like Biro's early work, as in Corporal Collins in #2.
Red Grange
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Irwin Hasen (signed as I. Hasen)
- Pencils
- Irwin Hasen (signed as I. Hasen)
- Inks
- Irwin Hasen (signed as I. Hasen)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irwin Hasen (signed as I. Hasen)
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Facts about Red Grange football star.
[All Quiet on the Western Front]
Corporal Collins / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- military
- Characters
- The Nazis (villains)
[The Sea Monster]
Devils of the Deep / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Spike Wood (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Cardo (introduction, death); a sea monster (introduction); Red Dugan (introduction)
Indexer Notes
This is the final appearance of the "Devils of the Deep" feature.
The Lost Ship
Secret Assignments / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- The Wreckers (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
This is the final appearance of the "Secret Assignments" feature.
[The Downfall of Snaky Simms]
Bob Phantom / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Snaky Simms (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
Indexer Notes
This is the final appearance of the "Bob Phantom" feature in Blue Ribbon Comics. It will next appear in Top Notch Comics (Archie, 1939 Series), starting with #3 (Feburary 1940).
The Los Angeles Killers
Crime on the Run / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- crime; non-fiction
Indexer Notes
true-crime story
This is the final appearance of the "Crime on the Run" feature in Blue Ribbon Comics. It will next appear in Snap Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1944 Series), starting with #9 (1944).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Corporal Collins -
1.
[On the Trail of the Bank Robbers]
Rang-A-Tang -
2.
Mystery Thriller of the Month
Stuart Logan -
3.
["Larry Kelly former Yale captain..."]
Strange but True -
4.
[The Baston Murder Case]
Silver Fox -
5.
[The Master Plan of Billy Wolf]
Sugar, Honey, and Huggin' -
6.
The Story of the Famous Pope Diamond Mystery
Scoop Cody -
7.
Red Grange
-
8.
[All Quiet on the Western Front]
Corporal Collins -
9.
Frame-Up
-
10.
[The Sea Monster]
Devils of the Deep -
11.
The Lost Ship
Secret Assignments -
12.
[The Downfall of Snaky Simms]
Bob Phantom -
13.
The Los Angeles Killers
Crime on the Run -
14.
Boys and Girls Win a Prize For Your Letter
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