Blue Ribbon Comics #3

(January 1940)

[On the Trail of the Bank Robbers] (Table of Contents)

Rang-A-Tang / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Harr

Pencils:

Jack Binder

Inks:

Jack Binder

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Mystery Thriller of the Month (Table of Contents)

Stuart Logan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Stuart Logan (introduction, only appearance)

["Larry Kelly former Yale captain..."] (Table of Contents)

Strange But True / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Wood?

Pencils:

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks:

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

[The Baston Murder Case] (Table of Contents)

Silver Fox / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Inks:

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Baston (introduction, death); Riggs (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Master Plan of Billy Wolf] (Table of Contents)

Sugar, Honey, and Huggin' / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Inks:

Dick Ryan (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Funny Animal

Characters:

Billy Wolf (villain)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

The Story of the Famous Pope Diamond Mystery (Table of Contents)

Scoop Cody / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles Biro

Inks:

Charles Biro

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Detective

Characters:

Scoop Cody; Mrs. Lancelot van Meter; The Marvel (guest-star)

Synopsis:

The story of the famous Pope Diamond robbery.

Indexer Notes

last appearance
Faces with prominent chin, and large hands look much like Biro's early work, as in Corporal Collins in #2.

Red Grange (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

G. Hansen (signed)

Inks:

G. Hansen (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Synopsis:

Facts about Red Grange football star.

[All Quiet On the Western Front] (Table of Contents)

Corporal Collins / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell?

Pencils:

Charles Biro?

Inks:

Charles Biro?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Nazis (villains)

Frame-Up (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Phil Sturm

Pencils:

? (illustrations)

Inks:

? (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

[The Sea Monster] (Table of Contents)

Devils of the Deep / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Nagle

Pencils:

Edd Ashe

Inks:

Edd Ashe

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Spike Wood (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Cardo (introduction, death); a sea monster (introduction); Red Dugan (introduction)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

The Lost Ship (Table of Contents)

Secret Assignments / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Maurice Gutwirth

Inks:

Maurice Gutwirth

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Wreckers (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Downfall of Snaky Simms] (Table of Contents)

Bob Phantom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten?

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Snaky Simms (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)

Indexer Notes

next appearance in TOP-NOTCH COMICS #3

The Los Angeles Killers (Table of Contents)

Crime On the Run / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Cole

Pencils:

Jack Cole

Inks:

Jack Cole

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Indexer Notes

true-crime story; last appearance

Boys and Girls Win a Prize For Your Letter (Table of Contents)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (illustrations)

Inks:

? (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Win a $5 prize for writing the best letter!