Blue Ribbon Comics #4

(June 1940)

[The Canal Zone Murder Case] (Table of Contents)

Rang-A-Tang / comic story / 10.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Ed Smalle

Inks:

Ed Smalle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

V: Wheeler (I)

Hercules Slays the Lion of Nemea (Table of Contents)

Hercules / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Ed Wexler (signed)

Inks:

Ed Wexler (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

I & O: Hercules; V: Leo Nymia (I, D); Scabroni (I)

[Battle With Shiek Tamah] (Table of Contents)

Gypsy Johnson / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Bulthuis (signed)

Inks:

John Bulthuis (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

I: Gypsy Johnson; V: Shiek Tamah (I)

[Origin of the Fox] (Table of Contents)

The Fox / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils:

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Inks:

Irwin Hasen (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

I & O: The Fox (Paul Patton); I: Ruth Ransom (DAILY GLOBE editor); V: The Night Riders (I)

[Company C Is Trapped] (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

Genre:

War

Characters:

Corporal Collins; I: Slapsie Carr; V: The Nazis

Hunting the Coyote (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

[The Origin of Ty-Gor] (Table of Contents)

Ty-Gor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

George Storm

Inks:

George Storm

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Jungle

Characters:

I & O: Ty-Gor (Tyrone Gorman); I: Mr. and Mrs. Gorman (D; Ty-Gor's parents); Malma (a tigress); V: The Gapousas (I; one D)

Synopsis:

To atone for the death of a tiger cub, the witch doctor must offer a human sacrifice, this time it must be a white boy.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited Mort Meskin. Compared with his signed story in #6, this is not him, but George Storm. Compare also with Storm's story in Hangman #19, with long and lively inklines. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

The Isle of Right (Table of Contents)

Doc Strong / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; War

Characters:

I & O: Doc Strong; I: Alice Rayburn; Professor Harrison; Dr. Henry Davidge; Walter Parker; Edward Stuyvesant; Sampson Smith; V: Gustave Ritter (I)

["Listen, you dumb dopes..."] (Table of Contents)

Dipsy and Doodle / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Quincy (signed)

Inks:

Quincy (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Dipsy (detective); Doodle (detective); Homicide Hogan

Synopsis:

Bring in Homicide Hogan dead or alive, or you loose your new police whistles.

Indexer Notes

Only the name Quincy as artist is found in Jerry Bails' Who's Who, no P. Quincy.

[The Blue Duke] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Frank Volp

Inks:

Frank Volp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War

Characters:

I: Loop Logan; V: The Blue Duke (I; Lt. Villon)

[The Coming of the Green Falcon] (Table of Contents)

Green Falcon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils:

Edd Ashe (signed)

Inks:

Edd Ashe (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Period

Characters:

I & O: The Green Falcon; V: Prince John; Sir Boltyn; the Saracens (I for all); I: Lady Marion; Richard the Lion-Hearted