Blue Ribbon Comics #13

(June 1941)

[The Devil's Dictatorship] (Table of Contents: 1)

Mr. Justice / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Warren King

Inks

Warren King

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Satan [Adolf Hitler] (villain, story implies that both are the same, but the Devil could be possessing Hitler)

Synopsis

Satan has decided to take on a human form to join all evil men together.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Sam Cooper. The art is similar to Warren's signed Fox story. Many faces and figures popping in from the panel borders at an angle, and slender women, are all earmarks of his work.

[Parade of Peril] (Table of Contents: 2)

Rang-A-Tang / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

animal

Characters

Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed; Richy [The Amazing Boy]; Mike Vincent (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Rang, Rich and Hy are touring around the country, and meet men trying to collect graft money from the circus they are touring with.

[The Roadhouse Murders] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Warren King (signed as King)

Inks

Warren King (signed as King)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Fox [Paul Patton] (photographer); Ruth Ransom (reporter)

Synopsis

Stopping at a roadhouse, Paul and Ruth discover two dead bodies.

[The Debut of Penny Parker] (Table of Contents: 4)

Penny Parker / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Irv Novick ? (signed as Irving)

Inks

Irv Novick ? (signed as Irving)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Penny Parker (introduction); Mr. Parker (introduction); Mrs. Parker (introduction); Pug (introduction); unnamed thief (villain)

Synopsis

Penny is a young society girl, but one who'd rather work out in the gym than go to her own coming out party. When she uncovers a thief disguised as a reporter at the party her parents throw for her, she is given the idea to start her own detective agency with her trainer, the pugilistic Pug.

Indexer Notes

A very doubtful Novick credit, as the art don't look much like his work. It looks similar to the Penny Parker stories in #14 and 15, and they have an unreadable signature that is not Irv Novick.

[Fight at Fort George] (Table of Contents: 5)

Corporal Collins / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Biro ? (signed)

Pencils

Charles Biro (signed)

Inks

Charles Biro (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

war; military

Characters

Corporal Collins; Slapsie; Mahatmama (villain, introduction); Muslims (villains)

Synopsis

An Italian inspired Moslem attack on an outpost in the Libyan Desert.

[The Coney Island Crook Chase] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks

Mort Meskin (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Y-Gor [Tyrone Gorman]; A pickpocket (villain, introduction); Joan Davis (guest-star); Mr. Davis (guest-star)

Synopsis

Ty-Gor is spending a day at Coney Island and chases a thief.

[A Flame for Justice] (Table of Contents: 7)

Inferno / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Inferno [Frank Verrano] (former criminal); Judge Sands (introduction); Miss Sands (his daughter, introduction); A group of convicts (villains)

Synopsis

Originally a crook working with a circus rubberman called the Twister, Frank decide to serve out his time and go straight after encountering Steel Sterling and even helping him capture another killer, the Rattler. While in prison he learns of a plot of escape and the murder of the judge responsible for convicting him and others. In order to save Judge Sands and his daughter, Inferno is forced to escape himself to deal with the convicts. The judge convinces him he can better serve the cause of justice by remaining an escaped convict and taking up the fight as a costumed crime-fighter.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance of Inferno [Frank Verrano] in Zip Comics #13.

Inferno becomes a costumed super-hero.

[The Horsemen's Battle] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Frank Volpe

Inks

Frank Volpe

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Loop Logan (pilot); Clatra (boy servant); Major Grazionni (villain, introduction); Ali Ben Nabe (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Logan is on a mission in Libya, to tell the Arabs on throwing in their lot with the British instead of the Italians.

[The Marriage of the Green Falcon] (Table of Contents: 9)

Green Falcon / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten (credited)

Pencils

Roland Patenaude (signed as Patenaude)

Inks

Roland Patenaude (signed as Patenaude)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

historical

Characters

Green Falcon; King John (villain); Sir Boltyn (villain)

Synopsis

Green Falcon marries Maid Marion; war with Spain ends.