(November 1939)
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1939-09-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Harry "A" Chesler (sourced) (editor); Louis H. Silberkleit ? (editor); Abner J. Sundell ? (editor)
Issue Notes
Meet Rang-A-Tang "The Wonder Dog"
Rang-A-Tang / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- animal; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Rang-A-Tang (dog); Detective Hy Speed
- Reprints
-
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #271 - Rang-A-Tang: The Wonder Dog ([March] 2017), #724 - Blue Ribbon Comics Volume 1 ([March] 2017) - in Tops: The Complete Collection of Charles Biro's Visionary 1949 Comic Book Series (Fantagraphics, 2022 series) (March 2022) [Cover reprint.]
-
Indexer Notes
Formerly credited to Norman Danberg, but Danberg was a writer.
[no title indexed]
Hold That Line! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm always on the winning side!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
This is the only appearance of the "Hold That Line!" feature.
Hello
Just a Moment / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Editorial, various artists.
[Origin of Rang-a-Tang]
Rang-A-Tang / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- animal; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Rang-A-Tang (a dog) (introduction); Hy Speed (detective, introduction); Amazing Boy [Ritchie Waters]; Blackie Blade (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Rang-A-Tang, the wonder dog, is a dog at a small carnival, but escapes from his cruel trainer and was living in the streets until he saves Detective Speed’s life. After helping him, he gets full status with the police department.
Indexer Notes
Credit identification's by Martin O'Hearn. Writer formerly identified as "Will Harr ?".
Danberg formerly mis-identified as the artist.
Jerry Bails's Who's Who indicates Edd Ashe may be the artist.
[The Mexidian Raiders]
Dan Hastings / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Hastings; Dr. Carter; Bob Carter; Gloria Carter; Europas (villain); Ursulis (villain)
Indexer Notes
Gretter is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and faces, hands and figures are very much like his signed stories in US Marines Comics #1 and in Ray and Gail from DC Comics. Continued from Star Comics (Chesler) feature.
The "Dan Hastings" feature previously appeared in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 Series).
A Bad Bargain
Buck Stacey / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Buck Stacey (range detective, introduction); Sandra Cummings (rancher); Steve Vance (villain, crooked rancher); Ben Hackerman (villain, foreman)
- Synopsis
- In the Old West, Buck, considered a "range detective", is hired to find some cattle rustlers by ranch owner Sandra Cummings, eventually capturing both the rustlers and the heart of Sandra.
Indexer Notes
Continued next issue.
The story is printed in black, white, and red.
The faces and realistic horses are all identical to Allison's credited stories in Cowboy Western Comics #38, and Hi-Lite Comics #1.
[The Trap]
Sugar, Honey, and Huggin' / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Dick Ryan (signed)
- Pencils
- Dick Ryan (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Ryan (signed)
- Colors
- ? (black, white, and red)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Sugar; Honey; Huggin' (three bears); Billy Fox (Introduction, villain)
Indexer Notes
Signed on second page.
Secret Agent -- B.O.
Ima Slooth / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Cole (signed)
- Colors
- ? (black, white, and red)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ima Slooth (introduction)
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Ima Slooth" feature in Blue Ribbon Comics. It will next appear in Dynamic Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 Series), starting with #11 (September 1944).
[no title indexed]
Laughs / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Ryan (signed)
- Pencils
- Dick Ryan (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Ryan (signed)
- Colors
- ? (black, white, and red)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm going to will my body to the National Leather Bag Co. for research study
- Genre
- humor
[The Big Fight]
Boodini / comic story / 2 pages
- Feature Logo
- Boodini the Great
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Boodini (a magician / escape artist)
- Reprints
- in Jest Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1944 series) #11 ([circa 1945]) [Possibly originally printed in an Ultem or Centaur issue of Funny Pages.]
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Indexer Notes
Previously credited to WIll Eisner apparently due to an erroneous (or at least as yet unexplained) entry linking Boodini to Eisner in Who's Who. All known Boodini appearances in the 1930s are by Fred Schwab, who is also credited with wr/pen/inks/ in Who's Who. Much of Schwab's early work is signed, and this matches the style exactly.
The "Boodini" feature usually appears in Funny Pages (Centaur, 1938 Series). This is its only appearance in Blue Ribbon Comics.
[The Radium Ore Robber]
Burk of the Briny / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Frollo ?
- Inks
- Frank Frollo ?
- Colors
- ? (black, white, and red)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Jack Burk (introduction); Johnson (villain, dies)
Indexer Notes
This is the only appearance of the "Burk of the Briny" feature.
story in black and white and red.
[no title indexed]
Ages of Animals / text article / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Richard Speed ?
- Inks
- Richard Speed ?
- Colors
- ? (black, white, and red)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Hand lettered text with illustrations. Former Chesler feature.
[Down with the King]
King Kole's Kourt / comic story / 2 pages
- Feature Logo
- King Kole's Court
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; historical
- Characters
- King Kole
Indexer Notes
The "King Kole's Kort" feature usually appears in Keen Komics (Centaur, 1939 Series). This is its only appearance in Blue Ribbon Comics.
Village of Missing Men
Joe Jordan / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Cliff Thorndyke] (signed)
- Pencils
- Rafael Astarita ?
- Inks
- Rafael Astarita ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Joe Jordan of the Diamond Patrol (introduction); Denny (introduction); Barrett (villain, introduction); Barrett's gang (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- Major Joe Jordan and Denny are with the Diamond Patrol in Africa to investigate smuggling, illegal mining, etc. They are after a man named Barrett who holds women and children of a native village hostage to force the natives to reveal the location of and mine the stones for him and his gang.
Indexer Notes
Story in printed in black, white, and red.
Thorndyke is only credited as byline by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
This is the only appearance of the "Joe Jordan" feature.
Death around the Bend
text story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- Jim Steele
Indexer Notes
Art identical to Rang-A-Tang story.
[The Man in the Moon]
Little Nemo in Slumberland / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Nemo; Dr. Pill; Flip; The Man in the Moon (villain); a Moon Man
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
next app. in ?
McCay credited as writer and artist by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
[no title indexed]
It's Really a Fact / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That an average of twenty pounds of gum is shaved off the floor...
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
The "It's Really a Fact" feature previously appeared in Amazing Mystery Funnies (Centaur, 1938 Series).
This is the only appearance of the "It's Really a Fact" feature in Blue Ribbon Comics. It will next appear in Top Notch Comics (Archie, 1939 Series), starting with #1 (December 1939).
The Murderous "Red" Keenan Gang
Crime on the Run / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; crime
- Characters
- Detective Cody; Lieutenant Storey; Keenan Gang (villains)
- Reprints
- in Punch Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #11 (November 1944)
-
in The Weekender (Rucker Publications Ltd., 1945 series) #v2#1 (January 1946) - in Authentic Police Cases (St. John, 1948 series) #6 (November 1948)
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- Keywords
- Cleveland (Ohio); Cleveland Ohio
Indexer Notes
true-crime story
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0.
Meet Rang-A-Tang "The Wonder Dog"
Rang-A-Tang -
1.
["I'm always on the winning side!"]
Hold That Line! -
2.
Hello
Just a Moment -
3.
[Origin of Rang-a-Tang]
Rang-A-Tang -
4.
[The Mexidian Raiders]
Dan Hastings -
5.
A Bad Bargain
Buck Stacey -
6.
[no title indexed]
Brain-Teasers -
7.
[The Picnic]
Foxy Grandpa -
8.
[The Trap]
Sugar, Honey, and Huggin' -
9.
Secret Agent -- B.O.
Ima Slooth -
10.
["I'm going to will my body to the National Leather Bag Co. for research study"]
Laughs -
11.
[The Big Fight]
Boodini -
12.
[The Radium Ore Robber]
Burk of the Briny -
13.
[no title indexed]
Ages of Animals -
14.
[Down with the King]
King Kole's Kourt -
15.
Village of Missing Men
Joe Jordan -
16.
Death around the Bend
-
17.
[The Man in the Moon]
Little Nemo in Slumberland -
18.
["That an average of twenty pounds of gum is shaved off the floor..."]
It's Really a Fact -
19.
The Murderous "Red" Keenan Gang
Crime on the Run
- Steinar Ådland
- Henry Andrews
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Jochen G.
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- R. S. Martin
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- James Zee
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