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Issue Details

Issue	#5
Published	July 1940
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Abner Sundell

Cover Details

Pencils	Charles Biro
Inks	Charles Biro

10 page Rang-A-Tang story "The Madman of Mammoth Studios"

Characters	V: Nawson Swelles (I, D)
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Ed Smalle
Inks	Ed Smalle

8 page Hercules story "Hercules Slaying the Hydra of Lerna"

Characters	I: Zeus; V: Hy Dralerny and the Nameless Nine (I for all); I: Henry and Betty Doyle
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Ed Wexler
Inks	Ed Wexler

5 page Gypsy Johnson story "The Island of Baron Von Krasner"

Characters	V: Baron Von Krasner (I); I: Dorothy and Leonard Collier
Pencils	John Bulthuis
Inks	John Bulthuis
Notes	story continues in Blue Ribbon Comics (1939 series) #6 (September 1940); Penciller and inker credits corrected by Denys Howard on 20 July 2004 from information from Jerry Bails; original credit was "Johann Bulthuis"

6 page Fox story "The Great Trailer Mystery"

Characters	I: Dick Van Nostrum
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Irwin Hasen
Inks	Irwin Hasen

7 page Corporal Collins story "Breakout In the POW Camp"

Characters	V: The Nazis
Script	Abner Sundell
Pencils	Charles Biro
Inks	Charles Biro

6 page Ty-Gor story "Captured By the Dyaks"

Characters	V: The Dyaks (I, D); I: Joan Davis, Mr. Davis (her father)
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Mort Meskin

6 page Doc Strong story "Battle In Oculta Valley"

Characters	V: Gustave Ritter
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Sam Cooper
Inks	Sam Cooper

6 page Loop Logan story "The Dispatch Robbery"

Characters	V: The Nazis
Script	Joe Blair
Pencils	Frank Volp
Inks	Frank Volp

6 page Green Falcon story "The Ulla-Boltyn Conspiracy"

Characters	V: Sir Boltyn, Ulla (I, D); GS: Richard the Lion-Hearted
Script	Harry Shorten
Pencils	Edd Ashe
Inks	Edd Ashe