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3December 1983
$1.50; 1.75 CAD

Blue Ribbon Comics #3

Archie · December 1983 · on sale 1983-09-13

Origin: John Sterling
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Identification plate

Series
Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1983 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
December 1983
Key date
1983-12-00
On-sale date
1983-09-13
Indicia publisher
Red Circle Productions Inc.
Price
$1.50; 1.75 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: John Sterling, Steel Sterling.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Startling Secret Origin of Steel Sterlingcover1pencils: Alan Weiss; inks: Rudy NebresSteel Sterling, John Sterling
1Under The Gunpromo (ad from the publisher)1script: Robin SnyderCaptain Flag
2The Tin Herocomic story6script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Eduardo Barreto; inks: DeZuniga; colors: Ken Feduniewicz; letters: V. GorelickSteel Sterling, John Sterling
3Chapter Two: Trial by Fire!comic story8script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Eduardo Barreto; inks: DeZuniga; colors: Ken Feduniewicz; letters: V. GorelickSteel Sterling Origin, John Sterling Origin
4Chapter Three: Light from a Strange Star!comic story16script: Robert Kanigher; pencils: Eduardo Barreto; inks: DeZuniga; colors: Ken Feduniewicz; letters: V. GorelickSteel Sterling Origin, John Sterling Origin
5Under the Gun!letters page1script: Robin Snyder
6Coming in September!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Rudy Nebres, Vic Catan; inks: Rudy Nebres, Vic Catan
7Coming in October!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Rudy Nebres; inks: Rudy Nebres
8-illustration1pencils: Alan Weiss; inks: Rudy NebresSteel Sterling, John Sterling

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