 "Blue Ribbon Comics" was also the title of an unrelated six-issue comic book series published in 1948–1949 by St. John Publications.The first series of "Blue Ribbon Comics" #1–22 (Nov. 1939 – March 1942) was a 64-page anthology comic published by MLJ Magazines Inc., commonly known as MLJ Comics, the precursor to what would become the publisher Archie Comics.Issues #9–18 and #22 were cover-titled "Blue Ribbon Mystery Comics".