The Official Rip Kirby, #5 (Pioneer Comics, 1988).

Rip Kirby is an American comic strip created by Alex Raymond and Ward Greene featuring the adventures of private detective Rip Kirby. The strip ran from 1946 to 1999 and was in the hands of artist John Prentice for more than 40 years.

In 1948, Rip Kirby strips were reprinted in issues #51 and #54 of David McKay Publications's Feature Book. Issue #51 included a biography of Alex Raymond with a photograph showing him sketching an unnamed model for Honey Dorian. In 1980, Pacific Comics Club reprinted the 1946-1950 strips in 16 comic books. In 1988, Pioneer published 6 books and 2 more collections the following year.

#5 of the Pioneer reprints of Alex Raymond's classic comic strip, Rip Kirby, a former Marine Corps major who solves crimes with his brilliant, scientific mind and intellect. In this issue, the Mangler has the formula and he won't hesitate to use it and Kirby is determined to find and stop him. And after that case finishes, Honey gets a new modeling job that sounds great. In fact, it sounds too great and makes Rip suspicious.