Zip Comics #9

(November 1940)

[The Terror of Twisto] (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Charles Biro?

Pencils:

Charles Biro (signed)

Inks:

Charles Biro (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Twisto (Villain; Intro); Jack Tingling (circus manager); Lilli (liontamer); Gaston (artist); Ben Lunar (fortune teller)

Synopsis:

A circus is going to shut down because of several unsolved killings.

[The Murders of Mr. Nimbus] (Table of Contents)

Scarlet Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Inez Courtney (Operative No.1); Mr. Nimbus (Villain; Intro)

Synopsis:

Mr. Nimbus uses poison gas to hijack an armored car.

[The Menace of Ming Low] (Table of Contents)

Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Frank Volp

Inks:

Frank Volp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Ming Low (counterfeiter boss; Intro)

Synopsis:

Nevada and Joe are taken prisoner by Chinese counterfeiters in a cave in the mountains.

Indexer Notes

Art is identical to Volp's many signed and unsigned Loop Logan stories in Blue Ribbon Comics, from #4. He can be spotted by his very realistic horses in #13, bony faces with marked cheek lines and mouth inked in two short lines. Also the small lines on each side of nose or smiling cheeks. Compare as well his signed London stories in Daredevil Comics #9 and 10 (Lev Gleason)

[The Revenge of Pierre LeBrun] (Table of Contents)

Kalthar / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Jungle

Characters:

Kalthar; Pierre Lebrun (Villain; Death); Kate Goodwill (Guest Star)

Synopsis:

Kate Goodwill marries Kalthar in this story.

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Invasion of England] (Table of Contents)

War Eagles / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Smalle, Jr. (signed)

Inks:

Ed Smalle, Jr. (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War; Aviation

Characters:

Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); The Nazis (Villain)

Synopsis:

The twins and their squadron bomb a German invasion fleet.

Vengeance Is Mine (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

Red Robinson (Police); Detective Sergeant Burke

Synopsis:

He came back home for just one purpose, to kill a man he hated.

[The Doom of Big Dip] (Table of Contents)

Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell [as Campbell] (signed)

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Captain Valor; Big Dip (Guest Star); Angie (Guest Star); Ronnie (Guest Star); Wang Fu (Guest Star); Tania (Villain); Neek-Olaus (Russian villain)

Synopsis:

Tania and Neek-Olaus have stolen the treasure of Wang Fu.

Indexer Notes

Sandell possibly used house name: CLIFF CAMPBELL. Harry Shorten also may have used this name as house name in comics, after Jerry Bails' Who's Who

[The Return of Two Villains] (Table of Contents)

Mr. Satan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Campbell (signed)

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Doris O'Day; Sliro (Villain); Killer Novaki (Villain)

Synopsis:

Sliro and his gang kidnap Doris and Dudley to use as bait to get their hands on Mr. Satan. Not knowing Dudley is Mr. Satan, they throw him overboard.

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[The Deviltry of Prince Sidkeong] (Table of Contents)

Zambini the Miracle Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell

Pencils:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Zambini (magician); Prince Sidkeong (Villain; Intro; Death); the Delogs (Villain; Intro; female zombies); A grand lama (Intro; Death); Rev. Foster; Mrs. Foster; their son (Intro); Prince Padozin (Intro)

Synopsis:

The Grand Lama is murdered, and they must select a young child as the new Lama. They kidnap a white baby, and Zambini sets out to get him back.