Zip Comics
#10
(January 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-11-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Abner Sundell
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
- Inks
- Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling
- Reprints
in 
The Murder of John (Steel) Sterling
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Looney; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Twisto [The Rubber Man] (villain); Hefto (villain, introduction, death); Inferno the Flame-Breather (introduction)
- Synopsis
- John Sterling is hit deliberately by a moving truck and killed. At night he digs his way out of his grave.
- Reprints
[Into the Magic Forest]
Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- R. Louis Golden (signed as L. Golden)
- Pencils
- R. Louis Golden (signed as L. Golden)
- Inks
- R. Louis Golden (signed as L. Golden)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dicky (introduction); Mr. Wish (introduction); A witch (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Dick braves the Magic Forest in search of its priceless possessions.
[Murder In the Northwest Logging Camp]
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Boss Cassidy (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Nevada and Joe has arrived at the Great Falls lumber camp to help solve the brutal murders.
Indexer Notes
Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.
[Death by Radio]
Red Reagan / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair ?
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Red Reagan (introduction); Bertie Randolph (introduction); Prof. Fischer (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Professor Fischer kills two of his assistants by high velocity radio transmission waves which disintegrates the brain.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer credit.
[Battle In the Mediterranean]
War Eagles / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Ed Smalle (signed as Ed Smalle Jr.)
- Inks
- Ed Smalle (signed as Ed Smalle Jr.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); The Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- On air patrol in the Mediterranian, Tom and Tim sinks an Italian aircraft carrier captured from the French.
Very accurate aircrafts in this series.
The Last Indian Uprising
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- The uprising of the Ute tribe in 1915.
[The Book Bombs]
Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Valor; Neek-Olaus (villain); Tania (villain); Mama Claus (villain, introduction, Nicholas's wife); Dallas (villain, introduction); the Baron (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Valor and his friends are in pursuit of Tania and the Russian Neek-Olaus, who have stolen the treasure of Wang Fu.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer credit.
[The Return of Mr. Nimbus]
Scarlet Avenger / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Abner J. Sundell ?
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Inez Courtney (Operative No.1); Mr. Nimbus (villain)
- Synopsis
- Dr. Nimbus kidnaps Inez to make her tell who the Scarlet Avenger is.
Indexer Notes
Art previously credited in error to Mort Meskin. The artist also signs - as "Novick" - on the final page There is no writer credit.
[The Priest of the Chin Hills]
Zambini / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair (signed as Blair)
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter (signed as Streeter)
- Inks
- Lin Streeter (signed as Streeter)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
- Zambini the Miracle Man
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); Lord Stuart (General Governor of Burma); Pasha Khut [Sgt. Cameron] (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- A black magician has kidnapped the only living descendant of the ancient rulers of Burma, and unless he is returned, it means revolution.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling -
1.
The Murder of John (Steel) Sterling
Steel Sterling -
2.
[Into the Magic Forest]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
3.
[Murder In the Northwest Logging Camp]
Nevada Jones -
4.
[Death by Radio]
Red Reagan -
5.
[Battle In the Mediterranean]
War Eagles -
6.
The Last Indian Uprising
-
7.
[The Book Bombs]
Captain Valor -
8.
[The Return of Mr. Nimbus]
Scarlet Avenger -
9.
[The Priest of the Chin Hills]
Zambini
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