Zip Comics #12

(March 1941)

The Rattler (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Charles Biro (signed)

Inks:

Charles Biro (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; The Rattler (villain); Inferno (guest-star)

Synopsis:

The Rattler and his gang are digging a tunnel to rob the U.S. Sub Treasury building.

[Gorro the Terror] (Table of Contents)

Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Louis Golden (signed)

Pencils:

Louis Golden (signed)

Inks:

Louis Golden (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fantasy

Characters:

Dicky Farenwell; Farenwell (Dicky's father); Gorro the Terror (villain, introduction); two giants (villains, introduction); a witch (villain, introduction); Mr. Sage (introduction)

Synopsis:

Dick's father fights Gorro, the Terror, and is nearly killed. Dick must return to the Magic Forest to get cocoanut milk to cure him.

[Deviltry At the Dude Ranch] (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); Murderer

Synopsis:

Guests at a dude ranch are mysteriously killed.

Indexer Notes

Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volp's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.

[Black Widow] (Table of Contents)

Red Reagan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Ed Smalle

Inks:

Ed Smalle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Detective

Characters:

Mrs. Muldom (villain, introduction); Mori (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Mr. Muldom (introduction, death)

Synopsis:

Two masked men enter the payroll office of the Bradley Shoe Company, and Red Reagan takes up a subscription for a widow, to trap the murderer of her husband.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Sam Cooper, but this is the same artist as on the War Eagles story following.

[Enemy Force On Howe Island] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Ed Smalle (signed)

Inks:

Ed Smalle (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War; Aviation

Characters:

Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Helen (guest-star); Kermit (guest-star); Ware (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

Helen has information that the Germans have managed to get an invasion force based on the Howe Island, and they are going to strike soon, but Intelligence don't believe her.

Invader! Invader! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; War

Characters:

Captain Valor; Ronnie; Dallas; Neek-Olaus; Zeke Pepper; The Japanese (villains)

Synopsis:

The Japanese invader division rolls into the village as Captain Valor and his band gallop out the rear gate.

[The Liquid Air Murders] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative No.1]; Augie Maretti (villain, introduction); the Professor (villain, introduction); James Kent (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

The judge in the trial of the gangster, Maretti, is turned into a pillar of ice when he is about to pass the sentence.

[The Shambo Dance of Death] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Zambini (magician); Sandor (villain, introduction); Larry, (a cook, introduction, death)

Synopsis:

One of the plantation workers has been killed, pierced by twenty spears, and ever since then, strange and sinister things have happened to the owner.