Zip Comics #13

(April 1941)

[The Prison Break Racket] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils:

Charles Biro (signed)

Inks:

Charles Biro (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Looney; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; The Rattler (villain); Inferno (guest-star); The Chief (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)

Synopsis:

Steel "kidnaps" Dora to get to jail and find out who is behind the many jailbreaks.

[To Slay a Giant] (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; Dick's father; Giant of Komo Castle (villain, death); trolls (villains, introduction)

Synopsis:

Dick and his father are going back to the Magic Forest to rescue friends from the giant and bring them back safely to Panora.

[The Mobsters and the Cowboys] (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); Bill Holmes (introduction); Miss Holmes (introduction); Coke (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)

Synopsis:

City gangsters against riders of the range.

Indexer Notes

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

[Death In the Wilkins Hotel] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Sam Cooper

Inks:

Sam Cooper

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Detective

Characters:

Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); Wilkins (villain, introduction); J. C. Looper (villain, introduction, death); Jack Lorenz (introduction); Miss Lorenz (introduction)

Synopsis:

The description of the suspect of the murder case at Hotel Wilkins sounds like the brother of Miss Lorentz.

[Captured By Ware] (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); Ware (villain, death?); Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

The Eagles are picked up by a German U-boat, but they manage to take over the sub.

[Desert Ambush] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Captain Valor; Ronnie; Tania; Dallas; Tania (guest-star) Neek-Olaus (guest-star); company (guest-star); The Japanese (villains)

Synopsis:

Tania, Ronnie and Dallas are taken prisoner by the Japanese and are to be shot.

[The Protective Insurance Murders] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Carl Hubbell (signed)

Inks:

Carl Hubbell (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Inez Courtney (Operative No.1); The Chief (villain, introduction, death); Lefty (villain, introduction); other crooks (villain, introduction); Walter Miller (introduction, death); Mary LaRue (introduction, death)

Synopsis:

Two people are killed for not paying their life insurance policy to an extortion ring.

[The Karlsgood Caverns Mystery] (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); Karl Good (introduction); The Martin Gang (villains, introduction); Bill Martin (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Zambini is looking for a man down in the famous Karlsgood Caverns