Zip Jet #2

(May 1953)

Terror Strikes the Turnpike (Table of Contents)

Zip-Jet / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Zip-Jet [Tech Carson]; Pat Carson; Hunk Cottrelli (villain); Bumps (villain)

Synopsis:

Zip-Jet and Pat face an ex-boss of pier rackets who now specializes in targeting and hijacking long distance movers.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Punch Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #14 (July 1945) [under the title: "Terror Strikes the Turnpike", with re-worked art to turn Rocketman and Rocketgirl into the Zip-Jets]
• in Golden-Age Men of Mystery Digest Special (AC, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #74 ([October] 2008) [from this printing, with some additional modifications]
• in Gloden-Age Men of Mystery Digest Special (AC, 2001 series) #1 (2001, in B/W)

Indexer Notes

Punch Comics reprint info from Darci, January 2008, based on scans of the issues involved, Men of Mystery reprint info, synopsis, and some other information added by Craig Delich 2008-10-26.

Assassin of the Air Lanes (Table of Contents)

Zip-Jet / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Zip-Jet [Tech Carson]; Pat Carson

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Punch Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #16 (January 1946) [Rocketman renamed Zip-Jet; new splash panel and considerable editing]

Green Scaled Justice (Table of Contents)

Zip-Jet / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Ruben Moreira

Inks:

Ruben Moreira

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Zip-Jet [Tech Carson]; Pat Carson

Reprints:

• from Punch Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #17 (April 1946)

Space Doom (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Murder Hides Its Tracks (Table of Contents)

Zip-Jet / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Zip-Jet [Tech Carson]; Pat Carson; Dr. Karl Bauer (atomic scientist, death); Captain Mallory; Marcia Bauer (Karl Bauer's daughter); Scarbo (villain, death); Lutz (villain)

Synopsis:

An atomic scientist is murdered by a paid killer, who was hired by a man who knew many of the scientist's secrets. However, that man still needed the scientist's papers, kept at a safe in his home, so he kidnaps the scientist's daughter in order to get the combination to the safe.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Scoop Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #3 (March 1942)
• in Golden-Age Men of Mystery Digest Special (AC, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [reformatted]
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 ([June] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Art credits revised from Ruben Moreira to Al Plastino, confirmed by Bill Black, added by Craig Delich 2010-7-21.