Zip Comics #23

(February 1942)

[The Kidnapping of Lu-Chek] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Kiang-Chek (Intro; Death); Lu-Chek (Intro); Stanley Porter (Villain; Intro); the Japanese (Villain)

Synopsis:

The father of an old Chinese friend of Steel is kidnapped by the Japanese.

[Poker Face] (Table of Contents)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Camy (signed)

Inks:

Al Camy (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Poker Face (Villain; Intro); Rudolph Wane (Villain; Intro; Death); Anthony Phelps (Villain; Intro; Death)

Synopsis:

Wane sells everything he owns to get away from the avenging Poker Face.

[The Hockey Game] (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Teen

Characters:

Wilbur Wilkin; Gabby Garson (Intro)

Synopsis:

Wilbur tries it out on the skating rink.

[The Peru-Ecuador War] (Table of Contents)

Captain Valor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Warren King [as King] (signed)

Inks:

Warren King [as King] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

Captain Valor and some of his Marines are trying to get an important message through the to the Peruvian government.

Indexer Notes

The King signature with the long vertical line below the G is found in the Miss Shady story in Hi-Lite Comics #1, credited to Warren King, and he is also credited on the Miss Shady feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. The signature is sometimes credited to Robin King, but his art are different from the signed King stories.

[The Polo War] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

Frank Volp

Colors:

Frank Volp

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Frost and his gang (Villain; Intro); Wade and other polo players (Intro)

Synopsis:

Nevada Jones plays polo on horseback.

Indexer Notes

Bony faces with mouth drawn with two short lines, and quite realistic horses are identical to Volp's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.

[The Big Berthas] (Table of Contents)

War Eagles / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Ed Smalle (signed)

Inks:

Ed Smalle (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War

Characters:

Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Nazis (Villain)

Synopsis:

The Eagles are on a mission to bomb and destroy a Big Bertha gun that shells London.

[City of Talking Animals] (Table of Contents)

Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fantasy

Characters:

Dicky; Dicky's Father; Jackie; Freckles

Synopsis:

Dicky shows his friends his new horse.

Indexer Notes

Art identical to Streeter's signed story in #25.

[The Reform School Racketeers] (Table of Contents)

Zambini / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten?

Pencils:

Jim Phillips

Inks:

Jim Phillips

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Zambini (magician); Warden and guards of a reform school (Villain; Intro)

Synopsis:

Zambini helps a boy from the County Reform School, who has run away because of harsh treatment.

Indexer Notes

The art is very similar to the signed Phillips story in #24, and he is also credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.