Zip Comics #24

(March 1942)

Frozen Death (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney

Synopsis:

Steel will try to get some serum through to a colony of white people isolated in a blizard in Alaska.

["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; Dr. Winslow; Butch (convict); Stinky Davis (convict)

Synopsis:

After killing Dr. Winslow, Poker Face disguises himself as the doctor meets Black Jack on the opreation table.

["New Year's Party"] (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; Eddie

Synopsis:

Snowball fight and New Year's Party.

"All is quiet off the coast of Iceland..." (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Warren King

Inks:

Warren King

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Man hunt off the coast of Iceland for U-boats.

Indexer Notes

Art similar to signed King story in issue #22.

["Never has Nevada Jones ceased..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Bill Craven (outlaw)

Synopsis:

Bill Craven has been dodging Nevada Jones and has come up with an idea to get Nevada.

["After blowing up a giant gun..."] (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; Aviation

Characters:

Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Professor Crackpotte; General Von Burp

Synopsis:

Nazi troops are searching for Tim and Tom, and they and their friends escape in a balloon.

"Why have you not brought me any human beings..." (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; The Painted Minotaur

Synopsis:

The Painted Minotaur wants human sacrifice.

Indexer Notes

Art same as Streeter's signed story in #25.

"On a cargo liner..." (Table of Contents)

Zambini / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Stein (signed)

Pencils:

Jim Phillips (signed)

Inks:

Jim Phillips (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Zambini (magician); Captain

Synopsis:

Zambini is a lone passenger on a cargo liner with a brutal captain.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised per Leonard Wolinsky, from splash page signature, 1/19/2007. Previously credited to Harry Shorten.