Zip Comics #25

(April 1942)

["Can you believe it?"] (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

Synopsis:

Clancy buys an old vase that transports him and his friends back to ancient Greece.

["Somber quiet prevails in the courtroom..."] (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]; Mary Stone (nurse); Mrs. Carter; Cyrus Weeks; Solitaire (secretary)

Synopsis:

A nurse is accused of murdering Mrs. Carter for the two thousand dollars left in her will, but Black Jack proves he innocent. Later the same nurse is framed for another murder.

["Winter is a very exciting affair..."] (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Teen

Characters:

Wilbur Wilkin; Eddie; Father Wilkins; Clancy McGinty (Police); Mr Morris (store owner)

Synopsis:

Wilbur starts at a new job as his father thinks he needs a sense of responsibility.

["At U.S. Marine headquarters in 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

Genre:

War

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

The Germans know every move the supply ships make, and the leak is a woman in the refugee camp.

Indexer Notes

Same art as other signed stories on this feature.

["Nevada Jones has finally tracked down Bull Craven"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jim Phillips

Inks:

Jim Phillips

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

After Bull Craven's capture, Nevada Jones' name is cleared and he can take off his mask for good.

Indexer Notes

last appearance
Same art as in Phillips' signed Black Witch story in #27. Compare close-up faces in frontview.

["Tim and Tom Shane..."] (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 (pilot); Nazis (Villain)

Synopsis:

The three escapees crashland in their observation balloon among Australian soldiers in Crete.

["A hideous monster..."] (Table of Contents)

Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fantasy

Characters:

Dicky; Old Seer

Synopsis:

Dicky fights the fire-breathing Medusa monster, but must get help from the old seer in the Magic Forest.

["In an ancient tenement..."] (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); J.W. Squelch (proprietor); Husband

Synopsis:

After his wife trips on the worn stairs and crashes through a rotten, neglected bannister and falls to her death, her husband intends to kill the proprietor responsible.

Indexer Notes

Originally script credited to Harry Shorten, but the signed Stein is credited as writer on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.