Zip Comics #26

(May 1942)

Remember Pearl Harbor (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 13 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; Premier Itoki

Synopsis:

Steel is sent out by the U.S. Consul to evacuate American civilians from Japan and occupied territories just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Black Jack Vs. Deuces Wilde (Table of Contents)

Black Jack / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Camy (signed)

Inks:

Al Camy (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Deuces Wilde (gambler); Kent (crooked politician)

Synopsis:

When the Mayor dies, the new is the crooked Kent, who is cooperating with the big shot gambler, Deuces Wilde.

["If you should pass by the window..."] (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; Robert Wilkin (dad); Mary Wilkin (mom);

Synopsis:

Mr. Wilin is desperately trying to reduce by training.

["One peaceful night..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ed Bresnick (signed)

Pencils:

Warren King [as King] (signed)

Inks:

Warren King [as King] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War

Characters:

Captain Valor (Marine); Goop (Marine); Japanese (villains)

Synopsis:

The attack on Pearl Harbor.

["In the eerie glow of the fire's embers..."] (Table of Contents)

Stories of the Black Witch / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jim Phillips

Inks:

Jim Phillips

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Black Witch; Jed

Synopsis:

A cat and a dead woman are hidden inside a wall.

Indexer Notes

cont'd from Witches Cauldron strip in BLUE RIBBON COMICS #22
Art very similar to Phillips' signed story in #27.

["By golly, we've overshot Cairo..."] (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); Helen; Nazis (Villain)

Synopsis:

The Eagles and Helen are pursued very closely by the Germans in the Western Desert, and hide under the Sphinx.

["The only way the Medusa..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Fantasy

Synopsis:

Dicky has gone to the peak of a very treacherous mountain, where he can obtain a Medusa egg to kill the Medusa monster.

["Zambini matches wits with a man for whom words are weapons..."] (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); Whit Warren

Synopsis:

Gossip is a double-edged weapon, and Zambini has come to warn Mr. Warren before it's too late.

Indexer Notes

Most probably the art of Phillips, when comparing noses on some close up faces with his signed story in #27.