Zip Comics #28

(August 1942)

Zip Proudly Presents (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Contents of the issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Also includes indicia.

Dragons of Doom ["All America thrilled to the heroic tale of General McBride..."] (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed) [as Irving Novick]

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed) [as Irving Novick]

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling; Baron Gestapo

Synopsis:

"Baron Gestapo is loose again! And his dread hand reaching across the vast Pacific, hovers over America's greatest General like a talon of death, but zipping to the rescue in a desperate race against time, Steel Sterling, Man of Steel." [from the table of contents]

Coming of the Web ["There can be no doubt of it!"] (Table of Contents)

Web / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

John Cassone ?

Inks:

John Cassone ?

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Web (origin in flashback)

Synopsis:

"The Web is born! How did this unique, awe-inspiring force for justice come into being? Why did he adopt the guise of a web? The answers are told in a story that reaches a crashing crescendo of thrills and excitement." [from Table of Contents]

Death Trumps the Black Seven ["The Seven Strikes Death"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Warren King (signed) [as King]

Inks:

Warren King (signed) [as King]

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Black Jack; The Black Seven

Synopsis:

"The Black Seven! Who can ever forget this weird figure possessed of the evil luck of the Devil himself? A luck that once again is to clash with the wit and cunning of the only person ever to trump it - Black Jack." [from the Table of Contents]

Indexer Notes

Last indexed as Robin King, but this King signature is found in features credited only to Warren: Hangman, Miss Shady, The Fox, The Wizard, The Shield, Keith Cornell, The Firefly, Bob Phantom. Also features credited him and with similar artwork: Banshee, Spider Queen, and even in some features at Archie not credited to any of them, like Captain Valor.
Robin King's art is quite different, like his Sailor Danny in Military Comics. His only credited Archie feature is Black Jack, but the King signature with long vertical line under the G is Warren's. Robin's signature was ROBIN, according to Who's Who.
Most King signed stories are credited Warren here at GCD.

["Men with tails"] (Table of Contents)

World Wonders / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Mary Goss ? [as Goss]; Dale Goss ? [as Goss]

Inks:

Mary Goss ? [as Goss]; Dale Goss ? [as Goss]

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Content Information

Genre:

fact

Synopsis:

Weird facts.

Indexer Notes

Signed "Goss". Jerry Bails' Who's Who gives both Mary and Dale as people who were working for Archie at this time doing filler work.

Fourth of July Blues ["The third of July in Westfield starts off with a bang..."] (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Lin Streeter

Inks:

Lin Streeter

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Jimmy; Marmaduke

Synopsis:

Wilbur and Jimmy get Marmaduke to make them fireworks for the 4th of July but have to hide them in an un-used cannon when Wilbur's dad walks by.

The Grave Gives Up Its Dead ["The Devil's Hand"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Warren King (signed) [as King]

Inks:

Warren King (signed) [as King]

Colors:

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Content Information

Genre:

horror

Characters:

The Black Witch; Philip Wylie; Tom Grayson

Synopsis:

A shriveled hand brings bad luck to whoever possesses it.

Indexer Notes

Art notes as for Black Jack.

Pep Comics is Never Satisfied (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Pep Comics.

John V. Newkirk - Scarsdale Jack (Table of Contents)

Zip's Hall of Fame / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

fact; war

Characters:

John Newkirk

Synopsis:

Scarsdale Jack fights with the Flying Tigers to keep the Pacific safe.

Indexer Notes

First appearance.

All Out For Freedom ["In the shadows of night's grim darkness an aged sea-captain plunges..."] (Table of Contents)

Zambini the Miracle Man / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gerald Kean (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks:

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Characters:

Zambini

Synopsis:

Zambini rescues a sea captain bent on suicide and tells him the story of an ancient sea captain.

Indexer Notes

Writer and art credits revised per Leonard Wolinsky, from splash page signature, 1/19/2007. Previously credited as writer: Harry Shorten and art: "J. K. Phillips?"

A Special Message to the Boys and Girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Morgenthau, Jr.

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasurer encouraging kids to buy Saving Stamps to aid the war effort.

A Portrait Picture of Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Comicscope, a camera projector. Available from MLJ Magazines.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Will You Let Me Prove I Can Make You A New Man? (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Charles Atlas body-building.

Indexer Notes

On back cover of comic.