Zip Comics #34

(February 1943)

The Disappearing Diamonds (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Diamonds used in the cutting of precision instruments have been stolen from one of the airplane factories, and Looney is set on the job to deliver the next transfer.

The Vikings (Table of Contents)

Web / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Sam Burlockoff

Inks:

Sam Burlockoff

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Web [John Raymond]; Prof. George Wells; Kapitan Klapp (U-boat captain)

Synopsis:

Germans disguised as vikngs plans to blow up an American base in Alaska.

Murder! (Table of Contents)

Web / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Flynn Livingston

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Web [John Raymond]; Michael Kenning; Lawrence Kenning; Mathilda Kenning; Tom Shelley

["This is Clem Carter, your world newscaster speaking..."] (Table of Contents)

Black Jack / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks:

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Clem Carter (reporter); Donald King (radio tycoon and spy); Stan Patt (secretary)

Synopsis:

The KBC radio station used their power facilities to send secret messages to Japanese submarines lying off the coast.

The Costume Ball (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Teen

Characters:

Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Mrs. Wilkin (mom); Eddie; Mary Wilkin (sister)

Synopsis:

Wilbur and friends are going to a masquerade, and sis' silk stockings are missing.

Black Binder (Table of Contents)

Black Witch / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Joe Kubert

Inks:

Joe Kubert

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Horror

Characters:

Black Witch; Black Birder (slaver trader); Tito (slave)

Synopsis:

A slave trader captain is saved by his slave after a shipwreck and taken to his village and beheaded.

Indexer Notes

Joe Kubert is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the art matches his signed Zoom O'Day story in #31.

["Kept on ice"] (Table of Contents)

World Wonders / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Pencils:

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Inks:

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Indexer Notes

Mary Goss is credited on script and art on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

The Old Soldier (Table of Contents)

Zip's Hall of Fame / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

War; Fact

Characters:

Drina Cachalka

Synopsis:

In Serbia, an old woman of 72 years has shown the world that one is never too old to fight.

Trojan Rock (Table of Contents)

World Wonders / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Pencils:

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Inks:

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Indexer Notes

Mary Goss is credited on script and art on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Enemies Within (Table of Contents)

Zambini / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Zambini (magician); Throckmorton (playboy)

Synopsis:

The country is badly in need of rubber, but Throckmorton is wasting tires and buying them from black market operators.