Zip Comics #38

(July 1943)

The Little Men Who Weren't There (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant O'Shea (Police); Looney; Joshua Walton (Keeper of the Yehudis)

Synopsis:

Invisible fairies, the Yehudis, are giving information to the Nazis.

[Marry the Measles Twins] (Table of Contents)

The Applejacks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ginger (signed) ?

Pencils:

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks:

Harry Sahle (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Harry Sahle (artist); Wedlock Bill (preacher); Measles Twins

Synopsis:

The Applejack boys are being led to the altar by Maw Measles to marry the Measles Twins, but are saved by Harry Sahle, the artist.

Indexer Notes

Ginger signed on page one, but not found in Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Last Laugh (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Crime

Characters:

Skeets Sampson; Sheriff Josiah Jonesby; Sweeney; Mac

Synopsis:

A smart crook meets his better in a Mac's Diner deal.

Andy Clive and His Jive Five (Table of Contents)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks:

Harry Sahle (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Teen

Characters:

Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Andy Clive (Hep-Cat); Principal Grump

Synopsis:

Ginger invites Andy Clive and his Jive Five to play at the Freshman Prom.

The Screwball of Malta (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mary Goss ?

Inks:

Mary Goss ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War; Fact

Characters:

George Frederick Beurling (RCAF pilot)

Synopsis:

Teen-age pilot hero of the battle of Malta.

Indexer Notes

Art has some resemblence to the feature World Wonders by Goss.

["40 miles an hour..."] (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

Synopsis:

First military airplanes and Thanksgiving turkeys.

Indexer Notes

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

The Land of the Missing Link (Table of Contents)

Senor Banana / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Goggin

Pencils:

Harry Sahle

Inks:

Terry Szenics

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Indexer Notes

Art like the signed story in #39.

Dreaming (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Teen

Characters:

Wilbur Wilkin; Dad Wilkie; Mom Wilkie; Eddie; Suzie; Annabelle

Synopsis:

A large firework to the boys who sell the most War Stamps by the 4th of July.

Jest Jokes (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Sahle

Pencils:

Harry Sahle

Inks:

Harry Sahle

Colors:

?

Letters:

Harry Sahle

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

The Men Who Went Nowhere (Table of Contents)

Web / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Clem Weisbecker ?

Inks:

Clem Weisbecker ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Web [Jon Raymond]; Madeline Freeman (salesgirl); Frank Moran (FBI agent); Paul Freeman (Nazi spy)

Synopsis:

FBI agents are killed by Nazies and The Web captured.

Indexer Notes

Artwork looks like Weisbecker's faces.