Zip Comics #39

(August 1943)

Murder Out of This World (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Oom the Mystic; Ali (assistant); Dutch Lemke (killer)

Synopsis:

Sergeant McGinty meets a mystic to have him call up the spirit of Looney.

Doom (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ed Goggin (signed)

Pencils:

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks:

Terry Szenics (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Ye Old Hag; Handsome Harry

Synopsis:

An old hag predicts the Applejack boys will meet their doom before the day is done. It is the annual Marrying Day.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited Harry Sahle.

"Nip and Tuck" (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:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

Two headed turtle and frog cry.

Indexer Notes

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

["Bullfighters"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ed Goggin (signed)

Pencils:

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks:

Terry Szenics (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Senor Banana; Stencho Odora

Synopsis:

Senor Odora plans to get rid of Banana by getting him into the bullfight,

You Can't Get Rich Jerking Sodas (Table of Contents)

Crime / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Zenith Gray

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Willie Sharpe; Jimmy Weaver; Inspector Craig

Synopsis:

Interfering with the United States Mail is a federal offence.

[Who Is the Red Rube?] (Table of Contents)

Red Rube / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Robbins (signed)

Inks:

Ed Robbins (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Red Rube [Rueben Rueben]

Synopsis:

Rueben flees from the orphanage and hides in an old castle where he gets his powers from the spirits of his dead ancestors.

Genie with the Blues (Table of Contents)

Chimpy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joseph Edwards (signed)

Pencils:

Joseph Edwards (signed)

Inks:

Joseph Edwards (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joseph Edwards

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Chimpy; Genie

Synopsis:

Chimpy is trying his best to get Genie out of his blues.

Indexer Notes

Edwards is credited on both script and art on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who

On Vacation (Table of Contents)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks:

Virginia Drury [as Ginger] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Aunt Matilda

Synopsis:

Ginger and Dotty are on vacation at aunt Matilda's.

Indexer Notes

Jerry Bails' Who's Who has GINGER as pen name for Virginia Drury, but uncertain which is the penciller and inker here.

Uncle Monte (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Goggin (signed)

Pencils:

Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] (signed)

Inks:

Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Wilbur Wilkin; Dad Wilkie; Mom Wilkie; Uncle Monte

Synopsis:

Uncle Monte is visiting the Wilkes family, and he is not as rich as everybody think.

Indexer Notes

The signature is Clem, and several of the faces have a clear Weisbecker look.