Zip Comics #46

(May 1944)

The Wand of Weirdness (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Irv Novick

Inks:

Irv Novick

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty (Police); Apollo Bates (villain, introduction, death); Muley (villain, introduction, death); Dippy Dugan (villain, introduction, death); Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

A magic wand supposed to have belonged to Merlin the Magician is stolen from the museum.

Reprints:

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

[Stencho's Woman Problems] (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; Dolores Odora (wife); Rosita

Synopsis:

Stencho's wife wants to find out if he still loves her. A red wig and a new dress will do the trick.

Reprints:

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

County Fair (Table of Contents)

Applejacks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Sahle?

Pencils:

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks:

Terry Szenics (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Professor

Synopsis:

The Applejack boys are on a gas balloon trip and land near the house of a screwy professor, who turns them into monkeys.

Reprints:

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

[Frank Swinatra] (Table of Contents)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Goggin (signed)

Pencils:

Virginia Drury [as Ginger] (signed)

Inks:

Virginia Drury [as Ginger] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Teen

Characters:

Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Frank Swinatra (introduction)

Synopsis:

Ginger meets Frank Sinatra.

Reprints:

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Janice Valleau, but Jerry Bails' Who's Who has GINGER as pen name for Virginia and says she is confused with Janice Valleau. Janice's pen name was JANICE J.

[The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks:

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Dr. Karvalla (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The wicked scientist, Dr. Karvalla, invented a formula that enabled him to travel in the fourth dimension.

Reprints:

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

The Future and the Past (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Rose

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; Crime

Characters:

Harry Rose (narrator); Forbes

Synopsis:

A corpse is found on a beach on Tahiti.

Reprints:

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

[Introducing the Flying Dragons] (Table of Contents)

Flying Dragons / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Pencils:

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks:

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Flying Dragons [Hank O'Toole, Spud] (introduction); The Japanese (villains)

Synopsis:

The American Volunteer Group in China is disbanded and some join the Army Air Corps.

Reprints:

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

Indexer Notes

only appearance
Vigoda is credited on both script and art on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Very different artwork compared with his signed Red Rube story.