Zip Comics #46

(May 1944)

The Wand of Weirdness (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A museum! A treasure house of the past!

Genre

superhero

Characters

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

Synopsis

Apollo and Muley break into a museum and are confronted by a guard, so Apollo grabbed a scepter out of a case to use as a club. It was the "Wand of Weirdness", supposedly belonging to Merlin the Magician which had a curse that said anyone using the wand for evil purposes would have it visit back upon them. Sure enough, it does and both die. The wand next brings bad luck to a cab driver and racketeer Dippy Dugan, who is killed when he wishes for bullets to go around him. Steel Sterling retrieves the wand and returns it to the museum.

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Red Rube; Steel Sterling / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey gang! Here's your chance to put muscles on your Uncle Sam - an' make some spending money at the same time!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Steel Sterling [John Sterling]

Synopsis

Red Rube and Steel encourage readers to donate to scrap paper drives.

[Stencho's Woman Problems] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Ed Goggin (signed as Goggin)

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

Inks

Terry Szenics (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Are you sure, you don't have a wife, Stencho???

Genre

humor

Characters

Señor 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

This is the final appearance of the "Señor Banana" feature.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

County Fair (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Harry Sahle ?

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

Inks

Terry Szenics (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Grrrr!

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)
• in Liberty Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #v2#4 (12) (April 1946)

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of "The Applejacks" feature in Zip Comics. The feature appears next in Laugh Comix (Archie, 1944 Series) #48 (Winter 1944-1945).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Goggin (credited)

Pencils

Virginia Drury (signed as Ginger)

Inks

Virginia Drury (signed as Ginger)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, Tommy! You're just definitely a dear to help me put that birdhouse up!

Genre

teen

Characters

Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Tommy Turner; Frank Swinatra (introduction)

Synopsis

Ginger meets Frank Swinatra.

Reprints

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

[The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed as WM Vigoda)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (signed as WM Vigoda)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

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

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: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Rose

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was a corpse, a shapeless mass huddled on the warm Tahitian sand.

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)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We open our story in the mess hall of the Flying Dragons, American volunteers in the Chinese air force...

Genre

aviation

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

This is the only appearance of the "Flying Dragons" feature in Zip Comics. It will next appear in Black Hood Comics (Archie, 1943 Series), starting with #12 (Fall 1944). Final panel includes note asking readers to send letters to MLJ Magazines if they liked the story.