Zip Comics #2

(March 1940)

[The Return of the Black Knight] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Charles Biro?

Pencils:

Charles Biro

Inks:

Charles Biro

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Black Knight (Villain)

Synopsis:

In the state penitentiary, a gang of desperate convicts begin a well-planned escape. They are going to hi-jack a boatload of gold from Alaska.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mugsy / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kin Platt

Pencils:

Kin Platt (Quincy)

Inks:

Kin Platt

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mugsy (dog)

[The Protection Racket] (Table of Contents)

Scarlet Avenger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Sam the Tailor; District Attorney (racketeer boss)

Synopsis:

A bomb is tossed from a speeding car into a shop and kills a tailor, and the police won't listen to Jim as a witness. It turns out to be a case of protection racketeering.

[Introducing the Masked Man] (Table of Contents)

Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Frank Volp

Inks:

Frank Volp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); VILLAINS: Brock Craven (killer); Bill Craven; Hatfield

Synopsis:

Nevada Jones gains masked identity.

Indexer Notes

Art is identical to Volp's many signed and unsigned Loop Logan stories in Blue Ribbon Comics, from #4. He can be spotted by his very realistic horses in #13, bony faces with marked cheek lines and mouth inked in two short lines. Also the small lines on each side of nose or smiling cheeks. Compare as well his signed London stories in Daredevil Comics #9 and 10 (Lev Gleason)

[The Ivory Hunters] (Table of Contents)

Kalthar / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Robert Pious [as R.S.P.] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Pious [as R.S.P.] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Jungle

Characters:

Kalthar; Mano (elephant); Ta-Lo (witch doctor); Ivoryhunters

Synopsis:

Taking the red grain that turns him into a giant of 15 feet, Kalthar wreaks havoc among a gang of ivory hunters.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Lin Streeter, but signature is R.S.P. Pious is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. It is not easy to find similarities with later signed samples of his work, as in Sgt. Spook, but some inking of faces and eyes match his signed Old Cap Hawkins in Blue Bolt Comics.

[Herr Schultz's Luftwaffe Trap] (Table of Contents)

War Eagles / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Smalle

Inks:

Ed Smalle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War; Aviation

Characters:

Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Herr Schultz (Villain)

Synopsis:

The Shane brothers refuse to become squadron leaders.

The Oregon Death Dealer (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lin Streeter [as Lin S.] (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter [as Lin S.] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Western

Characters:

Harry Tracy; Janet Warrington; Phil Austin

[The Revenge of Hop-Lung] (Table of Contents)

Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Captain Valor; Ronnie; his sister Angie; Gen. Ho Tsin (villain); Hop-Lung (Villain)

Synopsis:

Captain Valor and his two friends are goind to help a couple of American missionaries besieged in the mountains by a pirate gang.

[The Monster of Shadow Pond] (Table of Contents)

Mr. Satan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Ed Ashe (signed)

Inks:

Ed Ashe (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Prof. Heaslip; John Heaslip (brother); Mrs. Heaslip

Synopsis:

Three men had disappeared into Shadow Pond, and never returned. Tracks of a prehistoric monster had been found.

Indexer Notes

Signed at the gunwhale of the canoe.

["Now, Cyclone-remember this..."] (Table of Contents)

Cyclone Jones / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Quincy (signed) ?

Pencils:

Quincy (signed)

Inks:

Quincy (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Cyclone Jones (boxer); Mr. Carter (manager)

Synopsis:

Iron in the left glove.

Indexer Notes

Jerry Bails' Who's Who has only Quincy, no other name.

[On the Planet Inferno] (Table of Contents)

Zambini / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair

Pencils:

Ed Wexler (signed)

Inks:

Ed Wexler (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Zambini (magician); Prof. Stargaze (Villain; Intro); Girl secretary; Glass Blower (Villain; Intro)

Synopsis:

A new planet will burn up the Earth in 48 hours, and Zambini uses his magic to get to the planet on a palm tree growing like a beanstalk.