Zip Comics #6

(July 1940)

[The Blair Snatch] (Table of Contents)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell (signed)

Pencils:

Charles Biro (signed)

Inks:

Charles Biro (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty [Numbers] (Police); Walter Cummings (scientist); Dora Cummings (daughter); V: Shorty (gangster boss); Shorty Gang (I for all)

Synopsis:

Doris Cummins is kidnapped.

[Catastrophe On Coney Island] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); I: Inez Courtney (Operative 1); V: Tony Spumoni (crooked club owner) (I, D)

Synopsis:

Protection racketeers operate at Coney Island.

[The Phantom Killer of Copper Bluffs] (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); V: Duke Keyhoe (bar owner); Butch Keyho (gunman); a barber (I for all)

Synopsis:

A killer makes a red circle on a shaving mug and two days later the mug's owner has his throat cut.

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)

[Showdown With Abdul] (Table of Contents)

Kalthar / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten

Pencils:

Robert Pious

Inks:

Robert Pious

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Jungle

Characters:

Kalthar; V: Abdul (D); I: Kate Goodwill

Synopsis:

Kate Goodwill is captured by Abdul, the slave hunter, and kept for ransom.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Lin Streeter. Pious is also credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the art is identical to his signed story in #2.

[A Decoy For Schultz] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Smalle, Jr. (signed)

Inks:

Ed Smalle, Jr. (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

War; Aviation

Characters:

Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Kermit (pilot); V: Anton Schultz (German pilot)

Synopsis:

A decoy plane is sent up to trap Herr Schultz.

The Speedy Jackrabbit (Table of Contents)

Fact / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

About the speed of jackrabbits.

[The Monsoon Strikes] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell (signed)

Pencils:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure

Characters:

Captain Valor; GS: Ronnie; Angie; Big Dip (giant); Wang Fu (warlord ally); V: Yat Sing (pirate); Tania (pirate queen)

Synopsis:

The pirate junk of Yat Sing is crashed against the rocks, and both friend and foe are cast ashore.

[The Gorilla Gambit] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell (signed)

Pencils:

Edd Ashe (signed)

Inks:

Edd Ashe (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Doris O'Day; V: Killer Novaki (gangster); Sliro (crooked fair manager); Mammo (gorilla)

Synopsis:

A big killer gorilla is turned loose at the New York World's Fair to cash in on the insurance on him if shot.

[Curse of the Egyptasia Tomb] (Table of Contents)

Zambini the Miracle Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils:

Ed Wexler (signed)

Inks:

Ed Wexler (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Occult

Characters:

Zambini (magician); I: Prof. Lorenz (archaeologist); Greta Lorenz (daughter); V: Saki (hypnotizer); Ghali (assistant)

Synopsis:

Two orientals have come to take Prof. Lorenz back to Egyptasia where he found the magic doorway to the sacred tomb. He is to be sacrificed to the ancient king Ankkaman.