Zip Comics #8

(September 1940)

[The Framing of Officer Clancy] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Abner J. Sundell (signed as Sundell)

Pencils

Charles Biro (signed as Biro)

Inks

Charles Biro (signed as Biro)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Nicky (counterfeiter, introduction, death); Butch Bader (kid)

Synopsis

Clancy is being framed by counterfeiters for drunk driving and killing a motor cop.

Indexer Notes

Writer previously credited as "Charles Biro ?"

[The Senatorial "Suicides"] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Inez Courtney (Operative No.1); Nick Betts (villain, introduction, death); Senator Kash (introduction, death); Senator Kiro (introduction, death); Logan (introduction)

Synopsis

Two Senators are killed so there will be fewer to vote for the Pari-Mutual Bill.

[Nevada Jones: Framed for Murder] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Frank Volpe

Inks

Frank Volpe

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Steve Holden (villain, introduction); Slade (bandit); Smokey (bandit); Sheriff

Synopsis

Nevada is framed for a stage hold up, but escapes the lynching mob.

Indexer Notes

Art is identical to Volpe'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)

[Captured by Queen Loha] (Table of Contents: 4)

Kalthar / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed as Irving H. Novick)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed as Irving H. Novick)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Kalthar; Queen Loha (villain, introduction, death?); Kate Goodwill (guest-star); Ta-Lo (witch doctor)

Synopsis

The Urganas' laws refuse to accept Kate as the mate of Kalthar.

[Incident in Egypt] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle (signed as Ed Smalle Jr.)

Inks

Ed Smalle (signed as Ed Smalle Jr.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Kermit (pilot); V: Hess (I, D)

Synopsis

Someone is stirring up the natives of Egypt to revolt, and the Army is afraid of sabotage, so the Shane twins get a mission as agents.

Rocky Mountain Goats (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Facts about the Rocky Mountain goat.

[The Treachery of Tania] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Abner J. Sundell (signed as Sundell)

Pencils

Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)

Inks

Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Valor; Yat Sing (villain); Tania [Queen of the Pirates]; Nicholas (villain, introduction); Wang Fu (guest-star); Big Dip (guest-star); Angie (guest-star); Ronnie (guest-star)

Synopsis

Captain Valor and his friends are adrift in the China Sea on the hull of a wrecked junk, and with them is Tania.

[The Pharoah's Curse] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Abner J. Sundell (signed as A. Sundell)

Pencils

Lin Streeter (signed as L. Streeter)

Inks

Lin Streeter (signed as L. Streeter)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Doris O'Day; Sonia [Princess Cleo] (villain, introduction); Benji Frazier (introduction); his hooded gang (introduction)

Synopsis

A hooded gang spreads terror in Formal Park in New York. Doris recognizes the ring of one of the killers, Princess Cleo.

[The Bride of Yum Chac] (Table of Contents: 9)

Zambini / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair (signed)

Pencils

Elmer Wexler (signed as El Wexler)

Inks

Elmer Wexler (signed as El Wexler)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Zambini the 'Miracle Man'

Genre

superhero

Characters

Zambini (magician); A Mayan cult (villains, introduction); Elihu Grant (introduction); Helen Grant (introduction)

Synopsis

Foreigners are blamed for the drought in Yucatan, and Helen Grant is kidnapped to be sacrificed to Yum Chac.

Indexer Notes

The spells of Zabini can be read by skipping the ABs.