Zip Comics #8

(September 1940)

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

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

Credits

Script:

Charles Biro?

Pencils:

Charles Biro (signed)

Inks:

Charles Biro (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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.

[The Senatorial "Suicides"] (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); 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)

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); 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 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)

[Captured By Queen Loha] (Table of Contents)

Kalthar / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Shorten (signed)

Pencils:

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks:

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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)

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: 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)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Fact

Synopsis:

Facts about the Rocky Mountain goat.

[The Treachery of Tania] (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; 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)

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

Credits

Script:

Abner Sundell (signed)

Pencils:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Inks:

Lin Streeter (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

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)

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); 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.