Zip Comics
#12
(March 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-01-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
- Inks
- Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling
The Rattler
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair ?
- Pencils
- Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
- Inks
- Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; The Rattler (villain); Inferno (guest-star)
- Synopsis
- The Rattler and his gang are digging a tunnel to rob the U.S. Sub Treasury building.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer credit.
[Gorro the Terror]
Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- R. Louis Golden (signed as L. Golden)
- Pencils
- R. Louis Golden (signed as L. Golden)
- Inks
- R. Louis Golden (signed as L. Golden)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dicky Farenwell; Farenwell (Dicky's father); Gorro the Terror (villain, introduction); two giants (villains, introduction); a witch (villain, introduction); Mr. Sage (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Dick's father fights Gorro, the Terror, and is nearly killed. Dick must return to the Magic Forest to get cocoanut milk to cure him.
[Deviltry At the Dude Ranch]
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Murderer
- Synopsis
- Guests at a dude ranch are mysteriously killed.
Indexer Notes
Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.
[Black Widow]
Red Reagan / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Mrs. Muldom (villain, introduction); Mori (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Mr. Muldom (introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Two masked men enter the payroll office of the Bradley Shoe Company, and Red Reagan takes up a subscription for a widow, to trap the murderer of her husband.
Indexer Notes
Originally credited to Sam Cooper, but this is the same artist as on the War Eagles story following.
There is no writer credit.
[Enemy Force on Howe Island]
War Eagles / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Helen (guest-star); Kermit (guest-star); Ware (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Helen has information that the Germans have managed to get an invasion force based on the Howe Island, and they are going to strike soon, but Intelligence don't believe her.
Invader! Invader!
Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair (signed as Blair)
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Captain Valor; Ronnie; Dallas; Neek-Olaus; Zeke Pepper; The Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Japanese invader division rolls into the village as Captain Valor and his band gallop out the rear gate.
[The Liquid Air Murders]
Scarlet Avenger / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative No.1]; Augie Maretti (villain, introduction); the Professor (villain, introduction); James Kent (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- The judge in the trial of the gangster, Maretti, is turned into a pillar of ice when he is about to pass the sentence.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer credit.
[The Shambo Dance of Death]
Zambini / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
- Zambini the Miracle Man
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); Sandor (villain, introduction); Larry, (a cook, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- One of the plantation workers has been killed, pierced by twenty spears, and ever since then, strange and sinister things have happened to the owner.
Indexer Notes
There are no writer or artist credits.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling -
1.
The Rattler
Steel Sterling -
2.
[Gorro the Terror]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
3.
[Deviltry At the Dude Ranch]
Nevada Jones -
4.
[Black Widow]
Red Reagan -
5.
[Enemy Force on Howe Island]
War Eagles -
6.
Invader! Invader!
Captain Valor -
7.
[The Liquid Air Murders]
Scarlet Avenger -
8.
[The Shambo Dance of Death]
Zambini
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