Zip Comics
#13
(April 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-01-23
- 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. 2.
[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
- Reprints
in 
[The Prison Break Racket]
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair (signed as Blair)
- Pencils
- Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
- Inks
- Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Looney; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; The Rattler (villain); Inferno (guest-star); The Chief (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Steel "kidnaps" Dora to get to jail and find out who is behind the many jailbreaks.
[To Slay a Giant]
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; Dick's father; Giant of Komo Castle (villain, death); trolls (villains, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Dick and his father are going back to the Magic Forest to rescue friends from the giant and bring them back safely to Panora.
[The Mobsters and the Cowboys]
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Bill Holmes (introduction); Miss Holmes (introduction); Coke (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
- Synopsis
- City gangsters against riders of the range.
Indexer Notes
Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.
[Death In the Wilkins Hotel]
Red Reagan / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); Wilkins (villain, introduction); J. C. Looper (villain, introduction, death); Jack Lorenz (introduction); Miss Lorenz (introduction)
- Synopsis
- The description of the suspect of the murder case at Hotel Wilkins sounds like the brother of Miss Lorentz.
Indexer Notes
There are no writer or artist credits.
[Captured by Ware]
War Eagles / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Ware (villain, death?); Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Eagles are picked up by a German U-boat, but they manage to take over the sub.
[Desert Ambush]
Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Valor; Ronnie; Tania; Dallas; Tania (guest-star) Neek-Olaus (guest-star); company (guest-star); The Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- Tania, Ronnie and Dallas are taken prisoner by the Japanese and are to be shot.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer credit.
[The Protective Insurance Murders]
Scarlet Avenger / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten ?
- Pencils
- Carl Hubbell (signed as Hubbell)
- Inks
- Carl Hubbell (signed as Hubbell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Inez Courtney (Operative No.1); The Chief (villain, introduction, death); Lefty (villain, introduction); other crooks (villain, introduction); Walter Miller (introduction, death); Mary LaRue (introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Two people are killed for not paying their life insurance policy to an extortion ring.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer credit.
[The Karlsgood Caverns Mystery]
Zambini / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
- Zambini the Miracle Man
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); Karl Good (introduction); The Martin Gang (villains, introduction); Bill Martin (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Zambini is looking for a man down in the famous Karlsgood Caverns
Indexer Notes
There is no writer or artist credit.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling -
1.
[The Prison Break Racket]
Steel Sterling -
2.
[To Slay a Giant]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
3.
[The Mobsters and the Cowboys]
Nevada Jones -
4.
[Death In the Wilkins Hotel]
Red Reagan -
5.
[Captured by Ware]
War Eagles -
6.
[Desert Ambush]
Captain Valor -
7.
[The Protective Insurance Murders]
Scarlet Avenger -
8.
[The Karlsgood Caverns Mystery]
Zambini
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- Steve Coates
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