Zip Comics
#15
(June 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale date
- 1941-04-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard golden age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover, newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing
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.
[The Puppet Master's Murders]
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair ?
- Pencils
- Charles Biro
- Inks
- Charles Biro
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Looney; V: The Puppet Master (I; Gargulio)
- Synopsis
- A crazy puppet master murders two men to use in his greatest puppet act ever seen by human eyes.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer credit.
[The Great Magic Contest]
Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
- Pencils
- Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
- Inks
- Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dicky Farenwell; Farenwell (Dicky's father); GS: Mr. Sage; V: Mr. Magico (I)
- Synopsis
- Dick enters the great magic contest to win the golden crown.
[The Oil Derrick Murder]
Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Volp
- Inks
- Frank Volp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); I: Amy, Mr. Goldsmith; V: Sheriff Slagg (I, D)
- Synopsis
- The banker holds Miss Amy's mortgage, so if any oil production was stopped he could take over, and he is deliberately trying to scare her off her ranch.
Indexer Notes
Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volp's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13, but the inking here seems a bit hastier than in the previous stories.
The Case of the Kill-Crazy Gorilla
Red Reagan / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair ?
- Pencils
- Sam Cooper [as Cooper] (signed)
- Inks
- Sam Cooper [as Cooper] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); V: Claude Dutton (I); I: Earl Nelson; Paul Anderson (both D); Count D'Andria; Ruth D'Andria
- Synopsis
- A killer gorilla is on the loose, so everybody is to believe, but it is really a man in disguise.
Indexer Notes
title on pg. 5
There is no writer credit.
[The Hidden Explosive Formula]
War Eagles / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Ed Smalle
- Inks
- Ed Smalle
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); I: Swen Olsen; V: Nazis
- Synopsis
- The twins are sent on a mission to Norway to retrieve a hidden formula for a new condensed explosion. In Norway they meet agent Swen Olsen.
[Mystery of the Secluded City]
Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair [as Blair] (signed)
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Captain Valor; GS: Angie; Ronnie; Dallas; Big Dip; V: Ab-Ah-Ner (I; named after Abner Sundell)
- Synopsis
- Far in the interior of China, Captain Valor and his followers are taken to a sqrewy Chinese lord that can't stand any noise.
[The House of the Gilded Lily]
Scarlet Avenger / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten ?
- Pencils
- Carl Hubbell
- Inks
- Carl Hubbell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative No.1]; GS: Ah Ling; V: Kim Lee (I)
- Synopsis
- A cop is killed in China Town by a dope fiend, and the Scarlet Avenger will get the real killer.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer or artist credit.
[Mayhem in the Marine Auditorium]
Zambini the Miracle Man / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair ?
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter
- Inks
- Lin Streeter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); I: Teddy Watson; V: Smith (I)
- Synopsis
- Zambini is visiting a famous Marine Auditorium where denizens of the sea are on display.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer or artist credit.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling -
1.
[The Puppet Master's Murders]
Steel Sterling -
2.
[The Great Magic Contest]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
3.
[The Oil Derrick Murder]
Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man -
4.
The Case of the Kill-Crazy Gorilla
Red Reagan -
5.
[The Hidden Explosive Formula]
War Eagles -
6.
[Mystery of the Secluded City]
Captain Valor -
7.
[The House of the Gilded Lily]
Scarlet Avenger -
8.
[Mayhem in the Marine Auditorium]
Zambini the Miracle Man
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