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
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 Puppet Master's Murders]
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- 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
- 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); 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 / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man
- 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 Volpe'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 (signed as Cooper)
- Inks
- Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
- 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
- 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 (signed as Blair)
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
- 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
- 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 / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
- Zambini the Miracle Man
- 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.
Editing
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Series Information
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 -
4.
The Case of the Kill-Crazy Gorilla
Red Reagan -
5.
[The Hidden Explosive Formula]
War Eagles -
6.
["Wow! Did I hit the jackpot!"]
-
7.
[Mystery of the Secluded City]
Captain Valor -
8.
[The House of the Gilded Lily]
Scarlet Avenger -
9.
[Mayhem in the Marine Auditorium]
Zambini
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