Zip Comics
#16
(July 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale date
- 1941-05-10
- 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 Return of the Puppet Master]
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Charles Biro
- Inks
- Charles Biro
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; The Puppet Master [Gargulio] (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Puppet Master has escaped from prison and sets his plan of living puppets into operation.
Indexer Notes
Looks more like Irv Novick than Biro.
[The Sack of the Giant]
Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Louis Golden (signed)
- Pencils
- Louis Golden (signed)
- Inks
- Louis Golden (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dicky Farenwell; Farenwell (Dicky's father); A giant (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- A giant has entered Panora and collects human beings to eat.
[The Bar-X Ranch War]
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Volp
- Inks
- Frank Volp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Hank Mills (villain, introduction, death); Tony (villain, introduction, death); Charlie (villain, introduction, death); several others (villains, introduction)
- Synopsis
- A crooked rancher is fencing off water in public domain.
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 Devil-Devil Doctor]
Red Reagan / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair (signed)
- Pencils
- Sam Cooper (signed)
- Inks
- Sam Cooper (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); The Devil-Devil Doctor [Bob Rixon] (villain, introduction); Thaddeus Rixon (introduction, death); Dr. Schwartz (introduction); Al Faltz (introduction); Bob Rixon (introduction); Hugo Rixon (introduction) Bernard Rixon (introduction); Pamela Rixon
- Synopsis
- Old Rixon is murdered in his bed by a hooded figure before he could change his last will.
[Swen Olson's Maiden Flight]
War Eagles / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Ed Smalle (signed)
- Inks
- Ed Smalle (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen Olsen (gunner); The Nazis (villains); Gen. Vosh (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Swen Olsen is ready for action as a gunner in R.A.F.
Indexer Notes
Swen is called a big crazy Swede at the end panel, but he was a Norwegian agent in the previous episode.
[Valor On the Slave Block]
Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Meskin (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; war
- Characters
- Captain Valor; Angie; Ronnie; Dallas; Big Dip; Ab-Ah-Ner (villain); company (guest-star); Marty Martin
- Synopsis
- Captain Valor and his friends have taken command of the village of the Chinese lord, but he gets in contact with Mongol horsemen who attack the village to help him.
[The Framing of a Photographer]
Scarlet Avenger / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Carl Hubbell [as HUB] (signed)
- Inks
- Carl Hubbell [as HUB] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative No.1]; Joe Adams (introduction); Joe Devlin (introduction, death); Hal Ates (villain, introduction); Mayor Sikes (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- A news photographer is framed for killing a friend.
[Scrambling the Gambling Joint]
Zambini the Miracle Man / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Happy (villain, introduction); his gang (villain, introduction); Stacey (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Zambini visits a crooked gambling house.
Indexer Notes
Originally credited to Streeter, but the wedge shaped heads with narrow, pointed ears are like Reinman's signed Scarlet Avenger story in #17.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling -
1.
[The Return of the Puppet Master]
Steel Sterling -
2.
[The Sack of the Giant]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
3.
[The Bar-X Ranch War]
Nevada Jones -
4.
[The Devil-Devil Doctor]
Red Reagan -
5.
[Swen Olson's Maiden Flight]
War Eagles -
6.
[Valor On the Slave Block]
Captain Valor -
7.
[The Framing of a Photographer]
Scarlet Avenger -
8.
[Scrambling the Gambling Joint]
Zambini the Miracle Man
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