Zip Comics
#18
(September 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-07-10
- 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.
[Mystery At El Rancho Domo]
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair [as Blair] (signed)
- Pencils
- Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
- Inks
- Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Carmencita (villain, introduction); Miguel (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introduction)
- Synopsis
- The cruise ship carrying Doctor Cummings and his daughter, is torpedoed by an unidentified submarine.
[The Dog and the Dispatch]
Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Captain Valor; Slim (introduction); Slam (introduction); Sgt. Finnegan (introduction); Winston (dog)
- Synopsis
- Captain Valor is recruiting new Marines.
Indexer Notes
Many faces in front view with pointed ears are Streeter's work. There is no writer credit.
[The Saloon Girl and the Train Robbers]
Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Steve Lassiter (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Lulu (a saloon girl, introduction)
- Synopsis
- An armored payroll truck is robbed by masked men, and the man behind it is a gambler.
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.
[Murder By Telephone]
Red Reagan / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); Tobias Tennyson (villain, introduction); Scott (introduction, death); Jessup (introduction, death); Edith Jessup; Frank Whitcomb; Eloise Whitcomb; Dr. Eli Schwartz; James
- Synopsis
- Reagan is called to the mansion of Tennyson to investigate two murders. Both are killed by electric shock.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer credit.
[The Magic Picture Book]
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; Jackie; Freckles (introduction); Another giant (villain, introduction, turned into a rabbit)
- Synopsis
- Dicky finds a magic picture book in the Magic Forest.
[The Revenge of Captain Schlitz]
War Eagles / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen Olsen (gunner); Captain Eric Schlitz [formerly Eric Von Lickt] (villain); Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- The German pilot, Captain Schlitz, challenges either of the Devil Twins to single combat at dawn.
Indexer Notes
As with every War Eagles story to date, there is no writer credit.
[Meet Wilbur]
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harvey Willard (signed)
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter [as Streeter] (signed)
- Inks
- Lin Streeter [as Streeter] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin (introduction); J. Frank Wilkin (introduction); Mrs. Wilkin (introduction); Virginia Wilkin (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Wilbur is told by his father to control his temper.
[The Murdering Matador]
Zambini / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); Arturo (villain, introduction, death); Juan Feliz (introduction); his fiancee (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Zambini is in Mexico and witnesses a murder in the bull fighting arena.
Indexer Notes
There is no writer credit.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling -
1.
[Mystery At El Rancho Domo]
Steel Sterling -
2.
[The Dog and the Dispatch]
Captain Valor -
3.
[The Saloon Girl and the Train Robbers]
Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man -
4.
[Murder By Telephone]
Red Reagan -
5.
[The Magic Picture Book]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
6.
["Dusty steps out on his own in..."]
-
7.
[The Revenge of Captain Schlitz]
War Eagles -
8.
[Meet Wilbur]
Wilbur -
9.
["It's here gang!"]
-
10.
[The Murdering Matador]
Zambini -
11.
Shield pin-up
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