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
- 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.
[Mystery At El Rancho Domo]
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair (signed)
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed)
- Inks
- Irv 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
- Script
- Joe Blair?
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter
- Inks
- Lin Streeter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- 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.
[The Saloon Girl and the Train Robbers]
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Volp
- Inks
- Frank Volp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- 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
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- 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.
[The Magic Picture Book]
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; 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 / 6 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); 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.
[Meet Wilbur]
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harvey Willard (signed)
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter (signed)
- Inks
- Lin 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
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- 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.
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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 -
4.
[Murder By Telephone]
Red Reagan -
5.
[The Magic Picture Book]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
6.
[The Revenge of Captain Schlitz]
War Eagles -
7.
[Meet Wilbur]
Wilbur -
8.
[The Murdering Matador]
Zambini -
9.
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