Zip Comics
#19
(October 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-08-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten (editor)
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. 4.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling
[The Bullfight Crisis]
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Herr Kraht (Villain; Intro); Max (Villain; Intro); other spies (Villain; Intro); Minister Aniel (Intro); Dolores (Intro)
- Synopsis
- Germany and the U.S are competing for a commercial airline contract in South America, and the Nazis will get rid of Sterling.
[Searchlight Detail]
Captain Valor / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter (signed as Lin)
- Inks
- Lin Streeter (signed as Lin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine)
- Synopsis
- Captain Valor and his Marines have landing operations on Newfoundland, and use a searchlight to save a Clipper airplane lost in a storm.
Indexer Notes
Signed Lin on the rock face at right in first panel.
[The Lost City of the Aztecs]
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Aztec king; Aztec Princess (Intro); Barton (Villain; Intro; Death)
- Synopsis
- High in the mountains Nevada and Little Joe pursue a desperado, and are all trapped in a cave after a landslide. They emerge in a hidden Aztec city and are take prisoners.
Indexer Notes
Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volp's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.
[Message On the Register]
Red Reagan / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Red Reagan; Kane (Villain; Intro); Stanley Links
- Synopsis
- Kane tries to frame a safebreak on a former employee.
[Captured By the Ogres]
Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- R. Louis Golden (signed as L. Golden)
- Inks
- R. Louis Golden (signed as L. Golden)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dicky; Jackie; Ogres; Ogre king (Villain; Intro)
- Synopsis
- Jackie steals the magic broom from Dick and sets off into the Magic Forest to look for magic articles for himself.
[Captured By Eric Schlitz]
War Eagles / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Captain Eric Schlitz (Villain); Nazis (Villain)
- Synopsis
- A German raiding party land on the twin's airfield and intends to take them prisoners, but they are away and the C.O. is taken instead. Later the twins set out to get him back.
[A Chance At the Big Leagues]
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; George Wilkin (dad); Mom Wilkin; Mr. Snoddgras (neighbour)
- Synopsis
- Wilbur is training at baseball to be as good as his father once was.
[Death of a Diver]
Zambini / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); Dan Daniels (Intro; Death); Dora Daniels (Intro); Jago (Villain; Intro)
- Synopsis
- The Great Jago, magician, is out to complete his revenge on the girl who spurned him.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling -
1.
["Big guns of the comics"]
-
2.
[The Bullfight Crisis]
Steel Sterling -
3.
[Searchlight Detail]
Captain Valor -
4.
[The Lost City of the Aztecs]
Nevada Jones -
5.
[Message On the Register]
Red Reagan -
6.
[Captured By the Ogres]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
7.
["Coming soon...a colossal double feature in Oct. Blue Ribbon Comics"]
-
8.
[Captured By Eric Schlitz]
War Eagles -
9.
[A Chance At the Big Leagues]
Wilbur -
10.
["The Black Hood Man of Mystery"]
-
11.
[Death of a Diver]
Zambini
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