Zip Comics
#20
(November 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-09-10
- 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. 4.
[no title indexed]
Black Jack; Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sure proud to welcome you to Zip Comics, Black Jack!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Black Jack [Jack Jones] (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain)
- Reprints
in 
[The Secret Jungle Airdrome]
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair (signed as Blair)
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Captain Schmidt (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Steel uncovers a secret Nazi air base in the jungle of Brazil.
[no title indexed]
Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Beware the black jack! He will be your doom!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Jack [Jack Jones] (introduction, origin); Whitey (introduction, death); Mr. Larson (introduction); Lucky Lavitto (villain, introduction); Baxter (villain, introduction); Lavitto's gang (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- Lucky Lavitto has been going to a favorite fortune teller for years, always hearing that he is still boss of the town. However, on his most recent visit to the seer, he is told that he is to fear "the Black Jack", which will bring about his doom.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Camy is spotted by his faces with angular jaws and chins and often scowling mouth.
[no title indexed]
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair (credited as Blair)
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter (signed as Lin)
- Inks
- Lin Streeter (signed as Lin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wilbur Wilkin! You stop that this minute!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Betty Fox (introduction); J. A. McGeery (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Wilbur is giving McGeery a dunking in the watering trough for calling him "Wilbur" instead of "Bill".
[Greenland Adventure]
Captain Valor / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- A fleet of German transports is landing a division on Greenland, unknown to Captain Valor and his Marines on their side of the island.
Indexer Notes
Same art as in his signed Captain Valor in #21.
[The Rodeo Murder Plot]
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Wilson (rancher); Mike Slade (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Slade holds the mortgage on Wilson's ranch and is pretty anxious to take over at any cost.
Indexer Notes
Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volp's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.
[no title indexed]
War Eagles / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the place, boys! There is supposed to be a lot of fish here
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tim Shane; Tom Shane; Swen; Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- A German U-boat has a secret hiding place in a castle by the Scottish coast.
[The Maharajah of Madowa]
Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 7 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; Maharjah of Madowa (villain, introduction); Lunar (villain, introduction)
[War of the Circuses]
Zambini / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
- Inks
- Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); Mr. Gallop (introduction); Swafford (villain, introduction); Socko (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I'm sure proud to welcome you to Zip Comics, Black Jack!"]
Black Jack; Steel Sterling -
1.
[The Secret Jungle Airdrome]
Steel Sterling -
2.
["Criminals everywhere!!!"]
-
3.
["Beware the black jack! He will be your doom!"]
Black Jack -
4.
["Wilbur Wilkin! You stop that this minute!"]
Wilbur -
5.
[Greenland Adventure]
Captain Valor -
6.
[The Rodeo Murder Plot]
Nevada Jones -
7.
["This is the place, boys! There is supposed to be a lot of fish here"]
War Eagles -
8.
[The Maharajah of Madowa]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
9.
[""Case of the Radium Murders" Newest Captain Flag adventure appears in the November issue of Blue Ribbon Comics!"]
-
10.
[War of the Circuses]
Zambini
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- Keith Chandler
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- Craig Delich
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
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- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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