Zip Comics
#21
(December 1941)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-10-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten (editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 534066.
[no title indexed]
Black Jack; Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's not in the cards for you to cheat the law!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Black Jack [Jack Jones]
- Reprints
-
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #692 - Zip Comics -- Volume 4 ([May] 2017), #1068 - The Complete Black Jack ([May] 2017)
-
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair (signed)
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Puppet Master of Death
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Garguilo (Puppet Master of Death)
- Synopsis
- The Puppet Master stages an armored car robbery at the Mardi Gras.
The King of Diamonds
Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Jack [Jack Jones]; The King of Diamonds; Mike Romeus (ex-gangster); John Rocco (crook); Carl Carlson (crook)
- Synopsis
- The King of Diamonds is out to take revenge on his criminal friends who once left him for dead.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair (signed as Blair)
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter (signed as Lin)
- Inks
- Lin Streeter (signed as Lin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Father! L-l-look!
- Genre
- humor; teen
[no title indexed]
Captain Valor / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Lin Streeter (signed as Lin)
- Inks
- Lin Streeter (signed as Lin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And if the Army or the Navy...
- Genre
- war; adventure
- Characters
- Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Nazis (villains); Mayor
- Synopsis
- German ships are somehow getting munitions from from Brazil and the U.S. don't know who's supplying them.
Indexer Notes
Signature Lin on the trousers of the kid in splash panel.
[no title indexed]
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Little Joe! Look yonder!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Slade (villain); Pete (villain)
- Synopsis
- The payroll money going by the stage is not found by the robbers, as it is hidden in the wooden arm of the driver.
[no title indexed]
War Eagles / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tim and Tom...
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman)
- Synopsis
- Tim and Tom's are on their way to bomb objectives deep inside Germany when shot down.
[no title indexed]
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
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Magic Box...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dicky; Giant; Witch
- Synopsis
- A giant has grabbed Dicky and takes him home eat.
[no title indexed]
Zambini / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harry Shorten
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Reinman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zambini is being shown around...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); Morton (chemist)
- Synopsis
- A chemist is set up to sabotage the Nitropyro munitions plant.
Indexer Notes
Art credit revised per Leonard Wolinsky, from splash page signature, 1/19/2007. Previously credited to Bob Montana.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["It's not in the cards for you to cheat the law!"]
Black Jack; Steel Sterling -
1.
["Puppet Master of Death"]
Steel Sterling -
2.
["There's a thrill-a panel in Jackpot!"]
-
3.
The King of Diamonds
Black Jack -
4.
["Father! L-l-look!"]
Wilbur -
5.
["And if the Army or the Navy..."]
Captain Valor -
6.
["Little Joe! Look yonder!"]
Nevada Jones -
7.
["Tim and Tom..."]
War Eagles -
8.
["The Magic Box..."]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
9.
["Shield-Wizard No. 5 on sale at your newsstands soon!"]
-
10.
["Zambini is being shown around..."]
Zambini
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