Gwandanaland Comics #1068 - The Complete Black Jack

([May] 2017)

[Zip Comics #20] (Table of Contents: 1)

Steel Sterling; Black Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling; Black Jack; Adolf Hitler

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #20 (November 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Al Camy

Inks

Al Camy

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beware the Black Jack!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jack Jones [becomes Black Jack]; Lucky Lavitto; Whitey; Baxter

Synopsis

Detectives Jack Jones and Whitey are betrayed by a fellow officer and fall into the hands of Lucky Lavitto and his gang. A fortune-teller had warned Lucky about "the Black Jack," so Lavitto seals Jones up in an airless space, then murders Whitey. Jones escapes with the help of a playing card, then decides to play dead and take on the costumed identity of Black Jack to capture the Lavitto gang and expose the crooked cop that betwayed him.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #20 (November 1941)

[Zip Comics #21] (Table of Contents: 3)

Black Jack; Steel Sterling / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack; Steel Sterling

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #21 (December 1941)

The King of Diamonds (Table of Contents: 4)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Al Camy (signed)

Inks

Al Camy (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack; King of Diamonds [Red Diamond]; Mike Romeus; John Rocco; Carl Carlson

Synopsis

The King of Diamonds is out to take revenge on his criminal friends who once left him for dead.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #21 (December 1941)

[Zip Comics #22] (Table of Contents: 5)

Steel Sterling; Black Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling; Black Jack

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #22 (January 1942)

Cleopatra, Queen of Hearts (Table of Contents: 6)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Camy (signed as Camy)

Inks

Al Camy (signed as Camy)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack [also appears as Jack Jones]; Cleopatra [Queen of Hearts]; Anthony Mark; Mr. Andrews; Mr. Philips; Bernard Brutus; Charles Caesar

Synopsis

The reincarnation of Cleopatra appears in New York and rich men die by her spells.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #22 (January 1942)

[Zip Comics #23] (Table of Contents: 7)

Steel Sterling; Black Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling; Black Jack

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #23 (February 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Al Camy (signed)

Inks

Al Camy (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hurry over and get the story on the Wane auction!

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack; Poker Face (introduction); Rudolph Wane; Anthony Phelps; Chief

Synopsis

Rudolph Wane sells everything he owns in an attempt to get away from the avenging Poker Face. The villain is stabbed during a fight with Black Jack, but he escapes.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #23 (February 1942)

[Zip Comics #24] (Table of Contents: 9)

Steel Sterling; Black Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling; Black Jack

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #24 (March 1942)

Keywords

Chinatown

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Al Camy (signed)

Inks

Al Camy (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good heavens! There's a knife in the poor chap's back!

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack; Poker Face (death); Dr. Winslow; Stinky Davis

Synopsis

Badly wounded (in the previous issue), Poker Face manages to get medical help, but then he murders the doctor and assumes his identity. Later, he has Black Jack at his mercy when he is summoned to a nearby prison to help in the aftermath of a prison break, but Black Jack fights back and Poker Face is electrocuted.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #24 (March 1942)

Keywords

electric chairs; prison breaks

[Zip Comics #25] (Table of Contents: 11)

Steel Sterling; Black Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling; Black Jack

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #25 (April 1942)

Keywords

grave robbers

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Al Camy (signed)

Inks

Al Camy (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ladies and gentlemen, Mary Stone is on trial for the murder of Mrs. Carter.

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack; Solitaire; Mary Stone; Mrs. Carter; Cyrus Weeks; Ellen Weeks

Synopsis

A nurse is accused of murdering Mrs. Carter for the two thousand dollars left in her will, but Black Jack proves her innocent. Later the same nurse is framed for another murder, this time the wealthy Cyrus Weeks, by Weeks's wife and secretary (nicknamed Solitaire).

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #25 (April 1942)

Indexer Notes

Mrs. Carter's name is Mrs. Owens on the first page of the story.

[Zip Comics #26] (Table of Contents: 13)

Steel Sterling; Black Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Sreel Sterling; Black Jack

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #26 (May 1942)

Keywords

Axis; mirrors; Pearl Harbor; World War II

Black Jack Versus "Deuces" Wilde (Table of Contents: 14)

Black Jack / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Al Camy (signed)

Inks

Al Camy (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack; Deuces Wilde; Mayor Kent; the Commissioner

Synopsis

When the Mayor dies, he is succeeded by the crooked city councilor Kent, who is cooperating with the big shot gambler, Deuces Wilde.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #26 (May 1942)

[Zip Comics #27] (Table of Contents: 15)

The Web; Steel Sterling; Black Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Web; Steel Sterling; Black Jack

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #27 (July 1942)

Keywords

Japanese; World War II

The Stars Drip Blood (Table of Contents: 16)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Al Camy (signed)

Inks

Al Camy (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack; Black Seven

Synopsis

The Black Seven is born as the seventh son of a seventh son, a bad sign. He becomes a symbol for fiendish cunning and murder. While trying to steal secret documents from the Turkish ambassador, he meets up with Black Jack.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #27 (July 1942)

The Seven Strikes Death (Table of Contents: 17)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Warren King (signed as King)

Inks

Warren King (signed as King)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack; Black Seven; the Commissioner

Synopsis

A fortune teller warns Black Seven that his luck will finally end, but the villain continues his crime spree until he is struck by lightning during a fight with Black Jack.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #28 (August 1942)

The House of Cards (Table of Contents: 18)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Red Holmdale (signed)

Inks

Red Holmdale (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack [also appears as Jack Jones] John Smith; Mr. Beggs; Mary Smith; Mrs. Smith; the Commissioner

Synopsis

A worker at a playing card company discovers that they are manufacturing incendiary packs of cards, designed to burst into flame as they are being sent overseas for U.S. soldiers. Black Jack takes down the Nazis behind the scheme.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #29 (September 1942)

Keywords

Nazis; saboteurs

Who Killed Casino? (Table of Contents: 19)

Black Jack / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Warren King (signed as King)

Inks

Warren King (signed as King)

Colors

?

Letters

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Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack [also appears as Jack Jones]; Nick Casino; Judy Sloane; Diamond Lil; Legs Thompson; Mike Angelo; Duval; Commissioner

Synopsis

Black Jack must discover the identity of the person who killed the club owner, Casino.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #30 (October 1942)

Keywords

iron lungs; nightclubs

[Zip Comics #31] (Table of Contents: 20)

The Web; Steel Sterling; Black Jack / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Web; Steel Sterling; Black Jack

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #31 (November 1942)

Keywords

Axis; tanks; World War II

The Clubfoot (Table of Contents: 21)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Red Holmdale (signed)

Inks

Red Holmdale (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack; Clubfoot; Schultz; Hauser; Jan Morski; King of Ptomania; Commissioner; Joseph Goebbels (cameo)

Synopsis

The Clubfoot has come to America to kidnap the exiled King of Ptomania and take him to Germany, but Black Jack gets in his way.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #31 (November 1942)

Keywords

Nazis; World War II

Indexer Notes

It's implied that Clubfoot may actually be real-life Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels in disguise.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Black Jack / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Feldman (signed)

Pencils

Samm Schwartz ?

Inks

Samm Schwartz ?

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

All right! This is a raid!

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack; Fan Tan [Murdock]; Ah Kim; Lotus; Sing Lee

Synopsis

A rug merchant collecting war funds for China is murdered and twenty thousand dollars stolen. Only a playing card signed Fan Tan is left as a clue for Black Jack to find the killer.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #32 (December 1942)

The Full House (Table of Contents: 23)

Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack [also appears as Jack Jones]; John Gruber

Synopsis

Black Jack saves two of his old pals from being kidnapped and forced into service on a Nazi submarine.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #33 (January 1943)

Keywords

Nazis; submarines; World War I; World War II

Look for This Trademark: An MLJ Publication (Table of Contents: 24)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #34 (February 1943)

Indexer Notes

House ad for MLJ comics: Hangman, Pep, Zip, Shield-Wizard, Top Notch Laugh, and Jackpot.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Black Jack / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sam Cooper (credited)

Inks

Sam Cooper (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is Clem Carter, your world newscaster speaking...

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack [also appears as Jack Jones]; Donald King; Stan Patt; Mrs. King; J. Edgar Hoover; Clem Carter

Synopsis

Jack Jones investigates a suicide that leads Black Jack on a mission to uncover a vast Nazi spy ring.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #34 (February 1943)

Keywords

FBI; Nazis; radio; spies; suicide

Indexer Notes

J. Edgar Hoover is not specifically named in this story, but the FBI chief as drawn certainly resembles him.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Black Jack / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sam Cooper (credited)

Inks

Sam Cooper (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ha! Ha! What fools these mortals be!

Feature Logo

Black Jack

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack [also appears as Jack Jones]; Lady Vivienne; Marie Antoinette; King Louis XVI; Dame of Fate

Synopsis

Black Jack is transported back in time to the days of the French Revolution where he saves a noblewoman from the guillotine and is nearly beheaded himself before returning to the present.

Reprints

• from Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #35 (March 1943)

Keywords

fortune telling; French Revolution; guillotine; time travel

Indexer Notes

Marie Antoinette is identifiable by the famous phrase attributed to her: "Let them eat cake."