Zip Comics
#22
(January 1942)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-11-01
- 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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
[no title indexed]
Black Jack; Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Jack; Steel Sterling
- Reprints
-
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1068 - The Complete Black Jack ([May] 2017), #375 - Steel Sterling: 1942 ([July] 2018)
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[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hawaii!! Strange land...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Professor Dazzero
- Synopsis
- Steele and his friends are on Hawaii and meet the living dead who walk the sands of Waikiki Beach, controlled by Professor Dazzero.
Cleopatra, Queen of Hearts
Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Cleopatra; Anthony Mark (millionaire sportsman); Andrews (banking king); Philips (steel magnate); Bernhard Brutus; Charles Caesar (finance tycoon)
- Synopsis
- The reincarnation of Cleopatra appears in New York and rich men dies by her spells.
- 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
- All right, fellas!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin
- Synopsis
- Wilbur is on the Westfield football team and scores the winning goal.
[no title indexed]
Captain Valor / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Joe Blair
- Pencils
- Warren King (signed as King)
- Inks
- Warren King (signed as King)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Looks a lot like an Indian war dance, to me!
- Genre
- war; adventure
- Characters
- Captain Valor; Slim; Slam; Sergeant Hogan; Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Nazis are stirring up the natives against the Marines on a South American island.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shield-Wizard No. 5 A four-star smash hit from coast to coast
- Synopsis
- House ad for Shield-Wizard 5. Four panels: the first panel is a facsimile of people in a cinema looking at "credits" (contents) of the issue. The next three panels preview the Shield, Wizard & Roy, and Dusty the Boy Detective stories.
[no title indexed]
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All Mexico rings with the dread name...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Pancho Cortez (outlaw); Mayor Guadalez
- Synopsis
- The Mayor has called on Nevada Jones to deal with the killing outlaw, Pancho Cortez.
Indexer Notes
Bony faces with mouth drawn with two short lines, and quite realistic horses are identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.
"Posing as factory inspectors..."
War Eagles / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war; aviation
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Eric Schlitz (Nazi pilot)
- Synopsis
- The Eagles has stolen important papers from a Nazi factory and make their getaway in a German Stuka to deliver their goods.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's here! It's here! It's here!
- Synopsis
- House ad for The Hangman Comics, featuring the Hangman and the Boy Buddies.
Indexer Notes
References "Dusty the spectacular boy dectective" (detective spelled incorrectly).
[no title indexed]
Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Into the town of Padora...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dicky; Dicky's Father; Jackie; Freckles; Loki (Lord)
- Synopsis
- Dicky is chased by Loki, Lord of the Magic Forest, and puts on his magic boxing gloves.
Indexer Notes
Art formerly credited to Larry Golden, but Streeter signs the strip in issue #25.
[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
- One night the Miracle Man...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); Bob (reckless driver)
- Synopsis
- Zambini is nearly run down by a reckless driver and thinks he needs a good lesson.
Indexer Notes
Art credit revised per Leonard Wolinsky, from splash page signature, 1/19/2007. Previously credited to Bob Montana.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Black Jack; Steel Sterling -
1.
["Hawaii!! Strange land..."]
Steel Sterling -
2.
Cleopatra, Queen of Hearts
Black Jack -
3.
["All right, fellas!"]
Wilbur -
4.
["Looks a lot like an Indian war dance, to me!"]
Captain Valor -
5.
["Shield-Wizard No. 5 A four-star smash hit from coast to coast"]
-
6.
["All Mexico rings with the dread name..."]
Nevada Jones -
7.
"Posing as factory inspectors..."
War Eagles -
8.
["It's here! It's here! It's here!"]
-
9.
["Into the town of Padora..."]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
10.
["One night the Miracle Man..."]
Zambini
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Keith Chandler
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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