Zip Comics
#24
(March 1942)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-01-01
- 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.
Steel Sterling and Black Jack in Daring Chinatown Exploit Foil Would-Be Assassins!
Black Jack; Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel sterling; Black Jack
- Reprints
in 
Frozen Death
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
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney
- Synopsis
- Steel will try to get some serum through to a colony of white people isolated in a blizard in Alaska.
[no title indexed]
Black Jack / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poker Face
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Poker Face; Dr. Winslow; Butch (convict); Stinky Davis (convict)
- Synopsis
- After killing Dr. Winslow, Poker Face disguises himself as the doctor meets Black Jack on the opreation table.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- New Year's Party
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Eddie
- Synopsis
- Snowball fight and New Year's Party.
"All is quiet off the coast of Iceland..."
Captain Valor / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Man hunt off the coast of Iceland for U-boats.
Indexer Notes
Art similar to signed King story in issue #22.
[no title indexed]
Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Never has Nevada Jones ceased...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Bill Craven (outlaw)
- Synopsis
- Bill Craven has been dodging Nevada Jones and has come up with an idea to get Nevada.
[no title indexed]
War Eagles / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After blowing up a giant gun...
- Genre
- aviation; war
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Professor Crackpotte; General Von Burp
- Synopsis
- Nazi troops are searching for Tim and Tom, and they and their friends escape in a balloon.
"Why have you not brought me any human beings..."
Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dicky; Dicky's Father; Jackie; Freckles; The Painted Minotaur
- Synopsis
- The Painted Minotaur wants human sacrifice.
Indexer Notes
Art same as Streeter's signed story in #25.
[no title indexed]
Zambini / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harry Stein (signed)
- Pencils
- Jim Phillips (signed)
- Inks
- Jim Phillips (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On a cargo liner...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); Captain
- Synopsis
- Zambini is a lone passenger on a cargo liner with a brutal captain.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit revised per Leonard Wolinsky, from splash page signature, 1/19/2007. Previously credited to Harry Shorten.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Steel Sterling and Black Jack in Daring Chinatown Exploit Foil Would-Be Assassins!
Black Jack; Steel Sterling -
1.
Frozen Death
Steel Sterling -
2.
["Poker Face"]
Black Jack -
3.
["New Year's Party"]
Wilbur -
4.
"All is quiet off the coast of Iceland..."
Captain Valor -
5.
["Never has Nevada Jones ceased..."]
Nevada Jones -
6.
["After blowing up a giant gun..."]
War Eagles -
7.
"Why have you not brought me any human beings..."
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
8.
["On a cargo liner..."]
Zambini
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Keith Chandler
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Clint Maxwell
- Jim Van Dore
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