Zip Comics #25

(April 1942)

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Steel Sterling / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher

Pencils

Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can you believe it?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney

Synopsis

Clancy buys an old vase that transports him and his friends back to ancient Greece.

Indexer Notes

Kanigher includes the splash page in his book, How To Make Money Writing For Comics Magazines (Cambridge House, 1943). Previous indexer thought Joe Blair had written this story.
Novick signature on final page.

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)

Inks

Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Somber quiet prevails in the courtroom...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Mary Stone (nurse); Mrs. Carter; Cyrus Weeks; Solitaire (secretary)

Synopsis

A nurse is accused of murdering Mrs. Carter for the two thousand dollars left in her will, but Black Jack proves he innocent. Later the same nurse is framed for another murder.

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Wilbur / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Lin Streeter

Inks

Lin Streeter

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Winter is a very exciting affair...

Genre

teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Eddie; Father Wilkins; Clancy McGinty (Police); Mr Morris (store owner)

Synopsis

Wilbur starts at a new job as his father thinks he needs a sense of responsibility.

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Captain Valor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Warren King

Inks

Warren King

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At U.S. Marine headquarters in Iceland

Genre

war

Characters

Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Marta (spy); Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

The Germans know every move the supply ships make, and the leak is a woman in the refugee camp.

Indexer Notes

Same art as other signed stories on this feature.

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Nevada Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Phillips

Inks

Jim Phillips

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nevada Jones has finally tracked down Bull Craven

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Bill Craven (outlaw)

Synopsis

After Bull Craven's capture, Nevada Jones' name is cleared and he can take off his mask for good.

Indexer Notes

last appearance
Same art as in Phillips' signed Black Witch story in #27. Compare close-up faces in frontview.

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War Eagles / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Blair

Pencils

Ed Smalle (signed)

Inks

Ed Smalle (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tim and Tom Shane...

Genre

aviation; war

Characters

Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (pilot); Nazis (Villain)

Synopsis

The three escapees crashland in their observation balloon among Australian soldiers in Crete.

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Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)

Inks

Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A hideous monster...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Dicky; Old Seer

Synopsis

Dicky fights the fire-breathing Medusa monster, but must get help from the old seer in the Magic Forest.

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Zambini / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Stein [as Stein] (signed)

Pencils

Jim Phillips [as Phillips] (signed)

Inks

Jim Phillips [as Phillips] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

In an ancient tenement...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Zambini (magician); J.W. Squelch (proprietor); Husband

Synopsis

After his wife trips on the worn stairs and crashes through a rotten, neglected bannister and falls to her death, her husband intends to kill the proprietor responsible.

Indexer Notes

Originally script credited to Harry Shorten, but the signed Stein is credited as writer on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.