Zip Comics
#26
(May 1942)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-02-25
- 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. 2.
Remember Pearl Harbor!
Black Jack; Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling; Black Jack
- Reprints
in 
Remember Pearl Harbor
Steel Sterling / comic story / 13 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; Premier Itoki
- Synopsis
- Steel is sent out by the U.S. Consul to evacuate American civilians from Japan and occupied territories just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Black Jack Vs. Deuces Wilde
Black Jack / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Deuces Wilde (gambler); Kent (crooked politician)
- Synopsis
- When the Mayor dies, the new one is the crooked Kent, who is cooperating with the big shot gambler, Deuces Wilde.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you should pass by the window...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Mary Wilkin (mom)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Wilkin is desperately trying to reduce by training.
[no title indexed]
Captain Valor / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Ed Bresnick (signed)
- Pencils
- Warren King (signed as King)
- Inks
- Warren King (signed as King)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One peaceful night...
- Genre
- war; adventure
- Characters
- Captain Valor (Marine); Goop (Marine); Japanese (villains)
- Synopsis
- The attack on Pearl Harbor.
Indexer Notes
This is the final appearance of the "Captain Valor" feature.
[no title indexed]
Stories of the Black Witch / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the eerie glow of the fire's embers...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Black Witch; Jed
- Synopsis
- A cat and a dead woman are hidden inside a wall.
Indexer Notes
The new "Stories of the Black Witch" feature beginning in this issue is a reboot of the earlier "Tales from the Witch's Cauldron" feature which was last seen in Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie, 1939 Series) #22 (March 1942).
Art very similar to Phillips' signed story in #27.
[no title indexed]
War Eagles / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- By golly, we've overshot Cairo...
- Genre
- war; aviation
- Characters
- Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Helen; Nazis (Villain)
- Synopsis
- The Eagles and Helen are pursued very closely by the Germans in the Western Desert, and hide under the Sphinx.
[no title indexed]
Dicky in the Magic Forest / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The only way the Medusa...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Dicky has gone to the peak of a very treacherous mountain, where he can obtain a Medusa egg to kill the Medusa monster.
Indexer Notes
This is the final appearance of the "Dicky in the Magic Forest" feature.
[no title indexed]
Zambini / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zambini matches wits with a man for whom words are weapons...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Zambini (magician); Whit Warren
- Synopsis
- Gossip is a double-edged weapon, and Zambini has come to warn Mr. Warren before it's too late.
Indexer Notes
Most probably the art of Phillips, when comparing noses on some close up faces with his signed story in #27.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Remember Pearl Harbor!
Black Jack; Steel Sterling -
1.
Remember Pearl Harbor
Steel Sterling -
2.
Black Jack Vs. Deuces Wilde
Black Jack -
3.
["If you should pass by the window..."]
Wilbur -
4.
["One peaceful night..."]
Captain Valor -
5.
["In the eerie glow of the fire's embers..."]
Stories of the Black Witch -
6.
["By golly, we've overshot Cairo..."]
War Eagles -
7.
["The only way the Medusa..."]
Dicky in the Magic Forest -
8.
["Zambini matches wits with a man for whom words are weapons..."]
Zambini
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- Clint Maxwell
- Mike Nielsen
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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