(November 1942)

Archie, 1940 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-08-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
Brand
An MLJ Publication
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. 4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
Inks
Irv Novick (signed as Novick)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Web says: 'It's a pip!! Read Zip!!'
Genre
superhero
Characters
Steel Sterling; Web; Black Jack
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Zip Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #31
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The Merchant of Hate (Table of Contents: 1)

The Web / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sam Burlockoff ?
Inks
Sam Burlockoff ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Web [John Raymond]; Adolf Hitler (Villain); Heydrich (Villain; Intro; Death); Nazis (Villain); Mr. and Mrs. Pieter Franck and their baby (Intro; Death); Jimmy Denning (Intro)
Synopsis
This is the tale of a town somewhere in Europe, Lidice, and its destruction by the Nazis.

Indexer Notes

Title from inside front cover.
Originally credited "Irv Novick?", not him, but has more in common with Burlockoff's signed story in #33, such as noses and scowling mouth. Uncertain.

The Creeper (Table of Contents: 2)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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; The Creeper (Villain; Intro)
Synopsis
Steel in his struggle against the arch saboteur, the Creeper, who starts as a green costumed attraction at the circus.

The Clubfoot (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Red Holmdale (signed)
Inks
Red Holmdale (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Clubfoot (Intro; Villain; implied he is really Josef Goebbels); Schultz (Villain; Intro); Hauser (Villain; Intro); Jan Morski (Intro; Death); King of Ptomania (Intro)
Synopsis
The Clubfoot has come to America to kidnap the exciled King of Ptomania and take him to Germany, but Black Jack gets in his way.
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Indexer Notes

Title from inside front cover

The Football Season (Table of Contents: 4)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
Inks
Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Wilbur Wilkin; Principal Tootlefruit
Synopsis
The football season and all the students are out for the team with that good old Westfield spirit.

Indexer Notes

Joe Kubert mentioned on pg. 1 as a "student".

Some Killers Work Slowly (Table of Contents: 5)

A Web Story / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Feldman
Letters
typeset
Characters
Web [John Raymond]; Steve Lescott; Martha Shannon

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Zoom O'Day / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gee, this is a swell record... but I can't for the life of me remember its name... and the label's torn off too!
Genre
aviation; war
Characters
Zoom O'Day; Liverlips; General Mueller (villain; introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis
Zoom and Liverlips are on a strafing mission on the Euphrates River and are shot down, but escape and blow up a river dam.

Indexer Notes

Compare the artwork with Kubert's signed Spark Stevens story in Blue Beetle (Holyoke, 1942 series) #13. Early work.

Major Devereux, Warrior of Wake Island (Table of Contents: 7)

Zip's Hall of Fame / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks
Paul Reinman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; war; military
Characters
Major Devereux
Synopsis
The battle of Wake Island in the Pacific, December 1941.

Case No. 2 of People America Can Do Without (Table of Contents: 8)

Zambini / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Shorten ?
Pencils
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks
Paul Reinman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Zambini (magician); Mayor Drake and his girlfriend (Intro)
Synopsis
On needlessly use of cars when sailors die to bring gasoline.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["The Web says: 'It's a pip!! Read Zip!!'"]
    Black Jack; Steel Sterling; The Web
  2. 1. The Merchant of Hate
    The Web
  3. 2. The Creeper
    Steel Sterling
  4. 3. The Clubfoot
    Black Jack
  5. 4. The Football Season
    Wilbur
  6. 5. Some Killers Work Slowly
    A Web Story
  7. 6. ["Gee, this is a swell record... but I can't for the life of me remember its name... and the label's torn off too!"]
    Zoom O'Day
  8. 7. Major Devereux, Warrior of Wake Island
    Zip's Hall of Fame
  9. 8. Case No. 2 of People America Can Do Without
    Zambini
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