Zip Comics #33

(January 1943)

Curse of the Orient (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; P.G. Kane (collector)

Synopsis

A pair of eyeglasses called the Curse of the Orient, thet can reveal the true inner thoughts of the person looked at.

Drums of Madness (Table of Contents: 2)

Web / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sam Burlockoff (signed)

Inks

Sam Burlockoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Web (John Raymond); Mark Randolph (diplomat); Hiller (Nazi)

Synopsis

A diplomat hears drums inside his head, and it drives him almost insane. Web finds out he has a miniature receiver operated into his teeth.

The Professor Dies (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Scott Feldman

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Web [John Raymond]; Robert Woodley (professor); Gerald Lane (professor); Jenkins (officer); Keller (officer)

Synopsis

Why did the killer wear a long green beard?

The Full House (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Sam Cooper (signed)

Inks

Sam Cooper (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack [Jack Jones]; John Gruber (casino owner)

Synopsis

With the ever increasing U-boat menace at work day and night along the shores, America's life lines of supply are threatened with extiction. Black Jack finds one of the spies and informers in a casino.

Commando Training (Table of Contents: 5)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Red Holmdale (signed)

Inks

Red Holmdale (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Mrs. Wilkin (mom)

Synopsis

Wilbur is practicing to become a commando.

The Nazi Cobra Reinhardt Heydrich (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Reinhard Heydrich (Gestapo)

Synopsis

Life history of one of the world's most vicious monsters.

Michael O'Conner (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Johnson (signed)

Inks

Johnson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

Michael O'Connor (truck driver)

Synopsis

The story of an Irish cab driver from Brooklyn who drove supply trucks in Burma.

Indexer Notes

Signature at bottom of panel 4. The only Johnson credited as working for Archie, was a house ads artist named A. H. Johnson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

World Wonders / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Pencils

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Inks

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Mary Goss [as Goss] (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tree rings...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Mary Goss is credited on script and art on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Gags (Table of Contents: 9)

Just Jokes / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Rumor Mongers (Table of Contents: 10)

Zambini / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Zambini (magician)

Synopsis

All they did was spread a little rumor that was big enough to cause the sinking of a ship.