Zip Comics #35

(March 1943)

Lisbon (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

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Pencils

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ouch! Help! Someone help!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Sgt. Looney; Von Klune (Gertapo agent)

Synopsis

A Secret Service agent in Portugal is arrested on evidence unearthed by German agents, and Looney is sent to obtain this "evidence" before the trial. With the help of Steel.

The Web and the Book (Table of Contents: 2)

The Web / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed as Novick)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed as Novick)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was only a book!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Web (John Raymond); Prof. Andive (book collector); Mr. Whithers (store keeper); William Foster (ex-convict); Warden Flick (villain)

Synopsis

A book collector is murdered for an old book, and the trail leads to an ex-convict, and then to the warden himself.

The Paralyzed Thumb (Table of Contents: 3)

The Web / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Flynn Livingston

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The bullet bit into Michael Dean's shoulder ... but he didn't cry out.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Web [John Raymond]; Michael Dean; Dorothy Dean

Dame of Fate (Table of Contents: 4)

Black Jack / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)

Inks

Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ha! Ha! What fools these mortals be!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Judy [Vivienne]

Synopsis

Black Jack is taken back in time to the French Revolution and the Guilliotine.

Reprints

• in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1068 - The Complete Black Jack ([May] 2017)

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Black Jack" feature in Zip Comics. The feature appears next in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 Series) #50 (August 2000).

Mother-in-Law (Table of Contents: 5)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh boy! Am I burning 'em in!

Genre

teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Mrs. Wilkin (mom); Mother-in-Law

Synopsis

Robert's mother-in-law is coming for a visit.

Introducing Ginger (Table of Contents: 6)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

Inks

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

San Francisco may have its earthquakes, Florida its cyclones, Texas its tornados...

Genre

teen

Characters

Ginger Snap (introduction); Dotty (introduction); Principal Grump (introduction); Lotta Snap (mom, introduction); John Whipper Snap (dad, introduction)

Synopsis

Ginger tries to avoid Principal Grump at a football game after he bans her from cheering at the game following a megaphone mishap.

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Ginger, which would continue as an Archie feature until 1954. Hillwood High plays MLJ Sub-Normal Academy and its Coach Silverkleit in a football game, a reference to publisher MLJ Comics and co-founder Louis Silberkleit. (Unclear if character name is typo or pun on athletic cleat.) Ginger's last name is originally spelled as "Snap" in this story before evolving to "Snapp" in future stories.

Gags (Table of Contents: 7)

Jest Jokes / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

Mike Roy (signed as Roy)

Colors

Mike Roy (signed as Roy)

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Inside the signature square is another name not readable.

Semyon Timoshenko (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

When the lights of Europe are once again kindled...

Genre

non-fiction; war; military

Characters

Marshal Semyon Timoshenko

Synopsis

The story of a Russian Marshal fighting the German army.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Mary Goss (signed as Goss)

Pencils

Mary Goss (signed as Goss)

Inks

Mary Goss (signed as Goss)

Colors

?

Letters

Mary Goss (signed as Goss)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The flower pot plant shapes its leaves into a pot-like form that holds its own roots.

Genre

non-fiction

The Tale of Hugh Sinclair (Table of Contents: 10)

Zambini / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)

Inks

Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Listen, Americans, the wheels of industry are humming, singing out a tune in the key of "V."

Genre

superhero

Characters

Zambini (magician); Hugh Sinclair (profiteer)

Synopsis

A tale of Hugh Sinclair, one of those despicable men America can do without, and to whom profit means more than help winning the war

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Zambini" feature.