Zip Comics #36

(April 1943)

The Lost Boy Scout (Table of Contents: 1)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed as Irving Novick)

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A man and a boy pit their wits against a cruel and vicious enemy...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Charley Lin (boy scout); Chiang Wei Cheng (scientist)

Synopsis

A Chinese boy is picked up by Police Officer Clancey and he is carrying a vital link necessary for a secret invention worked on by his uncle. Japanese agents are out to get it.

Introducing Señor Banana (Table of Contents: 2)

Señor Banana / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

Inks

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

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?

Letters

?

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In a small village of a small county in a small South American country, there lives a small man...

Genre

humor

Characters

Señor Banana; Stencho Odora; Señorita Odora

Synopsis

In a small village in a South American country, there lives a small man, who loves bananas.

Flight to the East (Table of Contents: 3)

Steel Sterling / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Grant Bosworth (house name)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

"Escort to a buzzing bumble bee!" snorted Alec Ben Lunar, other wise known as Looney.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Looney; Mr. Schoenbuckel; Alec Ben Lunar (pilot)

Cooking School (Table of Contents: 4)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

Inks

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

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?

Letters

?

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The way to a man's heart is through his stomach...

Genre

teen

Characters

Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Miss Gargle (teacher, introduction); Principal Grump; Mr. Snapp; Mrs. Snapp; Trouble

Synopsis

Ginger's attempts at baking a birthday cake end in failure.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Chimpy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

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?

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?

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Flash!... everyone off the street... (gulp)... a man-eating lion has just escaped! Run for your lives!!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Chimpy; Genie

Synopsis

A man-eating lion has escaped from the zoo.

Gags (Table of Contents: 6)

Jest Jokes / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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What's your phone number?

Genre

humor

Introducing the Applejack Family (Table of Contents: 7)

The Applejacks / 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

?

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Hey! Slappy! Lookut all them there people agapin' at us!

Genre

humor

Characters

Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Corn-Licker (mule)

Synopsis

Introducing the Applejacks.
The boys are trying out their applejack on Corn-Licker, the mule.

Woody the Woodpecker (Table of Contents: 8)

Woody the Woodpecker / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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The workshop in the old hollow tree is humming with life -- Woody has just come in with an idea!

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Woody; Sleepy

Synopsis

Woody has a new invention, an airplane.

Indexer Notes

This is not the Walter Lantz cartoon character of the same name, but a completely different character.

The School Play (Table of Contents: 9)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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The place -- the auditorium of Westfield High School.

Genre

teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Eddie; Mrs. Snodgrass

Synopsis

Wilbur is directing the school play rehearsal.

High Jumping Champ (Table of Contents: 10)

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)

Genre

non-fiction

The Web and the Dream (Table of Contents: 11)

The Web / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)

Inks

Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm going to kill you, Dr. Simon Marchton!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Web [John Raymond]; Dr. Simon Marchton; John Pierrepont; Dr. Eric Graham; Jane Graham

Synopsis

Pierrepont dreams he has killed a man, and next day he can read about it in the paper.