Zip Comics #38

(July 1943)

The Little Men Who Weren't There (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Irv Novick (signed)

Inks

Irv Novick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant O'Shea (Police); Looney; Joshua Walton (Keeper of the Yehudis)

Synopsis

Invisible fairies, the Yehudis, are giving information to the Nazis.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Applejacks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Virginia Drury (as Ginger) (signed)

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

Inks

Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Do you, Slappy an' Happy, take these measley -- er -- I mean Measle twins to be yo' lawful wedded wives?

Genre

humor

Characters

Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Harry Sahle; Wedlock Bill; Measles twins

Synopsis

The Applejack boys are being led to the altar by Maw Measles to marry the Measles twins, but are saved by Harry Sahle, the artist.

Last Laugh (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

crime

Characters

Skeets Sampson; Sheriff Josiah Jonesby; Sweeney; Mac

Synopsis

A smart crook meets his better in a Mac's Diner deal.

Andy Clive and His Jive Five (Table of Contents: 4)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks

Harry Sahle (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Andy Clive (Hep-Cat); Principal Grump

Synopsis

Ginger invites Andy Clive and his Jive Five to play at the Freshman Prom.

The Screwball of Malta (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Mary Goss ?

Inks

Mary Goss ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; war

Characters

George Frederick Beurling (RCAF pilot)

Synopsis

Teen-age pilot hero of the battle of Malta.

Indexer Notes

Art has some resemblence to the feature World Wonders by Goss.

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

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

40 miles an hour...

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

First military airplanes and Thanksgiving turkeys.

The Land of the Missing Link (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Ed Goggin

Pencils

Harry Sahle

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

Art like the signed story in #39.

Dreaming (Table of Contents: 8)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Dad Wilkie; Mom Wilkie; Eddie; Suzie; Annabelle

Synopsis

A large firework to the boys who sell the most War Stamps by the 4th of July.

Jest Jokes (Table of Contents: 9)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harry Sahle

Pencils

Harry Sahle

Inks

Harry Sahle

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Sahle

Genre

humor

The Men Who Went Nowhere (Table of Contents: 10)

Web / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Clem Weisbecker ?

Inks

Clem Weisbecker ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Web [Jon Raymond]; Madeline Freeman (salesgirl); Frank Moran (FBI agent); Paul Freeman (Nazi spy)

Synopsis

FBI agents are killed by Nazies and The Web captured.

Indexer Notes

Artwork looks like Weisbecker's faces.