Zip Comics
#38
(July 1943)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
- Brand
-
An MLJ Publication
- Editing
- ?
The Little Men Who Weren't There
Steel Sterling / comic story / 11 pages
- 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]
The Applejacks / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Virginia Drury (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
text story / 2 pages
- 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
Ginger / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
ZIP's Hall of Fame / comic story / 6 pages
- 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]
World Wonders / comic story / 1 page
- 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
Senor Banana / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Art like the signed story in #39.
Dreaming
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- 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.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling, Senor Banana, Ginger, Applejacks -
1.
The Little Men Who Weren't There
Steel Sterling -
2.
["Do you, Slappy an' Happy, take these measley -- er -- I mean Measle twins to be yo' lawful wedded wives?"]
The Applejacks -
3.
Last Laugh
-
4.
Andy Clive and His Jive Five
Ginger -
5.
The Screwball of Malta
ZIP's Hall of Fame -
6.
["40 miles an hour..."]
World Wonders -
7.
The Land of the Missing Link
Senor Banana -
8.
Dreaming
Wilbur -
9.
Jest Jokes
-
10.
The Men Who Went Nowhere
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