Zip Comics #39

(August 1943)

Murder Out of This World (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Oom the Mystic; Ali (assistant); Dutch Lemke (killer)

Synopsis

Sergeant McGinty meets a mystic to have him call up the spirit of Looney.

Doom (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Ed Goggin (signed)

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks

Terry Szenics (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Ye Old Hag; Handsome Harry

Synopsis

An old hag predicts the Applejack boys will meet their doom before the day is done. It is the annual Marrying Day.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited Harry Sahle.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nip and Tuck

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

Two headed turtle and frog cry.

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Ed Goggin (signed)

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks

Terry Szenics (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Bullfighters

Genre

humor

Characters

Senor Banana; Stencho Odora

Synopsis

Senor Odora plans to get rid of Banana by getting him into the bullfight,

You Can't Get Rich Jerking Sodas (Table of Contents: 5)

Crime / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Zenith Gray

Letters

typeset

Characters

Willie Sharpe; Jimmy Weaver; Inspector Craig

Synopsis

Interfering with the United States Mail is a federal offence.

[Who Is the Red Rube?] (Table of Contents: 6)

Red Rube / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Robbins (signed)

Inks

Ed Robbins (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Red Rube [Rueben Rueben]

Synopsis

Rueben flees from the orphanage and hides in an old castle where he gets his powers from the spirits of his dead ancestors.

Genie with the Blues (Table of Contents: 7)

Chimpy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joseph Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joseph Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joseph Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joseph Edwards

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters

Chimpy; Genie

Synopsis

Chimpy is trying his best to get Genie out of his blues.

Indexer Notes

Edwards is credited on both script and art on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who

On Vacation (Table of Contents: 8)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks

Virginia Drury [as Ginger] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Aunt Matilda

Synopsis

Ginger and Dotty are on vacation at aunt Matilda's.

Indexer Notes

Jerry Bails' Who's Who has GINGER as pen name for Virginia Drury, but uncertain which is the penciller and inker here.

Uncle Monte (Table of Contents: 9)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Goggin (signed)

Pencils

Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] (signed)

Inks

Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Dad Wilkie; Mom Wilkie; Uncle Monte

Synopsis

Uncle Monte is visiting the Wilkes family, and he is not as rich as everybody think.

Indexer Notes

The signature is Clem, and several of the faces have a clear Weisbecker look.