Zip Comics
#42
(December 1943)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except June and September
- On-sale Date
- 1943-09-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
- Brand
-
An MLJ Magazine
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Red Rube; Steel Sterling / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Rube!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Rube; Steel Sterling
The Space That Wasn't There
Steel Sterling / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stick around, Clancy, you never can tell!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty; Prof. Hector; Weston
- Synopsis
- Professor Hector has invented a powerful ray gun that makes things change size.
[The Secret Rubber Formula]
Señor Banana / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Goggin (signed as Goggin)
- Pencils
- Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)
- Inks
- Terry Szenics (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Terry Szenics (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Señor Banana and his pal, Señor Stencho almost lost their lives!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Senor Banana; Stencho Odora; Trickster
- Synopsis
- Banana and Stencho are tricked into buying a bottle of liquid that turns leaves into rubber.
[no title indexed]
The Applejacks / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Goggin ?
- Pencils
- Harry Sahle (signed as Sahle)
- Inks
- Virginia Drury (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Haw-haw-haw So yo' is the revenooers what come t' capture me an' collec' a reward?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Wild Mountain Bill; Pappy Applejack
- Synopsis
- To earn 50 dollars the Applejack boys have to collect it from Wild Mountain Bill, who owes it to their pappy.
Genies Don't Kill
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Maurice Howard (house name)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "She sat up all night with her husband's corpse," Sergeant Duffy explained.
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Sergeant Duffy; Mrs. Livingston; Doc. Carter; Mr. Cone; Peter Rance
- Synopsis
- She sat up all night beside the coffin of her dead husband and in the morning they found her dead.
[The Haunted House]
Ginger / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's this Ginger and Dotty in a haunted house!
- Feature Logo
Ginger- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Miss Wheedle (teacher); Freddie Flamm
- Synopsis
- Ginger and Dotty have to go into the old haunted house to prove they don't believe in ghosts.
[no title indexed]
Red Rube / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our story begins in a suburb of our city --
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Red Rube [Rueben Rueben]; Dr. John Hunter; Mrs. Hunter; Dr. Blatherskee; Blatherskee's gang
- Synopsis
- Dr. Hunter has a fortune hidden in a needle and a gang is out to steal it.
[no title indexed]
Chimpy / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once upon a time all was sweetness and light in Which land!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Chimpy; Genie; Itchy Witch; Twitchy Witch
- Synopsis
- The two Witches fight over Genie.
[no title indexed]
Zipsy Doodles / activity / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Includes four riddles and image search for things that start with "I."
[The Experiment]
Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Goggin ?
- Pencils
- Betty Hershey (signed)
- Inks
- Betty Hershey (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Principal Pimplerod! Almost completely disappeared!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Wilbur Wilkin; Principal Pimplerod; Dotty
- Synopsis
- Wilbur has become an air-raid warden.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Hey, Rube!"]
Red Rube; Steel Sterling -
1.
The Space That Wasn't There
Steel Sterling -
2.
[The Secret Rubber Formula]
Señor Banana -
3.
["The Black Hood wants you to tune in on the WOR Mutual Broadcasting System."]
Black Hood -
4.
["Haw-haw-haw So yo' is the revenooers what come t' capture me an' collec' a reward?"]
The Applejacks -
5.
Genies Don't Kill
-
6.
[The Haunted House]
Ginger -
7.
["Our story begins in a suburb of our city --"]
Red Rube -
8.
["Once upon a time all was sweetness and light in Which land!"]
Chimpy -
9.
[no title indexed]
Zipsy Doodles -
10.
["Great news!"]
Archie -
11.
[The Experiment]
Wilbur
This issue was modified by, among others
- Luke A.
- Steinar Ådland
- Gregory Fischer
- Clint Maxwell
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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