Zip Comics #46

(May 1944)

The Wand of Weirdness (Table of Contents: 1)

Steel Sterling / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder

Pencils

Irv Novick

Inks

Irv Novick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty (Policeman); Apollo Bates (villain, introduction, death); Muley (villain, introduction, death); Dippy Dugan (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

Apollo and Muley break into a museum and are confronted by a guard, so Apollo grabbed a scepter out of a case to use as a club. It was the "Wand of Weirdness", supposedly belonging to Merlin the Magician which had a curse that said anyone using the wand for evil purposes would have it visit back upon them. Sure enough, it does and both die. The wand next brings bad luck to a cab driver and racketeer Dippy Dugan, who is killed when he wishes for bullets to go around him. Steel Sterling retrieves the wand and returns it to the museum.

Reprints

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

[Stencho's Woman Problems] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Ed Goggin (signed)

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks

Terry Szenics (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Senor Banana; Stencho Odora; Dolores Odora (wife); Rosita

Synopsis

Stencho's wife wants to find out if he still loves her. A red wig and a new dress will do the trick.

Reprints

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

County Fair (Table of Contents: 3)

Applejacks / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Sahle?

Pencils

Harry Sahle (signed)

Inks

Terry Szenics (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Professor

Synopsis

The Applejack boys are on a gas balloon trip and land near the house of a screwy professor, who turns them into monkeys.

Reprints

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

Indexer Notes

last appearance

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

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Goggin (credited)

Pencils

Virginia Drury (as Ginger) (signed)

Inks

Virginia Drury (as Ginger) (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, Tommy! You're just definitely a dear to help me put that birdhouse up!

Genre

teen

Characters

Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Frank Swinatra (introduction)

Synopsis

Ginger meets Frank Sinatra.

Reprints

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

[The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Dr. Karvalla (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The wicked scientist, Dr. Karvalla, invented a formula that enabled him to travel in the fourth dimension.

Reprints

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

The Future and the Past (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Rose

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; crime

Characters

Harry Rose (narrator); Forbes

Synopsis

A corpse is found on a beach on Tahiti.

Reprints

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Flying Dragons / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Inks

Bill Vigoda (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We open our story in the mess hall of the Flying Dragons, American volunteers in the Chinese air force...

Genre

aviation

Characters

The Flying Dragons [Hank O'Toole, Spud] (introduction); The Japanese (villains)

Synopsis

The American Volunteer Group in China is disbanded and some join the Army Air Corps.

Reprints

• in Roly-Poly Comics (Green Publishing, 1945 series) #[1] (1945)