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

[Frank Swinatra] (Table of Contents: 4)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Ed Goggin (signed)

Pencils:

Virginia Drury [as Ginger] (signed)

Inks:

Virginia Drury [as Ginger] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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)

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Janice Valleau, but Jerry Bails' Who's Who has GINGER as pen name for Virginia and says she is confused with Janice Valleau. Janice's pen name was JANICE J.

[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)

[Introducing the Flying Dragons] (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:

?

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)

Indexer Notes

only appearance
Vigoda is credited on both script and art on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Very different artwork compared with his signed Red Rube story.