Zip Comics
#46
(May 1944)
Archie,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly except January, March and September
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- M. L. J. Magazines, Inc.
- Brand
-
An MLJ Magazine
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
The Wand of Weirdness
Steel Sterling / comic story / 10 pages
- 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 [Stencho's Woman Problems]
Senor Banana / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Indexer Notes
last appearance
County Fair
Applejacks / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[no title indexed]
Ginger / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Ed Goggin (credited)
- Pencils
- Virginia Drury (signed)
- Inks
- Virginia Drury (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
[The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla]
Red Rube / comic story / 10 pages
- 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
The Future and the Past
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure; crime
- Characters
- Harry Rose (narrator); Forbes
- Synopsis
- A corpse is found on a beach on Tahiti.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Flying Dragons / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Steel Sterling; Red Rube -
1.
The Wand of Weirdness
Steel Sterling -
2.
[Stencho's Woman Problems]
Senor Banana -
3.
County Fair
Applejacks -
4.
["Oh, Tommy! You're just definitely a dear to help me put that birdhouse up!"]
Ginger -
5.
[The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla]
Red Rube -
6.
The Future and the Past
-
7.
["We open our story in the mess hall of the Flying Dragons, American volunteers in the Chinese air force..."]
Flying Dragons
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