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Issue: Zip Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #9 of 47 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/10/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Abner Sundell
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Steel Sterling
Character(s): Steel Sterling
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Terror of Twisto

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Biro ?
Penciller(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Steel Sterling
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Twisto (Villain; Intro); Jack Tingling (circus manager); Lilli (liontamer); Gaston (artist); Ben Lunar (fortune teller)
Synopsis: A circus is going to shut down because of several unsolved killings.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Murders of Mr. Nimbus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten (signed)
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Scarlet Avenger
Character(s): The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Inez Courtney (Operative No.1); Mr. Nimbus (Villain; Intro)
Synopsis: Mr. Nimbus uses poison gas to hijack an armored car.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The artist also signs - as "Novick" - on the final page.
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The Menace of Ming Low

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Volp
Inker(s): Frank Volp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man
Character(s): Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Ming Low (counterfeiter boss; Intro)
Synopsis: Nevada and Joe are taken prisoner by Chinese counterfeiters in a cave in the mountains.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art is identical to Volp's many signed and unsigned Loop Logan stories in Blue Ribbon Comics, from #4. He can be spotted by his very realistic horses in #13, bony faces with marked cheek lines and mouth inked in two short lines. Also the small lines on each side of nose or smiling cheeks. Compare as well his signed London stories in Daredevil Comics #9 and 10 (Lev Gleason)
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The Revenge of Pierre LeBrun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten ?
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kalthar
Character(s): Kalthar; Pierre Lebrun (Villain; Death); Kate Goodwill (Guest Star)
Synopsis: Kate Goodwill marries Kalthar in this story.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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The Invasion of England

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle, Jr. (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Smalle, Jr. (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): War Eagles
Character(s): Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); The Nazis (Villain)
Synopsis: The twins and their squadron bomb a German invasion fleet.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Vengeance Is Mine

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Red Robinson (Police); Detective Sergeant Burke
Synopsis: He came back home for just one purpose, to kill a man he hated.
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Captain Valor; Big Dip; Angie; Ronnie; Wang Fu; Tania (villain); Neek-Olaus (villain)
First Line: My treasurers will be a huge source of aid to the Chinese government to help them finance their fight against the invader troops!
Synopsis: Tania and Neek-Olaus have stolen the treasure of Wang Fu.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Sandell possibly used house name: CLIFF CAMPBELL. Harry Shorten also may have used this name as house name in comics, after Jerry Bails' Who's Who

Formerly credited to "Abner Sundell", using the logic given above. But the previous story has identical credits - "Meskin and Campbell" - and is attributable to Harry Campbell, per the Who's Who. This story is also likely to be by the same man.
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The Return of Two Villains

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Campbell [as Campbell] (signed)
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Satan
Character(s): Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Doris O'Day; Sliro (Villain); Killer Novaki (Villain)
Synopsis: Sliro and his gang kidnap Doris and Dudley to use as bait to get their hands on Mr. Satan. Not knowing Dudley is Mr. Satan, they throw him overboard.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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The Deviltry of Prince Sidkeong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell ?
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter [as L. Streeter] (signed)
Inker(s): Lin Streeter [as L. Streeter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zambini the Miracle Man
Character(s): Zambini (magician); Prince Sidkeong (Villain; Intro; Death); the Delogs (Villain; Intro; female zombies); A grand lama (Intro; Death); Rev. Foster; Mrs. Foster; their son (Intro); Prince Padozin (Intro)
Synopsis: The Grand Lama is murdered, and they must select a young child as the new Lama. They kidnap a white baby, and Zambini sets out to get him back.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: There is no writer credit.

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