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Issue: Zip Comics #11 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1941
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Issues: #11 of 47 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/10/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling
First Line: Sampson Powder Co.
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Pages: 1
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Enter: The Rattler

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Twisto [The Rubber Man; Pig Panwood; The Rattler] (villain, introduction); Inferno [The Fire Breather] (guest-star, reforms in this story)
Synopsis: Twisto has developed a new bullet proof outfit that looks like a scaled serpent, and he now calls himself The Rattler. Steel is also in disguise to catch the criminals. Inferno saves the life of Steel when the Rattler will kill him with his poison needles.
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Pages: 14
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Dicky Finds His Father

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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Dicky; Farenwell (introduction, Dicky's father); Mr. Wish (guest-star); Giant of Komo Castle (villain, introduction); the Witch (villain, death)
Synopsis: Dick has emerged from the Magic Fores with three priceless finds, a flying broom, a magic watch and a wishing bone.
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Pages: 8
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Jim Creep's Payroll Robbery Plot

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Genres: western
Character(s): Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Jim Creep (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Sue Warren (introduction)
Synopsis: Jim Creep, a rancher, has hired some of his men to rob his own payroll and cut them in.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.
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The Case of the Statues of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); Grazan (villain, introduction, death); his gang (villains, introduction); some living statues (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Murder and robbery is committed by living statues. The statues are petrified human beings made by professor Grazani and sold as statues to millionaires.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Sam Cooper. Compare with Klein's signed Kardak and Bob Phantom stories in Top-Notch Comics #8, 9, 10 and 12. Especially the peculiar mean, angled eyebrows in close up sideview, and also movement of figures, and inking of suits.

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The Secret Fascist Supply Line

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Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); The Fascists (villains)
Synopsis: The outpost of Kadak in East Africa hasn't been heard from in three days, and the R.A.F. wants the twins to find out what is wrong.
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Pages: 8
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The Wrestling "Gods"

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Captain Valor; Ronnie; Neek-Olaus (guest-star); Mama Claus (guest-star); Tania (guest-star); Dallas (guest-star); Zeke Pepper (introduction); Hungarian Angel (introduction); Kauliflower Karl (introduction); Bruiser O'Boyle (introduction); Flying Tackle Finnegan (introduction); The Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: The mission where Valor and his company have taken refuge, is surrounded by Zeke Pepper and his gang, who want their ammunition and weapons.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The artist signs - as "Meskin" - on both the first and last pages.
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Tomorrow's Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative No.1]; Peanut-Head (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: After a suicide on the train, Inez finds a newspaper of tomorrow headlining the suicide she witnessed today.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The artist also signs - as "Novick" - on the final page.
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The Tail Men of Tanzanyika

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Zambini (magician); The Tail Men (villains, introduction); their Witch Doctor (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The witch doctor of the Tail Men will kill and eat Zambini to have part of his magic power.
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Pages: 7

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