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Issue: Zip Comics #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1941
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Issues: #12 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: 01/10/1941
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
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 Rattler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair ?
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; The Rattler (villain); Inferno (guest-star)
Synopsis: The Rattler and his gang are digging a tunnel to rob the U.S. Sub Treasury building.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: There is no writer credit.
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Gorro the Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
Penciller(s): Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
Inker(s): Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Dicky in the Magic Forest
Character(s): Dicky Farenwell; Farenwell (Dicky's father); Gorro the Terror (villain, introduction); two giants (villains, introduction); a witch (villain, introduction); Mr. Sage (introduction)
Synopsis: Dick's father fights Gorro, the Terror, and is nearly killed. Dick must return to the Magic Forest to get cocoanut milk to cure him.
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Pages: 8
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Deviltry At the Dude Ranch

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); Murderer
Synopsis: Guests at a dude ranch are mysteriously killed.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volp's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.
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Black Widow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Red Reagan
Character(s): Mrs. Muldom (villain, introduction); Mori (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Mr. Muldom (introduction, death)
Synopsis: Two masked men enter the payroll office of the Bradley Shoe Company, and Red Reagan takes up a subscription for a widow, to trap the murderer of her husband.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Sam Cooper, but this is the same artist as on the War Eagles story following.

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Enemy Force On Howe Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Smalle (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): War Eagles
Character(s): Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Helen (guest-star); Kermit (guest-star); Ware (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Helen has information that the Germans have managed to get an invasion force based on the Howe Island, and they are going to strike soon, but Intelligence don't believe her.
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Pages: 8
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Invader! Invader!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair [as Blair] (signed)
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Captain Valor
Character(s): Captain Valor; Ronnie; Dallas; Neek-Olaus; Zeke Pepper; The Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: The Japanese invader division rolls into the village as Captain Valor and his band gallop out the rear gate.
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Pages: 8
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The Liquid Air Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten ?
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Scarlet Avenger
Character(s): The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative No.1]; Augie Maretti (villain, introduction); the Professor (villain, introduction); James Kent (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: The judge in the trial of the gangster, Maretti, is turned into a pillar of ice when he is about to pass the sentence.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: There is no writer credit.
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The Shambo Dance of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair ?
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter
Inker(s): Lin Streeter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zambini the Miracle Man
Character(s): Zambini (magician); Sandor (villain, introduction); Larry, (a cook, introduction, death)
Synopsis: One of the plantation workers has been killed, pierced by twenty spears, and ever since then, strange and sinister things have happened to the owner.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: There are no writer or artist credits.

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