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Issue: Zip Comics #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1941
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Issues: #13 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: 01/23/1941
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. 2.
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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; The Rattler
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Pages: 1
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The Prison Break Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair [as Blair] (signed)
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]; Looney; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; The Rattler (villain); Inferno (guest-star); The Chief (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Steel "kidnaps" Dora to get to jail and find out who is behind the many jailbreaks.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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To Slay a Giant

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; Dick's father; Giant of Komo Castle (villain, death); trolls (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Dick and his father are going back to the Magic Forest to rescue friends from the giant and bring them back safely to Panora.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Mobsters and the Cowboys

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); Bill Holmes (introduction); Miss Holmes (introduction); Coke (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: City gangsters against riders of the range.
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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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Death In the Wilkins Hotel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair ?
Penciller(s): Sam Cooper
Inker(s): Sam Cooper
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Red Reagan
Character(s): Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); Wilkins (villain, introduction); J. C. Looper (villain, introduction, death); Jack Lorenz (introduction); Miss Lorenz (introduction)
Synopsis: The description of the suspect of the murder case at Hotel Wilkins sounds like the brother of Miss Lorentz.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: There are no writer or artist credits.
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Captured By Ware

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); Ware (villain, death?); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: The Eagles are picked up by a German U-boat, but they manage to take over the sub.
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Pages: 8
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Desert Ambush

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Valor
Character(s): Captain Valor; Ronnie; Tania; Dallas; Tania (guest-star) Neek-Olaus (guest-star); company (guest-star); The Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: Tania, Ronnie and Dallas are taken prisoner by the Japanese and are to be shot.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: There is no writer credit.
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The Protective Insurance Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten ?
Penciller(s): Carl Hubbell [as Hubbell] (signed)
Inker(s): Carl Hubbell [as Hubbell] (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); The Chief (villain, introduction, death); Lefty (villain, introduction); other crooks (villain, introduction); Walter Miller (introduction, death); Mary LaRue (introduction, death)
Synopsis: Two people are killed for not paying their life insurance policy to an extortion ring.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: There is no writer credit.
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The Karlsgood Caverns Mystery

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); Karl Good (introduction); The Martin Gang (villains, introduction); Bill Martin (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Zambini is looking for a man down in the famous Karlsgood Caverns
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: There is no writer or artist credit.

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