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Issue: Zip Comics #15 Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/10/1941
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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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Steel Sterling
Steel Sterling
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Miscellaneous
1
The Puppet Master's Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair ?
Charles Biro
Charles Biro
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Steel Sterling
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Looney; V: The Puppet Master (I; Gargulio)
A crazy puppet master murders two men to use in his greatest puppet act ever seen by human eyes.
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Miscellaneous
14
There is no writer credit.
The Great Magic Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Dicky in the Magic Forest
Dicky Farenwell; Farenwell (Dicky's father); GS: Mr. Sage; V: Mr. Magico (I)
Dick enters the great magic contest to win the golden crown.
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Miscellaneous
8
The Oil Derrick Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Frank Volp
Frank Volp
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?
Subject Matter
western
Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man
Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); I: Amy, Mr. Goldsmith; V: Sheriff Slagg (I, D)
The banker holds Miss Amy's mortgage, so if any oil production was stopped he could take over, and he is deliberately trying to scare her off her ranch.
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Miscellaneous
6
Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volp's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13, but the inking here seems a bit hastier than in the previous stories.
The Case of the Kill-Crazy Gorilla

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair ?
Sam Cooper [as Cooper] (signed)
Sam Cooper [as Cooper] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Red Reagan
Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); V: Claude Dutton (I); I: Earl Nelson; Paul Anderson (both D); Count D'Andria; Ruth D'Andria
A killer gorilla is on the loose, so everybody is to believe, but it is really a man in disguise.
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Miscellaneous
6
title on pg. 5

There is no writer credit.
The Hidden Explosive Formula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair
Ed Smalle
Ed Smalle
?
?
Subject Matter
aviation, war
War Eagles
Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); I: Swen Olsen; V: Nazis
The twins are sent on a mission to Norway to retrieve a hidden formula for a new condensed explosion. In Norway they meet agent Swen Olsen.
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Miscellaneous
8
Mystery of the Secluded City

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair [as Blair] (signed)
Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, war
Captain Valor
Captain Valor; GS: Angie; Ronnie; Dallas; Big Dip; V: Ab-Ah-Ner (I; named after Abner Sundell)
Far in the interior of China, Captain Valor and his followers are taken to a sqrewy Chinese lord that can't stand any noise.
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Miscellaneous
8
The House of the Gilded Lily

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten ?
Carl Hubbell
Carl Hubbell
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Scarlet Avenger
The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative No.1]; GS: Ah Ling; V: Kim Lee (I)
A cop is killed in China Town by a dope fiend, and the Scarlet Avenger will get the real killer.
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Miscellaneous
6
There is no writer or artist credit.
Mayhem in the Marine Auditorium

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair ?
Lin Streeter
Lin Streeter
?
?
Subject Matter
occult
Zambini the Miracle Man
Zambini (magician); I: Teddy Watson; V: Smith (I)
Zambini is visiting a famous Marine Auditorium where denizens of the sea are on display.
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Miscellaneous
7
There is no writer or artist credit.

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