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Issue: Zip Comics #15 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1941
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Issues: #15 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: 04/10/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling
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Pages: 1
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The Puppet Master's Murders

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Looney; V: The Puppet Master (I; Gargulio)
Synopsis: A crazy puppet master murders two men to use in his greatest puppet act ever seen by human eyes.
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: There is no writer credit.
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The Great Magic Contest

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Dicky Farenwell; Farenwell (Dicky's father); GS: Mr. Sage; V: Mr. Magico (I)
Synopsis: Dick enters the great magic contest to win the golden crown.
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Pages: 8
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The Oil Derrick Murder

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Genres: western
Character(s): Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); I: Amy, Mr. Goldsmith; V: Sheriff Slagg (I, D)
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13, but the inking here seems a bit hastier than in the previous stories.
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The Case of the Kill-Crazy Gorilla

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); V: Claude Dutton (I); I: Earl Nelson; Paul Anderson (both D); Count D'Andria; Ruth D'Andria
Synopsis: A killer gorilla is on the loose, so everybody is to believe, but it is really a man in disguise.
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Pages: 6
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The Hidden Explosive Formula

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Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); I: Swen Olsen; V: Nazis
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 8
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First Line: Wow! Did I hit the jackpot!
Synopsis: House ad for Jackpot Comics. Drawings and synopses of 4 stories: Steel Sterling, the Black Hood, Mr. Justice and Sgt. Boyle.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover of Jackpot Comics 1 is reproduced. The Steel Sterling story is listed as "The Green Eggs of Death" but in the actual comic the splash page says "The Green Eggs of Doom." The Black Hood and Mr. Justice stories are given titles in the ad but the stories in Jackpot Comics have no titles.
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Mystery of the Secluded City

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Genres: adventure, war
Character(s): Captain Valor; GS: Angie; Ronnie; Dallas; Big Dip; V: Ab-Ah-Ner (I; named after Abner Sundell)
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 8
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The House of the Gilded Lily

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative No.1]; GS: Ah Ling; V: Kim Lee (I)
Synopsis: A cop is killed in China Town by a dope fiend, and the Scarlet Avenger will get the real killer.
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Pages: 6
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Mayhem in the Marine Auditorium

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Zambini (magician); I: Teddy Watson; V: Smith (I)
Synopsis: Zambini is visiting a famous Marine Auditorium where denizens of the sea are on display.
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Pages: 7
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