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Issue: Zip Comics #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #17 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: 06/10/1941
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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Flood!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair (signed)
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Steel Sterling
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Kemp (villain, introduction); Zeke Ross (introduction, death)
Synopsis: Weeks of rainfall swell Mid-Western streams to the bursting point.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Captain Valor Joins the Marines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair ?
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)
Inker(s): Lin Streeter [as Lin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Valor
Character(s): Captain Valor; Mike Ahearn (Marine); Karl; Hugo
Synopsis: Captain Valor rejoins the Marines.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Captain Valor joins the Marines (and loses his old supporting cast)
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Cow-Critters Ain't Got Wings

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); J. S. Michaels (introduction); Miss Michaels (introduction); Cattle rustlers (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Rustlers get the stolen cattle through a waterfall and lowered down from a cave on the other side.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: title from last issue blurb
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.
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The Corpse That Breathed Death

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); The Corpse [Dr. Bentley] (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A cancerous corpse strikes with its icy breath, freezing the blood of doctors at the hospital.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: There is no writer or artist credit.
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Sonia the Spy

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); Swen Olsen (gunner); Sonia Von Lickt (villain, introduction); Eric Von Lickt (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The twins escape from Denmark in a German E-boat, but land in England in a dingy.
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Pages: 8
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Captured By a Witch

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; Jackie; A witch (villain, death); Jackie (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Dicky and Jackie are making a tour upon the witch's flying broom, when the witch catches them and prepares to cook them to eat.
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Pages: 8
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Death of a Clown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (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]; Pagliacci [Streeber] (introduction, death); Mrs. Streeber (introduction); Brutus (villain, introduction); Sandor (villain, introduction); their partner (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The circus had something to do with the robberies that are sweeping the country.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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The Mt. Rushmore Murder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair ?
Penciller(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Reinman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zambini
Character(s): Zambini (magician); Nazi spies (villains); Alan Kent (introduction)
Synopsis: story involves construction of the Mount Rushmore memorial
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Pages: 6

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