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Issue: Zip Comics #18 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1941
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/10/1941
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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Steel Sterling
Steel Sterling; The Rattler
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1
Mystery At El Rancho Domo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair [as Blair] (signed)
Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Steel Sterling
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Carmencita (villain, introduction); Miguel (villain, introduction); other spies (villains, introduction)
The cruise ship carrying Doctor Cummings and his daughter, is torpedoed by an unidentified submarine.
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14
The Dog and the Dispatch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair ?
Lin Streeter
Lin Streeter
?
?
Subject Matter
war
Captain Valor
Captain Valor; Slim (introduction); Slam (introduction); Sgt. Finnegan (introduction); Winston (dog)
Captain Valor is recruiting new Marines.
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Miscellaneous
8
Many faces in front view with pointed ears are Streeter's work. There is no writer credit.
The Saloon Girl and the Train Robbers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Frank Volp
Frank Volp
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man
Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Steve Lassiter (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introduction); Lulu (a saloon girl, introduction)
An armored payroll truck is robbed by masked men, and the man behind it is a gambler.
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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.
Murder By Telephone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair ?
Paul Reinman (signed)
Paul Reinman (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Red Reagan
Red Reagan (Police Detective); Bertie Randolph (assistent); Tobias Tennyson (villain, introduction); Scott (introduction, death); Jessup (introduction, death); Edith Jessup; Frank Whitcomb; Eloise Whitcomb; Dr. Eli Schwartz; James
Reagan is called to the mansion of Tennyson to investigate two murders. Both are killed by electric shock.
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Miscellaneous
6
There is no writer credit.
The Magic Picture Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Dicky in the Magic Forest
Dicky Farenwell; Jackie; Freckles (introduction); Another giant (villain, introduction, turned into a rabbit)
Dicky finds a magic picture book in the Magic Forest.
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Miscellaneous
8
The Revenge of Captain Schlitz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Blair ?
Ed Smalle (signed)
Ed Smalle (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
aviation, war
War Eagles
Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen Olsen (gunner); Captain Eric Schlitz [formerly Eric Von Lickt] (villain); Nazis (villains)
The German pilot, Captain Schlitz, challenges either of the Devil Twins to single combat at dawn.
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Miscellaneous
8
As with every War Eagles story to date, there is no writer credit.
Meet Wilbur

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Willard (signed)
Lin Streeter [as Streeter] (signed)
Lin Streeter [as Streeter] (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Wilbur
Wilbur Wilkin (introduction); J. Frank Wilkin (introduction); Mrs. Wilkin (introduction); Virginia Wilkin (introduction)
Wilbur is told by his father to control his temper.
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Miscellaneous
6
The Murdering Matador

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Shorten ?
Paul Reinman (signed)
Paul Reinman (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
occult
Zambini
Zambini (magician); Arturo (villain, introduction, death); Juan Feliz (introduction); his fiancee (introduction)
Zambini is in Mexico and witnesses a murder in the bull fighting arena.
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Miscellaneous
6
There is no writer credit.
Shield pin-up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shield
The Shield
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Miscellaneous
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