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Issue: Zip Comics #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1941
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Issues: #20 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: 09/10/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (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. 4.
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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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Black Jack [Jack Jones] (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain)
First Line: I'm sure proud to welcome you to Zip Comics, Black Jack!
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Pages: 1
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The Secret Jungle Airdrome

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Captain Schmidt (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: Steel uncovers a secret Nazi air base in the jungle of Brazil.
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Pages: 14
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Criminals everywhere!!!
Synopsis: House ad for The Hangman story in the October issue of Pep Comics (October 1941, no. 20).
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 4 panels setting up the story and a large image of The Hangman. As frequently occurs in these house ads, the story is given a title here ("The Man Who Tried to Escape the Hangman") but the title doesn't appear on the actual story in Pep Comics.

There seem to be initials in the lower left-hand corner: this may be the artist but they are indistinct.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Jack [Jack Jones] (introduction, origin); Whitey (introduction, death); Mr. Larson (introduction); Lucky Lavitto (villain, introduction); Baxter (villain, introduction); Lavitto's gang (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: Beware the black jack! He will be your doom!
Synopsis: Lucky Lavitto has been going to a favorite fortune teller for years, always hearing that he is still boss of the town. However, on his most recent visit to the seer, he is told that he is to fear "the Black Jack", which will bring about his doom.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Camy is spotted by his faces with angular jaws and chins and often scowling mouth.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Betty Fox (introduction); J. A. McGeery (introduction)
First Line: Wilbur Wilkin! You stop that this minute!
Synopsis: Wilbur is giving McGeery a dunking in the watering trough for calling him "Wilbur" instead of "Bill".
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Pages: 6
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Greenland Adventure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: A fleet of German transports is landing a division on Greenland, unknown to Captain Valor and his Marines on their side of the island.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Same art as in his signed Captain Valor in #21.
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The Rodeo Murder Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Wilson (rancher); Mike Slade (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Slade holds the mortgage on Wilson's ranch and is pretty anxious to take over at any cost.
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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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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Tim Shane; Tom Shane; Swen; Nazis (villains)
First Line: This is the place, boys! There is supposed to be a lot of fish here
Synopsis: A German U-boat has a secret hiding place in a castle by the Scottish coast.
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Pages: 6
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The Maharajah of Madowa

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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Dicky; Maharjah of Madowa (villain, introduction); Lunar (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 7
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
First Line: "Case of the Radium Murders" Newest Captain Flag adventure appears in the November issue of Blue Ribbon Comics!
Synopsis: House ad for the Captain Flag story in Blue Ribbon Comics 18.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signed in the lower right-hand corner.
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War of the Circuses

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Zambini (magician); Mr. Gallop (introduction); Swafford (villain, introduction); Socko (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 5

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