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Issue: Zip Comics #22 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #22 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: 11/01/1941
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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
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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): Black Jack; Steel Sterling
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Pages: 1
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Professor Dazzero
First Line: Hawaii!! Strange land...
Synopsis: Steele and his friends are on Hawaii and meet the living dead who walk the sands of Waikiki Beach, controlled by Professor Dazzero.
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Pages: 14
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Cleopatra, Queen of Hearts

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Cleopatra; Anthony Mark (millionaire sportsman); Andrews (banking king); Philips (steel magnate); Bernhard Brutus; Charles Caesar (finance tycoon)
Synopsis: The reincarnation of Cleopatra appears in New York and rich men dies by her spells.
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Pages: 11
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin
First Line: All right, fellas!
Synopsis: Wilbur is on the Westfield football team and scores the winning goal.
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Pages: 6
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Genres: war
Character(s): Captain Valor; Slim; Slam; Sergeant Hogan; Nazis (villains)
First Line: Looks a lot like an Indian war dance, to me!
Synopsis: The Nazis are stirring up the natives against the Marines on a South American island.
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Pages: 7
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First Line: Shield-Wizard No. 5 A four-star smash hit from coast to coast
Synopsis: House ad for Shield-Wizard 5. Four panels: the first panel is a facsimile of people in a cinema looking at "credits" (contents) of the issue. The next three panels preview the Shield, Wizard & Roy, and Dusty the Boy Detective stories.
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Genres: western
Character(s): Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Pancho Cortez (outlaw); Mayor Guadalez
First Line: All Mexico rings with the dread name...
Synopsis: The Mayor has called on Nevada Jones to deal with the killing outlaw, Pancho Cortez.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Bony faces with mouth drawn with two short lines, and quite realistic horses are identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13.
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"Posing as factory inspectors..."

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Genres: war
Character(s): Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Eric Schlitz (Nazi pilot)
Synopsis: The Eagles has stolen important papers from a Nazi factory and make their getaway in a German Stuka to deliver their goods.
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First Line: It's here! It's here! It's here!
Synopsis: House ad for The Hangman Comics, featuring the Hangman and the Boy Buddies.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: References "Dusty the spectacular boy dectective" (detective spelled incorrectly).
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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Dicky; Dicky's Father; Jackie; Freckles; Loki (Lord)
First Line: Into the town of Padora...
Synopsis: Dicky is chased by Loki, Lord of the Magic Forest, and puts on his magic boxing gloves.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art formerly credited to Larry Golden, but Streeter signs the strip in issue #25.
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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Zambini (magician); Bob (reckless driver)
First Line: One night the Miracle Man...
Synopsis: Zambini is nearly run down by a reckless driver and thinks he needs a good lesson.
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