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Issue: Zip Comics #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #23 of 47 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/01/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling; Black Jack
First Line: Flying Fortress
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Pages: 1
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A letter to readers of Zip Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A letter from "The Editors" announcing the inclusion of "true fact" stories in Blue Ribbon Comics and soliciting reader feedback on the idea.
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Pages: 1
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The Kidnapping of Lu-Chek

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Kiang-Chek (Intro; Death); Lu-Chek (Intro); Stanley Porter (Villain; Intro); the Japanese (Villain)
Synopsis: The father of an old Chinese friend of Steel is kidnapped by the Japanese.
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Pages: 14
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Steel Sterling; Mr. Justice; Sgt. Boyle; Black Hood; Archie; Jughead
First Line: Jackpot Comics No. 4 proudly announces a new addition to its family...Archie
Synopsis: House ad announcing the addition of Archie to Jackpot Comics.
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Pages: 1
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Poker Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Poker Face (Villain; Intro); Rudolph Wane (Villain; Intro; Death); Anthony Phelps (Villain; Intro; Death)
Synopsis: Wane sells everything he owns to get away from the avenging Poker Face.
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Pages: 11
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The Hockey Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Gabby Garson (Intro)
Synopsis: Wilbur tries it out on the skating rink.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain Valor; Slim; Slam; Sergeant Hogan; Nazis (villains)
First Line: A Nazi inspired war rages between the sister republics of Peru and Ecuador...
Synopsis: Captain Valor and some of his Marines are trying to get an important message through the to the Peruvian government.
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Pages: 7
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The Polo War

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Frost and his gang (Villain; Intro); Wade and other polo players (Intro)
Synopsis: Nevada Jones plays polo on horseback.
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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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The Big Berthas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Nazis (Villain)
Synopsis: The Eagles are on a mission to bomb and destroy a Big Bertha gun that shells London.
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Pages: 6
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City of Talking Animals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Dicky; Dicky's Father; Jackie; Freckles
Synopsis: Dicky shows his friends his new horse.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art identical to Streeter's signed story in #25.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Hangman; Dusty; Roy
First Line: Hangman Comics starring The Hangman and featuring those Boy Buddies, Dusty the Spectacular Boy Detective and Roy the Superboy
Synopsis: House ad for Hangman Comics.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.9
Disclose Notes: The bottom 0.1 of the page is the Statement of Ownership.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Statement of Ownership.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.1
Disclose Notes: Date of filing: October 1, 1941. No circulation data included. Printed at reduced size, rendering it illegible. Top 0.9 of page is a house ad for Hangman Comics.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Zambini; warden and guards of a reform school
First Line: Great heavens! I wonder what this is all about! [sic]
Synopsis: Zambini helps a boy from the County Reform School who has run away because of harsh treatment.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The art is very similar to the signed Phillips story in #24.

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