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Issue: Zip Comics #25 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #25 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: 01/25/1942
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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney
First Line: Can you believe it?
Synopsis: Clancy buys an old vase that transports him and his friends back to ancient Greece.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Kanigher includes the splash page in his book, How To Make Money Writing For Comics Magazines (Cambridge House, 1943). Before that was discovered, we had credited Joe Blair.
Novick signature on final page.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Mary Stone (nurse); Mrs. Carter; Cyrus Weeks; Solitaire (secretary)
First Line: Somber quiet prevails in the courtroom...
Synopsis: A nurse is accused of murdering Mrs. Carter for the two thousand dollars left in her will, but Black Jack proves he innocent. Later the same nurse is framed for another murder.
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Pages: 11
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Eddie; Father Wilkins; Clancy McGinty (Police); Mr Morris (store owner)
First Line: Winter is a very exciting affair...
Synopsis: Wilbur starts at a new job as his father thinks he needs a sense of responsibility.
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Pages: 7
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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Marta (spy); Nazis (villains)
First Line: At U.S. Marine headquarters in Iceland
Synopsis: The Germans know every move the supply ships make, and the leak is a woman in the refugee camp.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Same art as other signed stories on this feature.
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Genres: western
Character(s): Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Bill Craven (outlaw)
First Line: Nevada Jones has finally tracked down Bull Craven
Synopsis: After Bull Craven's capture, Nevada Jones' name is cleared and he can take off his mask for good.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Nevada Jones" feature in Zip Comics. The feature appears next in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 Series) #66 (March 1948).

Same art as in Phillips' signed Black Witch story in #27. Compare close-up faces in frontview.
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Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (pilot); Nazis (Villain)
First Line: Tim and Tom Shane...
Synopsis: The three escapees crashland in their observation balloon among Australian soldiers in Crete.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Dicky; Old Seer
First Line: A hideous monster...
Synopsis: Dicky fights the fire-breathing Medusa monster, but must get help from the old seer in the Magic Forest.
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Pages: 6
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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Zambini; J.W. Squelch
First Line: In an ancient tenement. [sic]
Synopsis: After his wife trips on the worn stairs and crashes through a rotten, neglected bannister and falls to her death, her husband intends to kill the responsible proprietor.
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