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Issue: Zip Comics #27 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #27 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: 04/20/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
Disclose Notes: Story titles from inside front cover. 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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American Vs. Jap!!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Irv Novick
Inker(s): Irv Novick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Steel Sterling; Black Jack; Web
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; The Web [John Raymond]; Black Jack [Jack Jones]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Black Dragon of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Cassone
Inker(s): John Cassone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Web
Character(s): The Web [John Raymond] (criminology professor, introduction); Rose Wayne (Raymond's future wife, learns The Web's secret identity, introduction); General Mason (death); The Black Dragon (villain, introduction); Japanese spies [Lin Chow; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all, many die); Nick Morro (villain, big-shot gangster, introduction); Morro's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: A dead man found in a burned car, identified by John Raymond as the missing General Mason, has been murdered by The Black Dragon. Raymond changes into the Web to track down the villain, but in the process inadvertently leaves clues that Rose Wayne has found, through which she discovers that John Raymond is the Web.
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In Content Item: FlagMagnificent Superheroes of Comics Golden Age #1 published January 1979
as Black Dragon of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in The MLJ Companion: The Complete History of the Archie Comics Super-Heroes (TwoMorrows, 2016 series) #nn (August 2016)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Contents page story title is "The Holocaust of Horror".
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The Stars Drip Blood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)
Inker(s): Al Camy [as Camy] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Jack
Character(s): Black Jack [Jack Jones]; The Black Seven [Omar; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all); Hussein and his six sons (father and brothers of Black Seven, all die)
Synopsis: The Black Seven is born as seventh son of a seventh son, and that is a bad sign. He becomes a symbol for fiendish cunning and murder. When he is out to steal secret documents from the Turkish ambassador, he meets up with Black Jack.
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In Content Item: FlagMagnificent Superheroes of Comics Golden Age #1 published January 1979
as The Stars Drip Blood [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Contents page story title.
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The Swastika of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Steel Sterling
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty (Policeman); Anton (Polish immigrant, introduction); Anton's sister (introduction); Looney; Baron Gestapo (villain, introduction); Nazi spies [Karl; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The Germans are after a Polish immigrant, but the attempt fails when Steel interferes. On his back is written the secret whereabouts of the gold of the Polish government in exile.
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In Content Item: FlagMagnificent Superheroes of Comics Golden Age #1 published January 1979
as The Swastika of Death [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Contents page story title.
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A-Hunting We Will Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter
Inker(s): Lin Streeter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Mary Wilkin (mom); I: Jim Phillips
Synopsis: Wilbur and his dad are on a hunting trip with Mr. Phillips.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: ifc title
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Vengeance from the Grave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jim Phillips [as J. H. Phillips] (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Phillips [as J. H. Phillips] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Stories of the Black Witch
Character(s): Black Witch; Captain Price (pirat); Old Harry (lighthouse keeper)
Synopsis: The pirate captain was a practical man, wise in the ways of sailing ships, but he knew nothing about ghosts or the curses from a murdered lighthouse keeper.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Wings of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): War Eagles
Character(s): Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); V: Nazis
Synopsis: The Eagles are on their way to New York on an American Clipper when attacked by a German plane.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: last appearance; ifc title
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The Fiddle and the Prize-Fighter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten?
Penciller(s): Jim Phillips [as J. H. Phillips] (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Phillips [as J. H. Phillips] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Zambini
Character(s): Zambini (magician); I: James Graham, Mrs. Graham, the Champ; V: A manager and a trainer (I for both)
Synopsis: Zambini helps a chagrined mother, whose violinist son has turned to prize fighting.
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Pages: 6

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