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Issue: Zip Comics #28 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1942
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Issues: #28 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: 05/25/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Baron Gestapo Pits His Nazi Cunning against American Courage

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; The Web [John Raymond]; Baron Gestapo
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Irv Novick (as it is credited in Overstreet) but cover is signed "Montana" at the bottom of the chalkboard.
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Zip Proudly Presents

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Synopsis: Contents of the issue.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Also includes indicia.
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Dragons of Doom

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Baron Gestapo (villain)
First Line: All America thrilled to the heroic tale of General McBride...
Synopsis: Baron Gestapo is loose again and his dread hand is reaching across the vast Pacific, hovering over America's greatest General like a talon of death. But zipping to the rescue, in a desperate race against time, Steel Sterling, Man of Steel, takes on the crafty villain.
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Pages: 13
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The Coming of the Web

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Web [John Raymond] (origin in flashback); Tom Raymond (the Web's brother, introduction, flashback); Count Berlin (villain, introduction)
First Line: There can be no doubt of it!
Synopsis: "The Web is born! How did this unique, awe-inspiring force for justice come into being? Why did he adopt the guise of a web? The answers are told in a story that reaches a crashing crescendo of thrills and excitement." [from Table of Contents]
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Title from the table of contents.
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The Seven Strikes Death

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Jack [Jack Jones]; The Black Seven (villain, death)
Synopsis: A fortune teller warns Black Seven that his luck will finally end, and when a robbery goes bad, he flees from Black Jack. He runs into a "Chamber of Horrors" at a local carnival and manages to get the upper hand over the hero and ties him to a guillotine. But, lightning strikes the blade and, trying to dodge it, Black Seven stumbles backwards into a pit, complete with death-dealing spikes.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Last indexed as Robin King, but this King signature is found in features credited only to Warren: Hangman, Miss Shady, The Fox, The Wizard, The Shield, Keith Cornell, The Firefly, Bob Phantom. Also features credited him and with similar artwork: Banshee, Spider Queen, and even in some features at Archie not credited to any of them, like Captain Valor.
Robin King's art is quite different, like his Sailor Danny in Military Comics. His only credited Archie feature is Black Jack, but the King signature with long vertical line under the G is Warren's. Robin's signature was ROBIN, according to Who's Who.
Most King signed stories are credited Warren.
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Men with Tails

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Weird facts.
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Pages: 1
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Fourth of July Blues

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Jimmy; Marmaduke
First Line: The third of July in Westfield starts off with a bang...
Synopsis: Wilbur and Jimmy get Marmaduke to make them fireworks for the 4th of July but have to hide them in an unused cannon when Wilbur's dad walks by.
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Pages: 7
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The Devil's Hand

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Genres: horror
Character(s): The Black Witch; Philip Wylie; Tom Grayson
Synopsis: A shriveled hand brings bad luck to whoever possesses it.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art notes as for Black Jack.
Table of contents title is "The Grave Gives Up Its Dead"
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Pep Comics is Never Satisfied

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Synopsis: Ad for Pep Comics.
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Pages: 1
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John V. Newkirk - Scarsdale Jack

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): John Newkirk
Synopsis: Scarsdale Jack fights with the Flying Tigers to keep the Pacific safe.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: First appearance.
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All Out for Freedom

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Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Zambini; Rex (a sea captain); Rex (a sea captain, in flashback); Rex's wife (death, in flashback); Zog (magician, in flashback)
First Line: In the shadows of night's grim darkness an aged sea-captain plunges...
Synopsis: Zambini relates he story of an ancient magician Zog and another ancient sea captain named Rex (from the days of ancient Rome and Greece) to another old sea captain named Rex who was thinking of committing suicide as opposed to being a burden on his wife and daughter. The story inspires him that, while he is able, he can devote himself to fighting for freedom and do some kind of service for his country. And, while he can do that, he's not a burden.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: opinion
First Line: A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury
Synopsis: The publishers donated this space, on behalf of the U.S. Savings Bonds and War Stamps campaign, to published a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., encouraging the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent Savings Stamp each week to help the war effort.
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A Portrait Picture of Gen. Douglas MacArthur

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Ad for Comicscope, a camera projector. Available from MLJ Magazines.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Will You Let Me Prove I Can Make You A New Man?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Ad for Charles Atlas body-building.
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Disclose Notes: On back cover of comic.

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