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Issue: Zip Comics #33 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #33 of 47 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An MLJ PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 11 (9 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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[untitled]

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First Line: In this issue: A grueling tale of Nazi terror and American grit with Steel Sterling
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Curse of the Orient

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; P.G. Kane (collector)
Synopsis: A pair of eyeglasses called the Curse of the Orient, thet can reveal the true inner thoughts of the person looked at.
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Pages: 12
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Drums of Madness

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Web (John Raymond); Mark Randolph (diplomat); Hiller (Nazi)
Synopsis: A diplomat hears drums inside his head, and it drives him almost insane. Web finds out he has a miniature receiver operated into his teeth.
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Pages: 11
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The Professor Dies

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Web [John Raymond]; Robert Woodley (professor); Gerald Lane (professor); Jenkins (officer); Keller (officer)
Synopsis: Why did the killer wear a long green beard?
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Labeled as "A Web Story".
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The Full House

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Jack [Jack Jones]; John Gruber (casino owner)
Synopsis: With the ever increasing U-boat menace at work day and night along the shores, America's life lines of supply are threatened with extiction. Black Jack finds one of the spies and informers in a casino.
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Commando Training

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Mrs. Wilkin (mom)
Synopsis: Wilbur is practicing to become a commando.
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The Nazi Cobra Reinhardt Heydrich

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Feature(s): Zip's Hall of Shame
Character(s): Reinhard Heydrich (Gestapo)
Synopsis: Life history of one of the world's most vicious monsters.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the only appearance of the "Zip's Hall of Shame" feature.
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Michael O'Conner

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Penciller(s): Johnson (signed)
Inker(s): Johnson (signed)
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Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
Character(s): Michael O'Connor (truck driver)
Synopsis: The story of an Irish cab driver from Brooklyn who drove supply trucks in Burma.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Signature at bottom of panel 4. The only Johnson credited as working for Archie, was a house ads artist named A. H. Johnson.
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Tree rings...
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Gags

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Genres: humorous
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Rumor Mongers

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Genres: occult, superhero
Character(s): Zambini (magician)
Synopsis: All they did was spread a little rumor that was big enough to cause the sinking of a ship.
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