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Issue: Zip Comics #42 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1943
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Issues: #42 of 47 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: An MLJ MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/15/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Red Rube; Steel Sterling
First Line: Hey, Rube!
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Pages: 1
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The Space That Wasn't There

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty; Prof. Hector; Weston
First Line: Stick around, Clancy, you never can tell!
Synopsis: Professor Hector has invented a powerful ray gun that makes things change size.
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Pages: 10
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The Secret Rubber Formula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Senor Banana; Stencho Odora; Trickster
First Line: Señor Banana and his pal, Señor Stencho almost lost their lives!
Synopsis: Banana and Stencho are tricked into buying a bottle of liquid that turns leaves into rubber.
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Pages: 6
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Character(s): Black Hood
First Line: The Black Hood wants you to tune in on the WOR Mutual Broadcasting System.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for the Black Hood radio show airing weekdays on the Mutual Broadcasting System featuring the Black Hood standing in a radio studio.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Wild Mountain Bill; Pappy Applejack
First Line: Haw-haw-haw So yo' is the revenooers what come t' capture me an' collec' a reward?
Synopsis: To earn 50 dollars the Applejack boys have to collect it from Wild Mountain Bill, who owes it to their pappy.
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Genies Don't Kill

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Sergeant Duffy; Mrs. Livingston; Doc. Carter; Mr. Cone; Peter Rance
First Line: "She sat up all night with her husband's corpse," Sergeant Duffy explained.
Synopsis: She sat up all night beside the coffin of her dead husband and in the morning they found her dead.
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The Haunted House

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Miss Wheedle (teacher); Freddie Flamm
First Line: What's this Ginger and Dotty in a haunted house!
Synopsis: Ginger and Dotty have to go into the old haunted house to prove they don't believe in ghosts.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Red Rube [Rueben Rueben]; Dr. John Hunter; Mrs. Hunter; Dr. Blatherskee; Blatherskee's gang
First Line: Our story begins in a suburb of our city --
Synopsis: Dr. Hunter has a fortune hidden in a needle and a gang is out to steal it.
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Pages: 10
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Chimpy; Genie; Itchy Witch; Twitchy Witch
First Line: Once upon a time all was sweetness and light in Which land!
Synopsis: The two Witches fight over Genie.
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Feature(s): Zipsy Doodles
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Disclose Notes: Includes four riddles and image search for things that start with "I."
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Souphead
First Line: Great news!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for full-color portraits of Archie characters running in Archie Comics #6-10. Bottom portion includes promo to listen to the Archie radio show airing weekdays on WJZ and the Blue Network.
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The Experiment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Principal Pimplerod; Dotty
First Line: Look, Principal Pimplerod! Almost completely disappeared!
Synopsis: Wilbur has become an air-raid warden.
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