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Issue: Zip Comics #46 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1944
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Brand: An MLJ MagazineView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harry Shorten
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Harry Sahle
Harry Sahle
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Steel Sterling; Red Rube
Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Steel Sterling [John Sterling]
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Wand of Weirdness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Otto Binder
Irv Novick
Irv Novick
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Steel Sterling
Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty (Policeman); Apollo Bates (villain, introduction, death); Muley (villain, introduction, death); Dippy Dugan (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains)
Apollo and Muley break into a museum and are confronted by a guard, so Apollo grabbed a scepter out of a case to use as a club. It was the "Wand of Weirdness", supposedly belonging to Merlin the Magician which had a curse that said anyone using the wand for evil purposes would have it visit back upon them. Sure enough, it does and both die. The wand next brings bad luck to a cab driver and racketeer Dippy Dugan, who is killed when he wishes for bullets to go around him. Steel Sterling retrieves the wand and returns it to the museum.
Reprinting
FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as The Wand of Weirdness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Stencho's Woman Problems

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Goggin (signed)
Harry Sahle (signed)
Terry Szenics (signed)
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Senor Banana
Senor Banana; Stencho Odora; Dolores Odora (wife); Rosita
Stencho's wife wants to find out if he still loves her. A red wig and a new dress will do the trick.
Reprinting
FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as Stencho's Woman Problems [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
last appearance
County Fair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Sahle?
Harry Sahle (signed)
Terry Szenics (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Applejacks
Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Professor
The Applejack boys are on a gas balloon trip and land near the house of a screwy professor, who turns them into monkeys.
Reprinting
FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as County Fair [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
last appearance
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Frank Swinatra (introduction)
Oh, Tommy! You're just definitely a dear to help me put that birdhouse up!
Ginger meets Frank Sinatra.
Reprinting
FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as Frank Swinatra [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Vigoda (signed)
Bill Vigoda (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Red Rube
Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Dr. Karvalla (villain, introduction)
The wicked scientist, Dr. Karvalla, invented a formula that enabled him to travel in the fourth dimension.
Reprinting
FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
The Future and the Past

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Rose
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure, crime
Harry Rose (narrator); Forbes
A corpse is found on a beach on Tahiti.
Reprinting
FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as The Future and the Past [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
aviation
The Flying Dragons [Hank O'Toole, Spud] (introduction); The Japanese (villains)
We open our story in the mess hall of the Flying Dragons, American volunteers in the Chinese air force...
The American Volunteer Group in China is disbanded and some join the Army Air Corps.
Reprinting
FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as Introducing the Flying Dragons [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6

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