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Issue: Zip Comics #46 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1944
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Issues: #46 of 47 Issues
Title:
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: 03/06/1944
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (7 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Steel Sterling [John Sterling]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Wand of Weirdness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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)
First Line: A museum! A treasure house of the past!
Synopsis: 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.
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In Content Item: FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as The Wand of Weirdness [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Steel Sterling [John Sterling]
First Line: Hey gang! Here's your chance to put muscles on your Uncle Sam - an' make some spending money at the same time!
Synopsis: Red Rube and Steel encourage readers to donate to scrap paper drives.
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Pages: 1
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Stencho's Woman Problems

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Señor Banana; Stencho Odora; Dolores Odora (wife); Rosita
First Line: Are you sure, you don't have a wife, Stencho???
Synopsis: Stencho's wife wants to find out if he still loves her. A red wig and a new dress will do the trick.
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In Content Item: FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as Stencho's Woman Problems [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Señor Banana" feature.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie is good for what ails you!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for the Archie radio show featuring a dental patient, beleaguered son-in-law, and hospital patient all listening to the show.
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County Fair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Professor
First Line: Grrrr!
Synopsis: The Applejack boys are on a gas balloon trip and land near the house of a screwy professor, who turns them into monkeys.
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In Content Item: FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as County Fair [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of "The Applejacks" feature in Zip Comics. The feature appears next in Laugh Comix (Archie, 1944 Series) #48 (Winter 1944-1945).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Tommy Turner; Frank Swinatra (introduction)
First Line: Oh, Tommy! You're just definitely a dear to help me put that birdhouse up!
Synopsis: Ginger meets Frank Swinatra.
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In Content Item: FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as Frank Swinatra [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Dr. Karvalla (villain, introduction)
First Line: The wicked scientist, Dr. Karvalla, invented a formula that enabled him to travel in the fourth dimension!
Synopsis: The wicked scientist, Dr. Karvalla, invented a formula that enabled him to travel in the fourth dimension.
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In Content Item: FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Future and the Past

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Rose
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, crime
Character(s): Harry Rose (narrator); Forbes
First Line: It was a corpse, a shapeless mass huddled on the warm Tahitian sand.
Synopsis: A corpse is found on a beach on Tahiti.
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In Content Item: FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as The Future and the Past [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): The Flying Dragons [Hank O'Toole, Spud] (introduction); The Japanese (villains)
First Line: We open our story in the mess hall of the Flying Dragons, American volunteers in the Chinese air force...
Synopsis: The American Volunteer Group in China is disbanded and some join the Army Air Corps.
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In Content Item: FlagRoly-Poly Comics #[1] published January 1945
as Introducing the Flying Dragons [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the only appearance of the "Flying Dragons" feature in Zip Comics. It will next appear in Black Hood Comics (Archie, 1943 Series), starting with #12 (Fall 1944). Final panel includes note asking readers to send letters to MLJ Magazines if they liked the story.

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