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Issue: Zip Comics #47 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1944
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Issues: #47 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: 05/16/1944
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Last issue. On-sale date from copyright registration. Order of sequences and other corrections made by Gary Watson, April 2008.
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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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Crooks Can't Win

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]
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Pages: 1
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The Strange Case of the Timid Corpse

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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty; Diamond Jim (villain); Dr. Trent; Roger Miek
First Line: Strange things happen on any policeman's beat, and Clancy is no exception!
Synopsis: McGinty takes a injured lady to the hospital and is standing guard over her big diamond, the Koh-Noor, worth 50.000 dollars. It disappears, sewn into another patient by the crooked surgeon.
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Ginger Snapp; Tommy Turner
First Line: Gee, I'll never forget that first date with Tommy!
Synopsis: Ginger is reading in her diary about her first date with Tommy.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Ginger" feature in Zip Comics. The feature moves to Suzie Comics (Archie, 1945 Series) starting with new stories in #58 (May 1944), after a string of reprints starting in #49 (Spring 1945).
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Red Rube and el Tornado

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; El Tornado (bull)
First Line: Down Mexico way, everyone knows about "El Tornado!", the fiercest bull that ever gored a matador!
Synopsis: The ambassador in Mexico and his whole staff comes down with the measles, and Red Rube is sent down to smooth things over.
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Pages: 10
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The Case of the Talking Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty; Ventro the Ventriloquist; Charlie (doll)
First Line: Gee! I've already sold 159 tickets to the policeman's ball...
Synopsis: A ventriloquist has killed a man for cheating him for years.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Final Golden Age appearance of Steel Sterling [John Sterling]. Next appearance is in Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1965 series) #4 (1966).

This is the final appearance of the "Steel Sterling" feature in Zip Comics. The feature appears next in High Camp Super Heroes (Belmont Books, 1966 Series) #B50-695 (April 1966).
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Red Rube and the Martians

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]
First Line: Er ... oh ... hello folks!
Synopsis: America is invaded by Martians, which turns out to be a Nazi trick to lower the fighting spirit.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Red Rube" feature.

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