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Issue: Zip Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #1 of 47 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: M. L. J. Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/02/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Abner Sundell
Disclose Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/).

On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 445574.
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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
Format Notes:  
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FlagLancelot Strong, The Shield #2 published August 1983 as Under The Gun! [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Steel Sterling
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling] (introduction, origin]; policemen; The Black Knight (villain, introduction, death); The Black Knight's gang (villains, introduction for all)
First Line: When John Sterling's father was racketeered out of all his great wealth........
Synopsis: John Sterling completes the chemical formula which will completely protect him from the underworld's bullets, unlike his murdered father who was killed by a group of ruthless gangsters. John bathes himself in the formula, which has been poured into a cauldron of molten steel, dives in the cauldron, and emerges as a man with the resistance, magnetism and strength of steel.
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Reprint Notes: in The MLJ Companion: The Complete History of the Archie Comics Super-Heroes (TwoMorrows, 2016 series) #nn (August 2016)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Script credit from The MLJ Companion: The Complete History of the Archie Comics Super-Heroes (TwoMorrows, 2016 series) #nn (August 2016)
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kin Platt (signed)
Penciller(s): Kin Platt (signed)
Inker(s): Kin Platt (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mugsy
Character(s): Mugsy (a dog)
First Line: Say - I want a good watch-dog!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Irving M. Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Irving M. Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Scarlet Avenger, Gang Buster
Character(s): The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall] (introduction, origin); Operative No. 12 (introducion); Chief Mike Brady; Sledge Hammer (villain, introduction)
First Line: The Scarlet Avenger in real life is Jim Kendall.
Synopsis: Jim Kendall has devoted himself to wiping out gangland since the death of his wife and child while flying in a hijacked plane, which crashed, and in which all were killed except Jim. In the accident, his face muscles were paralyzed and Jim became the man who never smiled. Kendall has a giant scientific brain, and uses that science to the aid of his crusade.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Kendall fashioned for himself a scarlet robe, woven from steel into a super-fine, bullet-proof steel-mesh cloak, and the flaming arrow is the emblem of Scarlet Avenger.
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The Rustlers of South Valley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Volp
Inker(s): Frank Volp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Nevada Jones, Cattle Detective
Character(s): Nevada Jones (introducion); Irene Cox; A gang of Mexican rustlers (villains, introducion, most dead)
Synopsis: The Cattleman's Association has sent Nevada Jones to help Irene Cox prevent her herd being stolen by rustlers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art is identical to Volp's many signed and unsigned Loop Logan stories in Blue Ribbon Comics, from #4. He can be spotted by his very realistic horses in #13, bony faces with marked cheek lines and mouth inked in two short lines. Also the small lines on each side of nose or smiling cheeks. Compare as well his signed London stories in Daredevil Comics #9 and 10 (Lev Gleason) The faces are more easy to spot a few stories later, but the horses are the same.
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"Kalthar, mighty giant of the jungle........"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten (signed)
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter [as L.R. Streeter] (signed)
Inker(s): Lin Streeter [as L.R. Streeter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kalthar, The Giant Man, King of the Jungle
Character(s): Kalthar (introduction, origin); Ta-Lo (a witch doctor, introduction); Kate Goodwill; A band of Arab slavers (villains, introduction for all)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This bronze jungle lord was raised by the Urganas after his father died protecting them from Arab slave traders. In addition to being able to talk to the beasts, the witch doctor Talo gave him red grains that enables him to grow to 15 feet tall and green grains to restore him to normal height which helps to make him stand out from the many other jungle lords out there. His mate is the brunette Kate Goodwill.
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The Devil's Flying Twins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle, Jr.
Inker(s): Ed Smalle, Jr.
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): War Eagles
Character(s): Tim and Tom Shane (introducion, the Devil's Twins); Anton Schultz (villain, introducion)
Synopsis: The Shane twins are rich Americans who join the British Air Force to continue a feud with the German sportsman, Herr Schultz.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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You Can't Win!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed) (2 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): William Edward Hickman (murderer)
Synopsis: Executions are likely to be drably gruesome affairs even to the most hardened newspapermen.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Pirates of Ho Tsin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Valor
Character(s): Captain Valor (introduction); Ronnie; Angie (Ronnie's sister); General Ho Tsin (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Captain Valor resigns his commission in the U.S. Marine Corps to seek adventure, and, aided by Ronnie and Angie, heads to China to battle the evil Ho Tsin.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Eye of Oglu

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Inker(s): Edd Ashe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Satan
Character(s): Mr. Satan [Dudley Bradshaw] (introduction); Mary Doran; Mr. Doran; Count Bodana (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: A young girl's father is missing after a series of weird happenings. She suspects foul play and contacts Dudley for help, who dons a purple costume with yellow cape and ventures out to help as Mr. Satan, international detective and soldier of fortune.
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Pages: 6
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Sport-o-Grams

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Irwin Hasen [as I Hasen] (signed)
Penciller(s): Irwin Hasen [as I Hasen] (signed)
Inker(s): Irwin Hasen [as I Hasen] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lou Ambers
Character(s): Lou Anders (Lightweight boxing champion)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ritania-Hundaria War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair
Penciller(s): Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed)
Inker(s): Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Miracle Man, Zambini the Magician
Character(s): Zambini the Miracle Man (introduction); King of Ritania (introduction); Mata Dari (villain, spy); Hundarian spies (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The king of Ritania begs Zambini to help him win the war against Hundania. Hundanian spies place a huge and deadly cobra, whose bite means death, in Zambini's bedroom.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Zambini possesses some real magic ability, and also owns a "boomerang" necklace that makes evil magics return to their source, allowing him to follow. He loses his abilities when someone makes and maintains physical contact. He speaks magic spells generally by inserting "ab" into the words.

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