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Issue: Zip Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1940
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Issues: #2 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: 01/23/1940
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. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 445575.
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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
Penciller(s): Charles Biro
Inker(s): Charles Biro
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Steel Sterling
Character(s): Steel Sterling
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Pages: 1
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The Return of the Black Knight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Biro ?
Penciller(s): Charles Biro
Inker(s): Charles Biro
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Steel Sterling
Character(s): Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Black Knight (Villain)
Synopsis: In the state penitentiary, a gang of desperate convicts begin a well-planned escape. They are going to hi-jack a boatload of gold from Alaska.
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kin Platt [as Quincy]
Penciller(s): Kin Platt [as Quincy]
Inker(s): Kin Platt [as Quincy]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mugsy
Character(s): Mugsy (dog)
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Pages: 1
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The Protection Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Irv Novick (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Scarlet Avenger Gang Buster
Character(s): The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Sam the Tailor; District Attorney (racketeer boss)
Synopsis: A bomb is tossed from a speeding car into a shop and kills a tailor, and the police won't listen to Jim as a witness. It turns out to be a case of protection racketeering.
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Pages: 6
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Introducing the Masked Man

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 Quick-trigger Man
Character(s): Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); VILLAINS: Brock Craven (killer); Bill Craven; Hatfield
Synopsis: Nevada Jones gains masked identity.
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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)
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Kalthar; Mano (elephant); Ta-Lo; ivory hunters
First Line: Ho, mighty Mano. You are no match for Kalthar!
Synopsis: Taking the red grain that turns him into a giant of 15 feet, Kalthar wreaks havoc among a gang of ivory hunters.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: It is not easy to find similarities with later signed samples of Pious's work, as in Sgt. Spook, but some inking of faces and eyes match his signed Old Cap Hawkins in Blue Bolt Comics.
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Herr Schultz's Luftwaffe Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): War Eagles
Character(s): Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Herr Schultz (Villain)
Synopsis: The Shane brothers refuse to become squadron leaders.
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Pages: 8
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The Oregon Death Dealer!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter [as Lin S.] (signed)
Inker(s): Lin Streeter [as Lin S.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Harry Tracy; Janet Warrington; Phil Austin
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Pages: 2
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The Revenge of Hop-Lung

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; Ronnie; his sister Angie; Gen. Ho Tsin (villain); Hop-Lung (Villain)
Synopsis: Captain Valor and his two friends help a couple of American missionaries besieged in the mountains by a pirate gang.
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Pages: 8
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The Monster of Shadow Pond

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten
Penciller(s): Ed Ashe (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Ashe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Satan
Character(s): Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Prof. Heaslip; John Heaslip (brother); Mrs. Heaslip
Synopsis: Three men had disappeared into Shadow Pond, and never returned. Tracks of a prehistoric monster had been found.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Signed at the gunwhale of the canoe.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Cyclone Jones
Character(s): Cyclone Jones; Mr. Carter
First Line: Now, Cyclone -- remember this is yer first big fight so ya gotto do everything I say --
Synopsis: Iron in the left glove.
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Pages: 1
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On the Planet Inferno

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): Zambini the 'Miracle Man'
Character(s): Zambini (magician); Prof. Stargaze (Villain; Introduction); Girl secretary; Glass Blower (Villain; Introduction)
Synopsis: A new planet will burn up the Earth in 48 hours, and Zambini uses his magic to get to the planet on a palm tree growing like a beanstalk.
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Pages: 8

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