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Issue: Zip Comics #6 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1940
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Issues: #6 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: 05/10/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Abner Sundell
Disclose Notes: Some info verified using a DCM scan (http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/)

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 3.
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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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[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
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Pages: 1
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The Blair Snatch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell [as Sundell] (signed)
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]; Clancy McGinty [Numbers] (Police); Walter Cummings (scientist); Dora Cummings (daughter); V: Shorty (gangster boss); Shorty Gang (I for all)
Synopsis: Doris Cummins is kidnapped.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kin Platt [as Quincy] (signed)
Penciller(s): Kin Platt [as Quincy] (signed)
Inker(s): Kin Platt [as Quincy] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mugsy
Character(s): Mugsy [a dog]
First Line: Hello - I want a dog...
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall]; Inez Courtney [Operative 1]; Tony Spumoni (introduction, death)
First Line: Another disaster wreaks tremendous havok.
Synopsis: Protection racketeers operate at Coney Island.
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Pages: 6
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The Phantom Killer of Copper Bluffs

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); V: Duke Keyhoe (bar owner); Butch Keyho (gunman); a barber (I for all)
Synopsis: A killer makes a red circle on a shaving mug and two days later the mug's owner has his throat cut.
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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; Abdul; Kate Goodwill
First Line: I'll have to bail out!
Synopsis: Kate Goodwill is captured by Abdul, the slave hunter, and kept for ransom.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The art is identical to Pious's signed story in #2.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Character(s): Tim Shane; Tom Shane; Kermit; Anton Schultz
First Line: Tom! Here comes Schultz' gang after us!
Synopsis: A decoy plane is sent up to trap Herr Schultz.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Speedy Jackrabbit

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fact
Synopsis: About the speed of jackrabbits.
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Pages: 1
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The Monsoon Strikes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell [as Sundell] (signed)
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Valor
Character(s): Captain Valor; GS: Ronnie; Angie; Big Dip (giant); Wang Fu (warlord ally); V: Yat Sing (pirate); Tania (pirate queen)
Synopsis: The pirate junk of Yat Sing is crashed against the rocks, and both friend and foe are cast ashore.
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Pages: 8
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The Gorilla Gambit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell [as Sundell] (signed)
Penciller(s): Edd Ashe [as Ashe] (signed)
Inker(s): Edd Ashe [as Ashe] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Satan
Character(s): Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Doris O'Day; V: Killer Novaki (gangster); Sliro (crooked fair manager); Mammo (gorilla)
Synopsis: A big killer gorilla is turned loose at the New York World's Fair to cash in on the insurance on him if shot.
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Pages: 6
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Curse of the Egyptasia Tomb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Blair (signed)
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); I: Prof. Lorenz (archaeologist); Greta Lorenz (daughter); V: Saki (hypnotizer); Ghali (assistant)
Synopsis: Two orientals have come to take Prof. Lorenz back to Egyptasia where he found the magic doorway to the sacred tomb. He is to be sacrificed to the ancient king Ankkaman.
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Pages: 7

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