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Issue: Zip Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #8 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: 07/10/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 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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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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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Framing of Officer Clancy

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 (Police); Nicky (counterfeiter, introduction, death); Butch Bader (kid)
Synopsis: Clancy is being framed by counterfeiters for drunk driving and killing a motor cop.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Writer previously credited as "Charles Biro ?"
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The Senatorial "Suicides"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten (signed)
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Scarlet Avenger
Character(s): The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Inez Courtney (Operative No.1); Nick Betts (villain, introduction, death); Senator Kash (introduction, death); Senator Kiro (introduction, death); Logan (introduction)
Synopsis: Two Senators are killed so there will be fewer to vote for the Pari-Mutual Bill.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Nevada Jones: Framed For Murder

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); Steve Holden (villain, introduction); Slade (bandit); Smokey (bandit); Sheriff
Synopsis: Nevada is framed for a stage hold up, but escapes the lynching mob.
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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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Captured By Queen Loha

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Shorten (signed)
Penciller(s): Irv Novick [as Irving H. Novick] (signed)
Inker(s): Irv Novick [as Irving H. Novick] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Kalthar
Character(s): Kalthar; Queen Loha (villain, introduction, death?); Kate Goodwill (guest-star); Ta-Lo (witch doctor)
Synopsis: The Urganas' laws refuse to accept Kate as the mate of Kalthar.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Incident In Egypt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle, Jr. (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Smalle, Jr. (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): War Eagles
Character(s): Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Kermit (pilot); V: Hess (I, D)
Synopsis: Someone is stirring up the natives of Egypt to revolt, and the Army is afraid of sabotage, so the Shane twins get a mission as agents.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Rocky Mountain Goats

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Synopsis: Facts about the Rocky Mountain goat.
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Pages: 1
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The Treachery of Tania

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; Yat Sing (villain); Tania [Queen of the Pirates]; Nicholas (villain, introduction); Wang Fu (guest-star); Big Dip (guest-star); Angie (guest-star); Ronnie (guest-star)
Synopsis: Captain Valor and his friends are adrift in the China Sea on the hull of a wrecked junk, and with them is Tania.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Pharoah's Curse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Abner Sundell [as A. Sundell] (signed)
Penciller(s): Lin Streeter [as L. Streeter] (signed)
Inker(s): Lin Streeter [as L. Streeter] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Satan
Character(s): Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Doris O'Day; Sonia [Princess Cleo] (villain, introduction); Benji Frazier (introduction); his hooded gang (introduction)
Synopsis: A hooded gang spreads terror in Formal Park in New York. Doris recognizes the ring of one of the killers, Princess Cleo.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Bride of Yum Chac

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); A Mayan cult (villains, introduction); Elihu Grant (introduction); Helen Grant (introduction)
Synopsis: Foreigners are blamed for the drought in Yucatan, and Helen Grant is kidnapped to be sacrificed to Yum Chac.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The spells of Zabini can be read by skipping the ABs.

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