Digital Comic Museum - Zip Comics 40 (1943)


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Issue: #40
Published: October 1943, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 60, Editing: Harry Shorten
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover, Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Steel Sterling, Red Rube
Credits:	Pencils: Harry Sahle (signed) \| Inks: Harry Sahle (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling Red Rube

Comic Story (10 pages)	Land of the Amazons
Featuring:	Steel Sterling
Synopsis:	Steel is on a mission to rescue Looney and finds him a prisoner of the Amazons.
Credits:	Pencils: Irv Novick (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling [John Sterling] Sergeant Clancy McGinty (Police) Looney Sergeant Mulligan (Army) Queen Miverna (villain, Introduction) The Amazons (villains, Introduction)

Comic Story (9 pages)
Featuring:	Red Rube
Synopsis:	Rielly hires young kids to steal from the supermarket.
Credits:	Pencils: Ed Robbins \| Inks: Ed Robbins
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Red Rube [Rueben Rueben] Spike Rielly (crook)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Coffee Bean Thieves
Featuring:	Senor Banana
Synopsis:	Banana and Stencho capture a band of coffee bean thieves and get a reward.
Credits:	Script: Ed Goggin (signed) \| Pencils: Harry Sahle (signed) \| Inks: Terry Szenics (signed)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Senor Banana Stencho Odora Sheriff Thieves

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Mournful State-P.U. Game
Featuring:	Applejacks
Synopsis:	Strongarm has a week to make a football team out of the Applejack boys and their friends.
Credits:	Script: Ed Goggin (signed) \| Pencils: Harry Sahle (signed) \| Inks: Terry Szenics (signed)
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Jake Strongarm (introduction) Sweeney Slappy Applejack Happy Applejack

Text Story (2 pages)	How Far Is Up?
Synopsis:	Uncle Ephraim has found a downed Nazi airplane and wants to keep it for himself.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Humor War
Characters:	Uncle Ephraim

Comic Story (6 pages)	Welcome To Hades
Synopsis:	Chimpy and Genie are visiting Hades.
Genre:	Anthropomorphic-funny Animals
Characters:	Chimpy Genie Pluto (villain, Introduction) Nero (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Synopsis:	Ginger is experimenting with chemicals.
Genre:	Teen
Characters:	Ginger Snapp Dotty Dr. Dipple Principal Grump

Comic Story (6 pages)	I Like To Riff
Featuring:	Wilbur
Synopsis:	Wilbur and his parents are invited for dinner with the Snoddgrasses.
Credits:	Script: Ed Goggin (signed) \| Pencils: Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] (signed) \| Inks: Clem Weisbecker [as Clem] (signed)
Genre:	Teen
Characters:	Wilbur Wilkin Eddie Dotty Clarence Sparks [Stinky] Mr. Snoddgrass

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