Digital Comic Museum - Zip Comics 02 (1940)


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Issue: #2
Published: March 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Abner Sundell
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover, Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Steel Sterling
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Biro \| Inks: Charles Biro
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling

Comic Story (12 pages)	The Return of the Black Knight
Featuring:	Steel Sterling
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.
Credits:	Script: Charles Biro ? \| Pencils: Charles Biro \| Inks: Charles Biro
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling [John Sterling] Black Knight (Villain)

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Mugsy
Credits:	Script: Kin Platt [as Quincy] \| Pencils: Kin Platt [as Quincy] \| Inks: Kin Platt [as Quincy]
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Mugsy (dog)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Protection Racket
Featuring:	The Scarlet Avenger Gang Buster
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.
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten \| Pencils: Irv Novick (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall) Sam The Tailor District Attorney (racketeer Boss)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Introducing the Masked Man
Featuring:	Nevada Jones Quick-trigger Man
Synopsis:	Nevada Jones gains masked identity.
Credits:	Pencils: Frank Volp \| Inks: Frank Volp
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Nevada Jones Little Joe (sidekick) VILLAINS: Brock Craven (killer) Bill Craven Hatfield

Comic Story (6 pages)
Synopsis:	Taking the red grain that turns him into a giant of 15 feet, Kalthar wreaks havoc among a gang of ivory hunters.
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Kalthar Mano (elephant) Ta-Lo Ivory Hunters

Comic Story (8 pages)	Herr Schultz's Luftwaffe Trap
Featuring:	War Eagles
Synopsis:	The Shane brothers refuse to become squadron leaders.
Credits:	Pencils: Ed Smalle \| Inks: Ed Smalle
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Tim Shane (pilot) Tom Shane (pilot) Herr Schultz (Villain)

Text Story (2 pages)	The Oregon Death Dealer!
Credits:	Pencils: Lin Streeter [as Lin S.] (signed) \| Inks: Lin Streeter [as Lin S.] (signed) \| Letters: Typeset
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Harry Tracy Janet Warrington Phil Austin

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Revenge of Hop-Lung
Featuring:	Captain Valor
Synopsis:	Captain Valor and his two friends help a couple of American missionaries besieged in the mountains by a pirate gang.
Credits:	Script: Abner Sundell \| Pencils: Mort Meskin (signed) \| Inks: Mort Meskin (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Captain Valor Ronnie His Sister Angie Gen. Ho Tsin (villain) Hop-Lung (Villain)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Monster of Shadow Pond
Featuring:	Mr. Satan
Synopsis:	Three men had disappeared into Shadow Pond, and never returned. Tracks of a prehistoric monster had been found.
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten \| Pencils: Ed Ashe (signed) \| Inks: Ed Ashe (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw) Prof. Heaslip John Heaslip (brother) Mrs. Heaslip

Comic Story (1 page)
Featuring:	Cyclone Jones
Synopsis:	Iron in the left glove.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Cyclone Jones Mr. Carter

Comic Story (8 pages)	On the Planet Inferno
Featuring:	Zambini the 'Miracle Man'
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.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair \| Pencils: Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed) \| Inks: Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Zambini (magician) Prof. Stargaze (Villain Introduction) Girl Secretary Glass Blower (Villain

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