Digital Comic Museum - Zip Comics 08 (1940)


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Issue: #8
Published: September 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/) 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.

Comic Contents:

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

Comic Story (14 pages)	The Framing of Officer Clancy
Featuring:	Steel Sterling
Synopsis:	Clancy is being framed by counterfeiters for drunk driving and killing a motor cop.
Credits:	Script: Abner Sundell [as Sundell] (signed) \| Pencils: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed) \| Inks: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling [John Sterling] Clancy McGinty (Police) Nicky (counterfeiter, Introduction, Death) Butch Bader (kid)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Senatorial "Suicides"
Featuring:	Scarlet Avenger
Synopsis:	Two Senators are killed so there will be fewer to vote for the Pari-Mutual Bill.
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten (signed) \| Pencils: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	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)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Nevada Jones: Framed For Murder
Featuring:	Nevada Jones, Quick-trigger man
Synopsis:	Nevada is framed for a stage hold up, but escapes the lynching mob.
Credits:	Pencils: Frank Volp \| Inks: Frank Volp
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Nevada Jones Little Joe (sidekick) Steve Holden (villain, Introduction) Slade (bandit) Smokey (bandit) Sheriff

Comic Story (6 pages)	Captured By Queen Loha
Featuring:	Kalthar
Synopsis:	The Urganas' laws refuse to accept Kate as the mate of Kalthar.
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten (signed) \| Pencils: Irv Novick [as Irving H. Novick] (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick [as Irving H. Novick] (signed)
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Kalthar Queen Loha (villain, Introduction, Death?) Kate Goodwill (guest-star) Ta-Lo (witch Doctor)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Incident In Egypt
Featuring:	War Eagles
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.
Credits:	Pencils: Ed Smalle, Jr. (signed) \| Inks: Ed Smalle, Jr. (signed)
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Tim Shane (pilot) Tom Shane (pilot) Kermit (pilot) V: Hess (I, D)

Text Story (1 page)	Rocky Mountain Goats
Synopsis:	Facts about the Rocky Mountain goat.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Non-fiction

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Treachery of Tania
Featuring:	Captain Valor
Synopsis:	Captain Valor and his friends are adrift in the China Sea on the hull of a wrecked junk, and with them is Tania.
Credits:	Script: Abner Sundell [as Sundell] (signed) \| Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed) \| Inks: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	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)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Pharoah's Curse
Featuring:	Mr. Satan
Synopsis:	A hooded gang spreads terror in Formal Park in New York. Doris recognizes the ring of one of the killers, Princess Cleo.
Credits:	Script: Abner Sundell [as A. Sundell] (signed) \| Pencils: Lin Streeter [as L. Streeter] (signed) \| Inks: Lin Streeter [as L. Streeter] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw) Doris O'Day Sonia [Princess Cleo] (villain, Introduction) Benji Frazier (introduction) His Hooded Gang (introduction)

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Bride of Yum Chac
Featuring:	Zambini the 'Miracle Man'
Synopsis:	Foreigners are blamed for the drought in Yucatan, and Helen Grant is kidnapped to be sacrificed to Yum Chac.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair (signed) \| Pencils: Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed) \| Inks: Elmer Wexler [as El Wexler] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Zambini (magician) A Mayan Cult (villains, Introduction) Elihu Grant (introduction) Helen Grant (introduction)

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