Digital Comic Museum - Zip Comics 18 (1941)


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Issue: #18
Published: September 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Harry Shorten
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover, Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: 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: Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling The Rattler

Comic Story (14 pages)	Mystery At El Rancho Domo
Featuring:	Steel Sterling
Synopsis:	The cruise ship carrying Doctor Cummings and his daughter, is torpedoed by an unidentified submarine.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair [as Blair] (signed) \| Pencils: Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed) \| Inks: Irv Novick [as Novick] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling [John Sterling] Clancy McGinty (Police) Dora Cummings Carmencita (villain, Introduction) Miguel (villain, Introduction) Other Spies (villains, Introduction)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Dog and the Dispatch
Featuring:	Captain Valor
Synopsis:	Captain Valor is recruiting new Marines.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair ? \| Pencils: Lin Streeter \| Inks: Lin Streeter
Genre:	War
Characters:	Captain Valor Slim (introduction) Slam (introduction) Sgt. Finnegan (introduction) Winston (dog)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Saloon Girl and the Train Robbers
Featuring:	Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man
Synopsis:	An armored payroll truck is robbed by masked men, and the man behind it is a gambler.
Credits:	Pencils: Frank Volp \| Inks: Frank Volp
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Nevada Jones Little Joe (sidekick) Steve Lassiter (villain, Introduction) His Gang (villains, Introduction) Lulu (a Saloon Girl, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Murder By Telephone
Featuring:	Red Reagan
Synopsis:	Reagan is called to the mansion of Tennyson to investigate two murders. Both are killed by electric shock.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair ? \| Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed) \| Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Red Reagan (Police Detective) Bertie Randolph (assistent) Tobias Tennyson (villain, Introduction) Scott (introduction, Death) Jessup (introduction, Death) Edith Jessup Frank Whitcomb Eloise Whitcomb Dr. Eli Schwartz James

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Magic Picture Book
Featuring:	Dicky in the Magic Forest
Synopsis:	Dicky finds a magic picture book in the Magic Forest.
Credits:	Script: Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed) \| Pencils: Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed) \| Inks: Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
Genre:	Fantasy
Characters:	Dicky Farenwell Jackie Freckles (introduction) Another Giant (villain, Introduction, Turned Into A Rabbit)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Revenge of Captain Schlitz
Featuring:	War Eagles
Synopsis:	The German pilot, Captain Schlitz, challenges either of the Devil Twins to single combat at dawn.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair ? \| Pencils: Ed Smalle (signed) \| Inks: Ed Smalle (signed)
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Tim Shane (pilot) Tom Shane (pilot) Swen Olsen (gunner) Captain Eric Schlitz [formerly Eric Von Lickt] (villain) Nazis (villains)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Meet Wilbur
Featuring:	Wilbur
Synopsis:	Wilbur is told by his father to control his temper.
Credits:	Script: Harvey Willard (signed) \| Pencils: Lin Streeter [as Streeter] (signed) \| Inks: Lin Streeter [as Streeter] (signed)
Genre:	Teen
Characters:	Wilbur Wilkin (introduction) J. Frank Wilkin (introduction) Mrs. Wilkin (introduction) Virginia Wilkin (introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Murdering Matador
Featuring:	Zambini
Synopsis:	Zambini is in Mexico and witnesses a murder in the bull fighting arena.
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten ? \| Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed) \| Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Zambini (magician) Arturo (villain, Introduction, Death) Juan Feliz (introduction) His Fiancee (introduction)

Illustration (1 page)	Shield pin-up
Featuring:	The Shield
Credits:	Pencils: Irv Novick \| Inks: Irv Novick
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Shield

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