Issue: #28
Published: August 1942, 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: Available as a scan from goldenagecomics.co.uk. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.
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| Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword (1 page) |
Zip Proudly Presents |
| Synopsis: |
Contents of the issue. |
| Comic Story (13 pages) |
Dragons of Doom |
| Featuring: |
Steel Sterling |
| Synopsis: |
Baron Gestapo is loose again and his dread hand is reaching across the vast Pacific, hovering over America's greatest General like a talon of death. But zipping to the rescue, in a desperate race against time, Steel Sterling, Man of Steel, takes on the crafty villain. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Blair | Pencils: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed) | Inks: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Steel Sterling [John Sterling] Baron Gestapo (villain) |
| Comic Story (11 pages) |
The Seven Strikes Death |
| Synopsis: |
A fortune teller warns Black Seven that his luck will finally end, and when a robbery goes bad, he flees from Black Jack. He runs into a "Chamber of Horrors" at a local carnival and manages to get the upper hand over the hero and ties him to a guillotine. But, lightning strikes the blade and, trying to dodge it, Black Seven stumbles backwards into a pit, complete with death-dealing spikes. |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Black Jack [Jack Jones] The Black Seven (villain, Death) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
Men with Tails |
| Synopsis: |
Weird facts. |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Fourth of July Blues |
| Featuring: |
Wilbur |
| Synopsis: |
Wilbur and Jimmy get Marmaduke to make them fireworks for the 4th of July but have to hide them in an un-used cannon when Wilbur's dad walks by. |
| Credits: |
Script: Joe Blair | Pencils: Lin Streeter | Inks: Lin Streeter |
| Genre: |
Teen |
| Characters: |
Wilbur Wilkin Robert Wilkin (dad) Jimmy Marmaduke |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
The Devil's Hand |
| Featuring: |
Stories of the Black Witch |
| Synopsis: |
A shriveled hand brings bad luck to whoever possesses it. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Warren King (signed) [as King] | Inks: Warren King (signed) [as King] |
| Genre: |
Horror-suspense |
| Characters: |
The Black Witch Philip Wylie Tom Grayson |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
Pep Comics is Never Satisfied |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for Pep Comics. |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
John V. Newkirk - Scarsdale Jack |
| Featuring: |
Zip's Hall of Fame |
| Synopsis: |
Scarsdale Jack fights with the Flying Tigers to keep the Pacific safe. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed) | Inks: Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Genre: |
Non-fiction War |
| Characters: |
John Newkirk |
| Comic Story (6 pages) |
All Out for Freedom |
| Featuring: |
Zambini the Miracle Man |
| Synopsis: |
Zambini relates he story of an ancient magician Zog and another ancient sea captain named Rex (from the days of ancient Rome and Greece) to another old sea captain named Rex who was thinking of committing suicide as opposed to being a burden on his wife and daughter. The story inspires him that, while he is able, he can devote himself to fighting for freedom and do some kind of service for his country. And, while he can do that, he's not a burden. |
| Credits: |
Script: Gerald Kean (signed) | Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed) | Inks: Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Genre: |
Fantasy |
| Characters: |
Zambini Rex (a Sea Captain) Rex (a Sea Captain, In Flashback) Rex's Wife (death, In Flashback) Zog (magician, In Flashback) |
| Public Service Announcement (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
The publishers donated this space, on behalf of the U.S. Savings Bonds and War Stamps campaign, to published a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., encouraging the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent Savings Stamp each week to help the war effort. |
| Credits: |
Script: Henry Morgenthal, Jr. (credited) | Pencils: ? (illustration) | Inks: ? (illustration) | Letters: ?; typeset |
| Genre: |
Advocacy |
| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
A Portrait Picture of Gen. Douglas MacArthur |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for Comicscope, a camera projector. Available from MLJ Magazines. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
Will You Let Me Prove I Can Make You A New Man? |
| Synopsis: |
Ad for Charles Atlas body-building. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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