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| Date | | Number: 5 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Zip Comics 5 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Abner Sundell? |
| 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. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling |
| Pencils | Charles Biro (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Biro (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Zeta Ray Saboteurs / Steel Sterling (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Cummings Plant engaged in production for the U.S. Army has been sabotaged. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Walter Cummings (scientist); Dora Cummings (daughter); Black Knight (villain) |
| Script | Abner J. Sundell (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Biro (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Biro (signed) |
| Story | Mugsy (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Mugsy (a dog) |
| Script | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| First Line | Free! |
| Comic Story | Death to the Scarlet Avenger: Part 3 / Scarlet Avenger (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Texa's dirigible points its nose to California and Alcatraz to free the greatest of criminals from the prison and make them her servants. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Scarlet Avenger (Jim Kendall); Texa (villain) |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Disappearance of the Ames Brothers / Nevada Jones (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Carl has murdered his brother to keep their gold mine for himself. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Carl Ames [Cactus]; Steve Ames; Sister |
| Pencils | Frank Volpe |
| Inks | Frank Volpe |
| Notes | Art is identical to Volpe's many signed and unsigned Loop Logan stories in Blue Ribbon Comics, from #4. He can be spotted by his very realistic horses in #13, bony faces with marked cheek lines and mouth inked in two short lines. Also the small lines on each side of nose or smiling cheeks. Compare as well his signed London stories in Daredevil Comics #9 and 10 (Lev Gleason) |
| Story | Kalthar (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Leopardmen have clawed and killed many of the Urganas hunting party and the rest were taken prisoners. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Kalthar; Leopardmen |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Robert Pious |
| Inks | Robert Pious |
| First Line | A party of Urganas hunters return to their village. |
| Notes | The art is identical to Pious's signed story in #2. |
| Comic Story | Smashing the Supply Train / War Eagles (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Eagles are lost in a German forest, and are caugt, but escape in a German bomber. |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Kermit (pilot); Herr Schultz (villain) |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Text Story | Rocky Mountain Canaries (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | The story of the burro. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Western-frontier |
| Characters | Lou Dickerson |
| Comic Story | Captured by Yat Sing and Tania / Captain Valor (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ronnie is held prisoner by Yat Sing and Taina. They want the military plans for the Chinese campaign against the invaders. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Captain Valor; Ronnie; his sister Angie; Big Dip; Yat Sing (Villain); Tania (Villain) |
| Script | Abner J. Sundell (signed) |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| Inks | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Mardi Gras Murder / Mr. Satan (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A New Orleans paddle wheeler is used as a counterfeiters' hideout and as an easy way distribute the printed money up and down the river. |
| Characters | Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Doris O'Day |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe |
| Inks | Edd Ashe ? |
| Notes | The art is similar to the other signed by Ashe, but the inking is different. |
| Comic Story | The Faces in the Sky / Zambini (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Strange faces appear in the sky over the city and strike terror into the people who see them. All the diamonds in the city are gone when the faces disappear. Clues leads Zambini to a tropical island where natives use witchcraft to raid for diamonds. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Zambini (magician); Witch Doctor |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Elmer Wexler (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Wexler (signed) |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
