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| Name | Zip Comics 1 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| 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. Second class permit. Copyright number 445574. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Charles Biro (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Biro (signed) |
| Advertisement | Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Diving submarine |
| Story | Steel Sterling (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | John Sterling completes the chemical formula which will completely protect him from the underworld's bullets, unlike his murdered father who was killed by a group of ruthless gangsters. John bathes himself in the formula, which has been poured into a cauldron of molten steel, dives in the cauldron, and emerges as a man with the resistance, magnetism and strength of steel. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | policemen; The Black Knight (villain, introduction, death); The Black Knight's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Abner J. Sundell |
| Pencils | Charles Biro |
| Inks | Charles Biro |
| First Line | When John Sterling's father was racketeered out of all his great wealth and cruelly murdered by a mob of cut-throat gangsters young John swore to wreak vengeance on the underworld! |
| Notes | Script credit from The MLJ Companion: The Complete History of the Archie Comics Super-Heroes (TwoMorrows, 2016 series) #nn (August 2016) |
| Story | Mugsy (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A man buys Mugsy to be a watch-dog. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Mugsy (a dog); Joe |
| Script | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Pencils | Kin Platt (signed) |
| Inks | Kin Platt (signed) |
| First Line | Say - I want a good watch-dog! |
| Story | Scarlet Avenger (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jim Kendall has devoted himself to wiping out gangland since the death of his wife and child while flying in a hijacked plane, which crashed, and in which all were killed except Jim. In the accident, his face muscles were paralyzed and Jim became the man who never smiled. Kendall has a giant scientific brain, and uses that science to the aid of his crusade. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Operative No. 12 (introduction); Chief Mike Brady; Sledge Hammer (villain, introduction); Ratty; Joe Dragon; Operative No. 17 |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| First Line | The Scarlet Avenger in real life is Jim Kendall. |
| Notes | Kendall fashioned for himself a scarlet robe, woven from steel into a super-fine, bullet-proof steel-mesh cloak, and the flaming arrow is the emblem of Scarlet Avenger. |
| Comic Story | The Rustlers of South Valley / Nevada Jones (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Cattleman's Association has sent Nevada Jones to help Irene Cox prevent her herd being stolen by rustlers. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Nevada Jones (introducion); Irene Cox; A gang of Mexican rustlers (villains, introducion, most dead) |
| Pencils | Frank Volpe |
| Inks | Frank Volpe |
| First Line | Dusty and trail-weary Nevada Jones ace operative of the Cattleman's Association approaches the ranch of Irene Cox to help solve a rustling problem. |
| 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). The faces are more easy to spot a few stories later, but the horses are the same. |
| Story | Kalthar (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Kalthar fights a bands of Arab slavers. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Ta-Lo (a witch doctor, introduction); A band of Arab slavers (villains, introduction for all); Mano; Butah |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Inks | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| First Line | O bwana, mighty god son, thou art now chief and protector of the Ugarnas! |
| Notes | This bronze jungle lord was raised by the Urganas after his father died protecting them from Arab slave traders. In addition to being able to talk to the beasts, the witch doctor Talo gave him red grains that enables him to grow to 15 feet tall and green grains to restore him to normal height which helps to make him stand out from the many other jungle lords out there. |
| Comic Story | The Devil's Flying Twins / War Eagles (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Shane twins are rich Americans who join the British Air Force to continue a feud with the German sportsman, Herr Schultz. |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | The Devil's Twins [Tim Shane; Tom Shane] (introduction); Anton Schultz (villain, introduction); Captain Rex; Helen Carter |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle |
| Inks | Ed Smalle |
| Text Story | You Can't Win! (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Executions are likely to be drably gruesome affairs even to the most hardened newspapermen. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | William Edward Hickman (murderer) |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin (2 spot illustrations) (signed) |
| Inks | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Pirates of Ho Tsin / Captain Valor (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Valor resigns his commission in the U.S. Marine Corps to seek adventure, and, aided by Ronnie and Angie, heads to China to battle the evil Ho Tsin. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Ronnie; Angie (Ronnie's sister); General Ho Tsin (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Abner J. Sundell |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| Inks | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| First Line | Anytime you need help captain, don't be ashamed to call out the marines. |
| Comic Story | The Eye of Oglu / Mr. Satan (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A young girl's father is missing after a series of weird happenings. She suspects foul play and contacts Dudley for help, who dons a purple costume with yellow cape and ventures out to help as Mr. Satan, international detective and soldier of fortune. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mary Doran; Mr. Doran; Count Bodana (villain, introduction) |
| Script | Abner J. Sundell |
| Pencils | Edd Ashe (signed) |
| Inks | Edd Ashe (signed) |
| First Line | Personal notices |
| Comic Story | Lou Ambers / Sport-O-Grams (1 page) |
| Genre | Non-fiction; Sports |
| Characters | Lou Ambers (Lightweight boxing champion); Henry Armstrong |
| Script | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
| Pencils | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
| Inks | Irwin Hasen (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Ritania-Hundania War / Zambini (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The king of Ritania begs Zambini to help him win the war against Hundania. Hundanian spies place a huge and deadly cobra, whose bite means death, in Zambini's bedroom. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | King of Ritania (introduction); Mata Dara (villain, spy); Hundanian spies (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Elmer Wexler (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Wexler (signed) |
| First Line | The king of Ritania begs Zambini to help him to win the war against Hundania |
| Notes | Zambini possesses some real magic ability, and also owns a "boomerang" necklace that makes evil magics return to their source, allowing him to follow. He loses his abilities when someone makes and maintains physical contact. He speaks magic spells generally by inserting "ab" into the words. |
| Advertisement | Remington Typewriters (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Act now! On this bargain offer! |
| Advertisement | Recordograph (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Bob plays for friends a record he made with Home Recordo. |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Characters | Bob |
| First Line | You can make your own records if you sing or play an instrument |
| Notes | Back cover. |
| 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 | |
