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| Date | | Number: 8 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Zip Comics 8 | 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 Framing of Officer Clancy / Steel Sterling (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Clancy is being framed by counterfeiters for drunk driving and killing a motor cop. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Nicky (counterfeiter, introduction, death); Butch Bader (kid) |
| Script | Abner J. Sundell (signed) |
| Pencils | Charles Biro (signed) |
| Inks | Charles Biro (signed) |
| Notes | Writer previously credited as "Charles Biro ?" |
| Comic Story | The Senatorial "Suicides" / Scarlet Avenger (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two Senators are killed so there will be fewer to vote for the Pari-Mutual Bill. |
| 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) |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Comic Story | Nevada Jones: Framed for Murder / Nevada Jones (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nevada is framed for a stage hold up, but escapes the lynching mob. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Steve Holden (villain, introduction); Slade (bandit); Smokey (bandit); Sheriff |
| 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) |
| Comic Story | Captured by Queen Loha / Kalthar (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Urganas' laws refuse to accept Kate as the mate of Kalthar. |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Kalthar; Queen Loha (villain, introduction, death?); Kate Goodwill (guest-star); Ta-Lo (witch doctor) |
| Script | Harry Shorten (signed) |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Comic Story | Incident in Egypt / War Eagles (8 pages) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Kermit (pilot); V: Hess (I, D) |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Text Story | Rocky Mountain Goats (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Facts about the Rocky Mountain goat. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Comic Story | The Treachery of Tania / Captain Valor (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Valor and his friends are adrift in the China Sea on the hull of a wrecked junk, and with them is Tania. |
| 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) |
| Script | Abner J. Sundell (signed) |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| Inks | Mort Meskin (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Pharoah's Curse / Mr. Satan (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A hooded gang spreads terror in Formal Park in New York. Doris recognizes the ring of one of the killers, Princess Cleo. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mr. Satan (Dudley Bradshaw); Doris O'Day; Sonia [Princess Cleo] (villain, introduction); Benji Frazier (introduction); his hooded gang (introduction) |
| Script | Abner J. Sundell (signed) |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Inks | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Bride of Yum Chac / Zambini (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Foreigners are blamed for the drought in Yucatan, and Helen Grant is kidnapped to be sacrificed to Yum Chac. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Zambini (magician); A Mayan cult (villains, introduction); Elihu Grant (introduction); Helen Grant (introduction) |
| Script | Joe Blair (signed) |
| Pencils | Elmer Wexler (signed) |
| Inks | Elmer Wexler (signed) |
| Notes | The spells of Zabini can be read by skipping the ABs. |
| 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 | |
