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| Publication | May 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly except January, March and September |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Steel Sterling [John Sterling] |
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| Comic Story | The Wand of Weirdness (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Apollo and Muley break into a museum and are confronted by a guard, so Apollo grabbed a scepter out of a case to use as a club. It was the "Wand of Weirdness", supposedly belonging to Merlin the Magician which had a curse that said anyone using the wand for evil purposes would have it visit back upon them. Sure enough, it does and both die. The wand next brings bad luck to a cab driver and racketeer Dippy Dugan, who is killed when he wishes for bullets to go around him. Steel Sterling retrieves the wand and returns it to the museum. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty (Policeman); Apollo Bates (villain, introduction, death); Muley (villain, introduction, death); Dippy Dugan (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains) |
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| Synopsis | Red Rube and Steel encourage readers to donate to scrap paper drives. |
| Content | Characters: Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Steel Sterling [John Sterling] |
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| Comic Story | Stencho's Woman Problems (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Stencho's wife wants to find out if he still loves her. A red wig and a new dress will do the trick. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Señor Banana; Stencho Odora; Dolores Odora (wife); Rosita |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Señor Banana" feature. |
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| Content | Characters: Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge |
| Notes | Promo for the Archie radio show featuring a dental patient, beleaguered son-in-law, and hospital patient all listening to the show. |
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| Comic Story | County Fair (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Applejack boys are on a gas balloon trip and land near the house of a screwy professor, who turns them into monkeys. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Professor |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of "The Applejacks" feature in Zip Comics. The feature appears next in Laugh Comix (Archie, 1944 Series) #48 (Winter 1944-1945). |
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| Synopsis | Ginger meets Frank Swinatra. |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Tommy Turner; Frank Swinatra (introduction) |
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| Comic Story | The Fourth Dimensional Dr. Karvalla (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The wicked scientist, Dr. Karvalla, invented a formula that enabled him to travel in the fourth dimension. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Dr. Karvalla (villain, introduction) |
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| Text Story | The Future and the Past (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A corpse is found on a beach on Tahiti. |
| Credits | Script: Harry Rose | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Crime | Characters: Harry Rose (narrator); Forbes |
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| Synopsis | The American Volunteer Group in China is disbanded and some join the Army Air Corps. |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: The Flying Dragons [Hank O'Toole, Spud] (introduction); The Japanese (villains) |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of the "Flying Dragons" feature in Zip Comics. It will next appear in Black Hood Comics (Archie, 1943 Series), starting with #12 (Fall 1944). Final panel includes note asking readers to send letters to MLJ Magazines if they liked the story. |
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