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| Date | | Number: 45 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Zip Comics 45 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: monthly except January, March, and September |
| Notes | On-sale date from copyright registration. Order of sequences and other corrections made by Gary Watson, April 2008. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Red Rube [Rueben Rueben] |
| Pencils | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Inks | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Comic Story | Zombies / Steel Sterling (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Steel Sterling has to solve the riddle of why policeman Clancy walks in his sleep and appears to be dead. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy; Sgt. Mulligan; Amwalli (villain) |
| Pencils | Clem Weisbecker (signed) |
| Inks | Pen Shumaker (signed) |
| First Line | I command you to throw Clancy, your best friend out the window, Steel Sterling! |
| Comic Story | Ye Golden Beauty Shoppe / Señor Banana (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Banana and Stencho open a beauty shop. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Señor Banana; Stencho Odora |
| Script | Ed Goggin (signed) Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Inks | Terry Szenics (signed) |
| First Line | Bah! You make me seeck in the head! Again we are broke weethout money! |
| Story | The Applejacks (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Applejack boys are hired to find a missing husband. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Slappy Applejack; Happy Applejack; Mrs. Stiches |
| Script | Ed Goggin (signed) Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Pencils | Harry Sahle (signed) |
| Inks | Terry Szenics (signed) |
| First Line | Someone cryin' in there, Slappy! |
| Text Story | Sweet Dreams of Death (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A jealous would-be singer commits murder. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | John Mason (detective); Linda Gordon; Margaret Moore; Lieutenant Brady; Catherine Cole |
| Script | Pen Shumaker |
| First Line | John Mason, private detective, didn't like it. |
| Story | Ginger (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Tommy gets jealous of Ginger's new dancing teacher. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Characters | Ginger Snapp; Dotty; Prof. Twinkletoe; Tommy Brent [Tommy Turner] |
| Script | Ed Goggin |
| Pencils | Virginia Drury (signed) |
| Inks | Virginia Drury (signed) |
| First Line | Boy! Is that corny! |
| Publisher advertisement | MLJ Leads the Way |
| Notes | Promo for MLJ Magazines featuring an anthropomorphic MLJ logo as a coxswain leading a team of rowing MLJ titles. |
| Statement of Ownership | No Title |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Red Rube (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Reuben Reuben, a young orphan, finds the castle of his ancestors and discovers that the castle is full of the ghosts of those ancestors. The ghosts are all named "Reuben Reuben," and they grant him special powers, which he uses to fight crime. When Reuben says the magic words "Hey, Rube!" he turns into Red Rube, who has the powers of each of his ancestors, who were similarly super-powered. He now uses those power to battle a Nazi sabotage group. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; Hans; the Nazis (villains) |
| Pencils | Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| First Line | I presume we have all met our hero, Rueben! |
| Notes | Pencils and inks previously attributed to Bob Vigoda; unclear if such an artist exists. |
| PSA | So Save Your Scrap to Scrap the Japs! / Red Rube (1 page) |
| Characters | Red Rube [Rueben Rueben] |
| Notes | Promotes paper drives. |
| Story | Chimpy (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Genie dreams he is eaten by pigs. |
| Genre | Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
| Characters | Chimpy; Genie; Pig Chief |
| Script | Joe Edwards (signed) |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Edwards (signed) |
| First Line | Will you please stop stuffing yourself... |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Chimpy" feature in Zip Comics. The feature moves to Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 Series) starting with #1 (Summer 1944). Final panel includes note asking readers to send a letter to Chimpy (care of MLJ Magazines) to give him some advice about how to handle Genie. |
| Story | Archie (1 page) |
| First Line | Archie is an MLJ feature |
| Notes | Promo for Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) featuring man in electric chair and man hit by falling safe enjoying an issue of the series. |
| Story | Wilbur (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur causes his usual trouble while staying at a boys' summer camp in Florida. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Characters | Wilbur Wilkin |
| Script | Ed Goggin |
| Pencils | Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Vigoda (signed) |
| First Line | Yipee! Make way! |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Wilbur" feature in Zip Comics. The feature will move to Top Notch Laugh Comics (Archie, 1942 Series) starting with #45 (May 1944). Pencils and inks previously attributed to Bob Vigoda; unclear if such an artist exists. |
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