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| Date | | Number: 27 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Zip Comics 27 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Harry Shorten |
| Notes | Story titles from inside front cover. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2. |
| Cover | American Vs. Jap!! / 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero Irv Novick |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; The Web [John Raymond]; Black Jack [Jack Jones] Irv Novick |
| Pencils | Irv Novick Irv Novick |
| Inks | Irv Novick Irv Novick |
| Comic Story | The Black Dragon of Death! / The Web (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | A dead man found in a burned car, identified by John Raymond as the missing General Mason, has been murdered by The Black Dragon. Raymond changes into the Web to track down the villain, but in the process inadvertently leaves clues that Rose Wayne has found, through which she discovers that John Raymond is the Web. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Web [John Raymond] (criminology professor, introduction); Rose Wayne (Raymond's future wife, learns The Web's secret identity, introduction); General Mason (death); The Black Dragon (villain, introduction); Japanese spies [Lin Chow; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all, many die); Nick Morro (villain, big-shot gangster, introduction); Morro's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Pencils | John Cassone |
| Inks | John Cassone |
| Notes | Contents page story title is "The Holocaust of Horror". |
| Comic Story | The Stars Drip Blood / Black Jack (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Black Seven is born as seventh son of a seventh son, and that is a bad sign. He becomes a symbol for fiendish cunning and murder. When he is out to steal secret documents from the Turkish ambassador, he meets up with Black Jack. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Black Jack [Jack Jones]; The Black Seven [Omar; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all); Hussein and his six sons (father and brothers of Black Seven, all die) |
| Pencils | Al Camy (signed) |
| Inks | Al Camy (signed) |
| Notes | Contents page story title. |
| Comic Story | The Swastika of Death / Steel Sterling (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Germans are after a Polish immigrant, but the attempt fails when Steel interferes. On his back is written the secret whereabouts of the gold of the Polish government in exile. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Sergeant Clancy McGinty (Policeman); Anton (Polish immigrant, introduction); Anton's sister (introduction); Looney; Baron Gestapo (villain, introduction); Nazi spies [Karl; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Notes | Contents page story title. |
| Comic Story | A-Hunting We Will Go / Wilbur (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur and his dad are on a hunting trip with Mr. Phillips. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Characters | Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Mary Wilkin (mom); I: Jim Phillips |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| Notes | ifc title |
| Comic Story | Vengeance from the Grave / Stories of the Black Witch (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The pirate captain was a practical man, wise in the ways of sailing ships, but he knew nothing about ghosts or the curses from a murdered lighthouse keeper. |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Black Witch; Captain Price (pirat); Old Harry (lighthouse keeper) |
| Pencils | Jim Phillips (signed) |
| Inks | Jim Phillips (signed) |
| Notes | Signature noted by Gary Watson, April 2008. |
| Comic Story | Wings of Doom / War Eagles (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Eagles are on their way to New York on an American Clipper when attacked by a German plane. |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); V: Nazis |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle |
| Inks | Ed Smalle |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "War Eagles" feature. ifc title |
| Comic Story | The Fiddle and the Prize-Fighter / Zambini (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zambini helps a chagrined mother, whose violinist son has turned to prize fighting. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Zambini (magician); I: James Graham, Mrs. Graham, the Champ; V: A manager and a trainer (I for both) |
| Script | Harry Shorten ? |
| Pencils | Jim Phillips (signed) |
| Inks | Jim Phillips (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 | |
