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| Date | | Number: 23 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Zip Comics 23 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Harry Shorten |
| Notes | 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. 1. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling; Black Jack |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) Irv Novick (signed) |
| First Line | Flying Fortress |
| Publisher advertisement | A letter to readers of Zip Comics (1 page) |
| Synopsis | A letter from "The Editors" announcing the inclusion of "true fact" stories in Blue Ribbon Comics and soliciting reader feedback on the idea. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Comic Story | The Kidnapping of Lu-Chek / Steel Sterling (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | The father of an old Chinese friend of Steel is kidnapped by the Japanese. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Kiang-Chek (Intro; Death); Lu-Chek (Intro); Stanley Porter (Villain; Intro); the Japanese (Villain) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Irv Novick |
| Inks | Irv Novick |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | House ad announcing the addition of Archie to Jackpot Comics. |
| Characters | Steel Sterling; Mr. Justice; Sgt. Boyle; Black Hood; Archie; Jughead |
| First Line | Jackpot Comics No. 4 proudly announces a new addition to its family...Archie |
| Comic Story | Poker Face / Black Jack (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wane sells everything he owns to get away from the avenging Poker Face. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Poker Face (Villain; Intro); Rudolph Wane (Villain; Intro; Death); Anthony Phelps (Villain; Intro; Death) |
| Pencils | Al Camy (signed) |
| Inks | Al Camy (signed) |
| Comic Story | The Hockey Game / Wilbur (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur tries it out on the skating rink. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Characters | Wilbur Wilkin; Gabby Garson (Intro) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| Story | Captain Valor (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Valor and some of his Marines are trying to get an important message through the to the Peruvian government. |
| Characters | Captain Valor; Slim; Slam; Sergeant Hogan; Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Warren King (signed) |
| Inks | Warren King (signed) |
| First Line | A Nazi inspired war rages between the sister republics of Peru and Ecuador... |
| Comic Story | The Polo War / Nevada Jones (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Nevada Jones plays polo on horseback. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Frost and his gang (Villain; Intro); Wade and other polo players (Intro) |
| Inks | Frank Volpe |
| Colors | Frank Volpe |
| Notes | Bony faces with mouth drawn with two short lines, and quite realistic horses are identical to Volpe's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13. |
| Comic Story | The Big Berthas / War Eagles (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Eagles are on a mission to bomb and destroy a Big Bertha gun that shells London. |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (crewman); Nazis (Villain) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Comic Story | City of Talking Animals / Dicky in the Magic Forest (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dicky shows his friends his new horse. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Dicky; Dicky's Father; Jackie; Freckles |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| Notes | Art identical to Streeter's signed story in #25. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Synopsis | House ad for Hangman Comics. |
| Characters | The Hangman; Dusty; Roy |
| First Line | Hangman Comics starring The Hangman and featuring those Boy Buddies, Dusty the Spectacular Boy Detective and Roy the Superboy |
| Notes | The bottom 0.1 of the page is the Statement of Ownership. |
| Statement of Ownership | Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation |
| Synopsis | Statement of Ownership. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Date of filing: October 1, 1941. No circulation data included. Printed at reduced size, rendering it illegible. Top 0.9 of page is a house ad for Hangman Comics. |
| Story | Zambini (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zambini helps a boy from the County Reform School who has run away because of harsh treatment. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Zambini; warden and guards of a reform school |
| Script | Harry Shorten ? |
| Pencils | Jim Phillips |
| Inks | Jim Phillips |
| First Line | Great heavens! I wonder what this is all about! [sic] |
| Notes | The art is very similar to the signed Phillips story in #24. |
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