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| Date | | Number: 28 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Zip Comics 28 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Available as a scan from goldenagecomics.co.uk. 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. 3. |
| Cover | Baron Gestapo Pits His Nazi Cunning against American Courage / 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; The Web [John Raymond]; Baron Gestapo |
| Pencils | Bob Montana (signed) Bob Montana (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Montana (signed) Bob Montana (signed) |
| Foreword/Afterword | Zip Proudly Presents (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Contents of the issue. |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Also includes indicia. |
| Comic Story | Dragons of Doom / Steel Sterling (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Baron Gestapo is loose again and his dread hand is reaching across the vast Pacific, hovering over America's greatest General like a talon of death. But zipping to the rescue, in a desperate race against time, Steel Sterling, Man of Steel, takes on the crafty villain. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Baron Gestapo (villain) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| First Line | All America thrilled to the heroic tale of General McBride... |
| Comic Story | The Coming of the Web / The Web (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | "The Web is born! How did this unique, awe-inspiring force for justice come into being? Why did he adopt the guise of a web? The answers are told in a story that reaches a crashing crescendo of thrills and excitement." [from Table of Contents] |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Web [John Raymond] (origin in flashback); Tom Raymond (the Web's brother, introduction, flashback); Count Berlin (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Irv Novick ? |
| Inks | Irv Novick ? |
| First Line | There can be no doubt of it! |
| Notes | Title from the table of contents. |
| Comic Story | The Seven Strikes Death / Black Jack (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | A fortune teller warns Black Seven that his luck will finally end, and when a robbery goes bad, he flees from Black Jack. He runs into a "Chamber of Horrors" at a local carnival and manages to get the upper hand over the hero and ties him to a guillotine. But, lightning strikes the blade and, trying to dodge it, Black Seven stumbles backwards into a pit, complete with death-dealing spikes. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Black Jack [Jack Jones]; The Black Seven (villain, death) |
| Pencils | Warren King (signed) |
| Inks | Warren King (signed) |
| Notes | Table of contents title is "Death Trumps the Black Seven" |
| Comic Story | Men with Tails / World Wonders (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Weird facts. |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Pencils | Mary Goss (signed) ? Dale Goss (signed) ? |
| Inks | Mary Goss (signed) ? Dale Goss (signed) ? |
| Comic Story | Fourth of July Blues / Wilbur (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur and Jimmy get Marmaduke to make them fireworks for the 4th of July but have to hide them in an unused cannon when Wilbur's dad walks by. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Characters | Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Jimmy; Marmaduke |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| First Line | The third of July in Westfield starts off with a bang... |
| Comic Story | The Devil's Hand / Stories of the Black Witch (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A shriveled hand brings bad luck to whoever possesses it. |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | The Black Witch; Philip Wylie; Tom Grayson |
| Pencils | Warren King (signed) |
| Inks | Warren King (signed) |
| Notes | Art notes as for Black Jack. Table of contents title is "The Grave Gives Up Its Dead" |
| Publisher advertisement | Pep Comics is Never Satisfied (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Pep Comics. |
| Comic Story | John V. Newkirk - Scarsdale Jack / Zip's Hall of Fame (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Scarsdale Jack fights with the Flying Tigers to keep the Pacific safe. |
| Genre | Non-fiction; War |
| Characters | John Newkirk |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Notes | First appearance. |
| Comic Story | All Out for Freedom / Zambini (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zambini relates he story of an ancient magician Zog and another ancient sea captain named Rex (from the days of ancient Rome and Greece) to another old sea captain named Rex who was thinking of committing suicide as opposed to being a burden on his wife and daughter. The story inspires him that, while he is able, he can devote himself to fighting for freedom and do some kind of service for his country. And, while he can do that, he's not a burden. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Zambini; Rex (a sea captain); Rex (a sea captain, in flashback); Rex's wife (death, in flashback); Zog (magician, in flashback) |
| Script | Gerald Kean (signed) |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| Inks | Paul Reinman (signed) |
| First Line | In the shadows of night's grim darkness an aged sea-captain plunges... |
| Notes | Writer and art credits revised per Leonard Wolinsky, from splash page signature, 1/19/2007. Previously credited as writer: Harry Shorten and art: "J. K. Phillips ?" |
| PSA | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | The publishers donated this space, on behalf of the U.S. Savings Bonds and War Stamps campaign, to published a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., encouraging the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent Savings Stamp each week to help the war effort. |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Advocacy |
| Script | Henry Morgenthau Jr. |
| First Line | A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury |
| Publisher advertisement | A Portrait Picture of Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Comicscope, a camera projector. Available from MLJ Magazines. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover. |
| Advertisement | Will You Let Me Prove I Can Make You A New Man? (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Ad for Charles Atlas body-building. |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | On back cover of comic. |
| 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 | |
