| Additional Information |
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| Publication | Summer 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: quarterly |
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| Cover | Crooks Can't Win |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Red Rube [Reuben Reuben] |
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| Comic Story | The Strange Case of the Timid Corpse (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | McGinty takes a injured lady to the hospital and is standing guard over her big diamond, the Koh-Noor, worth 50.000 dollars. It disappears, sewn into another patient by the crooked surgeon. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty; Diamond Jim (villain); Dr. Trent; Roger Miek |
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| Synopsis | Ginger is reading in her diary about her first date with Tommy. |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Ginger Snapp; Tommy Turner |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Ginger" feature in Zip Comics. The feature moves to Suzie Comics (Archie, 1945 Series) starting with new stories in #58 (May 1944), after a string of reprints starting in #49 (Spring 1945). |
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| Comic Story | Red Rube and el Tornado (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The ambassador in Mexico and his whole staff comes down with the measles, and Red Rube is sent down to smooth things over. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Red Rube [Reuben Reuben]; El Tornado (bull) |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Talking Dog (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | A ventriloquist has killed a man for cheating him for years. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty; Ventro the Ventriloquist; Charlie (doll) |
| Notes | Final Golden Age appearance of Steel Sterling [John Sterling]. Next appearance is in Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 1965 series) #4 (1966).
This is the final appearance of the "Steel Sterling" feature in Zip Comics. The feature appears next in High Camp Super Heroes (Belmont Books, 1966 Series) #B50-695 (April 1966). |
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| Comic Story | Red Rube and the Martians (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | America is invaded by Martians, which turns out to be a Nazi trick to lower the fighting spirit. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Red Rube [Reuben Reuben] |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Red Rube" feature. |
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