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| Date | | Number: 25 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Zip Comics 25 | 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. 2. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling; Black Jack |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) Irv Novick (signed) |
| Story | Steel Sterling (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Clancy buys an old vase that transports him and his friends back to ancient Greece. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney |
| Script | Robert Kanigher |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| First Line | Can you believe it? |
| Notes | Kanigher includes the splash page in his book, How To Make Money Writing For Comics Magazines (Cambridge House, 1943). Before that was discovered, we had credited Joe Blair. Novick signature on final page. |
| Story | Black Jack (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | A nurse is accused of murdering Mrs. Carter for the two thousand dollars left in her will, but Black Jack proves he innocent. Later the same nurse is framed for another murder. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Black Jack [Jack Jones]; Mary Stone (nurse); Mrs. Carter; Cyrus Weeks; Solitaire (secretary) |
| Pencils | Al Camy (signed) |
| Inks | Al Camy (signed) |
| First Line | Somber quiet prevails in the courtroom... |
| Story | Wilbur (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur starts at a new job as his father thinks he needs a sense of responsibility. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Characters | Wilbur Wilkin; Eddie; Father Wilkins; Clancy McGinty (Police); Mr Morris (store owner) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| First Line | Winter is a very exciting affair... |
| Story | Captain Valor (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Germans know every move the supply ships make, and the leak is a woman in the refugee camp. |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Marta (spy); Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Warren King |
| Inks | Warren King |
| First Line | At U.S. Marine headquarters in Iceland |
| Notes | Same art as other signed stories on this feature. |
| Story | Nevada Jones (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | After Bull Craven's capture, Nevada Jones' name is cleared and he can take off his mask for good. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Bill Craven (outlaw) |
| Pencils | Jim Phillips |
| Inks | Jim Phillips |
| First Line | Nevada Jones has finally tracked down Bull Craven |
| Notes | This is the final appearance of the "Nevada Jones" feature in Zip Comics. The feature appears next in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 Series) #66 (March 1948). Same art as in Phillips' signed Black Witch story in #27. Compare close-up faces in frontview. |
| Story | War Eagles (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The three escapees crashland in their observation balloon among Australian soldiers in Crete. |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | Tim Shane (pilot); Tom Shane (pilot); Swen (pilot); Nazis (Villain) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| First Line | Tim and Tom Shane... |
| Story | Dicky in the Magic Forest (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dicky fights the fire-breathing Medusa monster, but must get help from the old seer in the Magic Forest. |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Dicky; Old Seer |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Inks | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| First Line | A hideous monster... |
| Story | Zambini (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | After his wife trips on the worn stairs and crashes through a rotten, neglected bannister and falls to her death, her husband intends to kill the responsible proprietor. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Zambini; J.W. Squelch |
| Script | Harry Stein |
| Pencils | Jim Phillips (signed) |
| Inks | Jim Phillips (signed) |
| First Line | In an ancient tenement. [sic] |
| 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 | |
