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| Date | | Number: 20 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Zip Comics 20 | 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Black Jack [Jack Jones] (introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); Josef Goebbels (villain) |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) Irv Novick (signed) |
| First Line | I'm sure proud to welcome you to Zip Comics, Black Jack! |
| Comic Story | The Secret Jungle Airdrome / Steel Sterling (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Steel uncovers a secret Nazi air base in the jungle of Brazil. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Looney; Captain Schmidt (villain, introduction); Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Joe Blair (signed) |
| Pencils | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Inks | Irv Novick (signed) |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | House ad for The Hangman story in the October issue of Pep Comics (October 1941, no. 20). |
| First Line | Criminals everywhere!!! |
| Notes | 4 panels setting up the story and a large image of The Hangman. As frequently occurs in these house ads, the story is given a title here ("The Man Who Tried to Escape the Hangman") but the title doesn't appear on the actual story in Pep Comics. There seem to be initials in the lower left-hand corner: this may be the artist but they are indistinct. |
| Story | Black Jack (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lucky Lavitto has been going to a favorite fortune teller for years, always hearing that he is still boss of the town. However, on his most recent visit to the seer, he is told that he is to fear "the Black Jack", which will bring about his doom. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Black Jack [Jack Jones] (introduction, origin); Whitey (introduction, death); Mr. Larson (introduction); Lucky Lavitto (villain, introduction); Baxter (villain, introduction); Lavitto's gang (villains, introduction for all) |
| Pencils | Al Camy |
| Inks | Al Camy |
| First Line | Beware the black jack! He will be your doom! |
| Notes | Camy is spotted by his faces with angular jaws and chins and often scowling mouth. |
| Story | Wilbur (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Wilbur is giving McGeery a dunking in the watering trough for calling him "Wilbur" instead of "Bill". |
| Genre | Teen |
| Characters | Wilbur Wilkin; Betty Fox (introduction); J. A. McGeery (introduction) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| Inks | Lin Streeter (signed) |
| First Line | Wilbur Wilkin! You stop that this minute! |
| Comic Story | Greenland Adventure / Captain Valor (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A fleet of German transports is landing a division on Greenland, unknown to Captain Valor and his Marines on their side of the island. |
| Characters | Captain Valor (Marine); Slim (Marine); Slam (Marine); Sergeant Hogan (Marine); Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Lin Streeter |
| Inks | Lin Streeter |
| Notes | Same art as in his signed Captain Valor in #21. |
| Comic Story | The Rodeo Murder Plot / Nevada Jones (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Slade holds the mortgage on Wilson's ranch and is pretty anxious to take over at any cost. |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Nevada Jones; Little Joe (sidekick); Wilson (rancher); Mike Slade (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Frank Volpe |
| Inks | Frank Volpe |
| Notes | Faces and very realistic horses identical to Volp's credited Loop Logan story in Blue Ribbon Comics #13. |
| Story | War Eagles (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A German U-boat has a secret hiding place in a castle by the Scottish coast. |
| Genre | Aviation; War |
| Characters | Tim Shane; Tom Shane; Swen; Nazis (villains) |
| Script | Joe Blair |
| Pencils | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Smalle (signed) |
| First Line | This is the place, boys! There is supposed to be a lot of fish here |
| Comic Story | The Maharajah of Madowa / Dicky in the Magic Forest (7 pages) |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Characters | Dicky; Maharjah of Madowa (villain, introduction); Lunar (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | R. Louis Golden (signed) |
| Inks | R. Louis Golden (signed) |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | House ad for the Captain Flag story in Blue Ribbon Comics 18. |
| Pencils | Seymour Pearlstein (signed) |
| Inks | Seymour Pearlstein (signed) |
| First Line | "Case of the Radium Murders" Newest Captain Flag adventure appears in the November issue of Blue Ribbon Comics! |
| Notes | Signed in the lower right-hand corner. |
| Comic Story | War of the Circuses / Zambini (5 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Zambini (magician); Mr. Gallop (introduction); Swafford (villain, introduction); Socko (villain, introduction); their gang (villains, introduction) |
| Script | Harry Shorten |
| Pencils | Bob Montana (signed) |
| Inks | Bob Montana (signed) |
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