Additional Information |
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Publication | September 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling; Web |
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Comic Story | The Web and the Madman of the Crooked Cross (12 pages) |
Synopsis | The Army has arranged for Raymond to take a job teaching in Pastor Michel's School in occupied France. This is before the U.S.A. got into the war. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Web (John Raymond); Captain Murder; Pastor Michel |
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Comic Story | The Laughing Death (12 pages) |
Synopsis | A U.S destroyer picks up a lone survivor with an important portfolio that must not fall in the hands of Der Hyena. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Clancy McGinty (Police); Dora Cummings; Captain Knox; Der Hyena (Nazi) |
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Comic Story | The House of Cards (11 pages) |
Synopsis | A worker at a playing card company discovers that they make deadly incendiary to be shipped out of the country, enroute to burst into flame. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Black Jack [Jack Jones]; John Smith (worker); Foreman; Mr. Beggs (manager) |
Notes | Title from bottom of splash page. |
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Synopsis | Mr. Wilkin is playing golf. |
Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin |
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Comic Story | Tame the King Gorilla (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Otto will capture a gorilla and train it to make plenty of money. His friend tries to persuade him to abandon his project. |
Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Black Witch; Jack Price (hunter); Otto Fleming (hunter) |
Notes | Faces and layout is similar to other signed King stories. |
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Comic Story | The Epic of the U.S. Cruiser Marblehead (5 pages) |
Synopsis | An American cruiser in fight with Japanese war ships. |
Content | Genre: Non-fiction; War | Characters: Commander Nicholas Van Bergen; Crew |
Notes | Art credit per Leonard Wolinsky, from splash page signature, 1/19/2007. |
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Synopsis | A business man who can't afford to lose an important contract, refuses to help the Army with experimental tanks. The Army officers then get help from Zambini. |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Zambini (magician); James Wright (manager) |
Notes | Originally credited to Jim Phillips, but this art is not his. Compare his signed stories in previous issues of Zip Comics. |
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