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| I'm just in suspense about how long Black Jack will manage to keep encountering card-related archvillains. Good luck to him! |
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| Interesting how the dialogue in the last panels was altered at the last minute. Someone must have pointed out to the editor that poor ol' John deserved some of the credit. |
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| 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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