Digital Comic Museum - Zip Comics 16 (1941)


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Issue: #16
Published: July 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Harry Shorten
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover, Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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. 3.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	Steel Sterling
Credits:	Pencils: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed) \| Inks: Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Steel Sterling

Comic Story (14 pages)	The Return of the Puppet Master
Featuring:	Steel Sterling
Synopsis:	The Puppet Master has escaped from prison and sets his plan of living puppets into operation.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair (signed) \| Pencils: Irv Novick \| Inks: Irv Novick
Characters:	Steel Sterling [John Sterling] Clancy McGinty (Police) Dora Cummings The Puppet Master [Gargulio] (villain)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Sack of the Giant
Featuring:	Dicky in the Magic Forest
Synopsis:	A giant has entered Panora and collects human beings to eat.
Credits:	Script: Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed) \| Pencils: Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed) \| Inks: Louis Golden [as L. Golden] (signed)
Genre:	Fantasy
Characters:	Dicky Farenwell Farenwell (Dicky's Father) A Giant (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Bar-X Ranch War
Featuring:	Nevada Jones, Quick-Trigger Man
Synopsis:	A crooked rancher is fencing off water in public domain.
Credits:	Pencils: Frank Volp \| Inks: Frank Volp
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Nevada Jones Little Joe (sidekick) Hank Mills (villain, Introduction, Death) Tony (villain, Introduction, Death) Charlie (villain, Introduction, Death) Several Others (villains, Introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Devil-Devil Doctor
Featuring:	Red Reagan
Synopsis:	Old Rixon is murdered in his bed by a hooded figure before he could change his last will.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair (signed) \| Pencils: Sam Cooper [as Cooper] (signed) \| Inks: Sam Cooper [as Cooper] (signed)
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Red Reagan (Police Detective) Bertie Randolph (assistent) The Devil-Devil Doctor [Bob Rixon] (villain, Introduction) Thaddeus Rixon (introduction, Death) Dr. Schwartz (introduction) Al Faltz (introduction) Bob Rixon (introduction) Hugo Rixon (introduction) Bernard Rixon (introduction) Pamela Rixon

Comic Story (8 pages)	Swen Olson's Maiden Flight
Featuring:	War Eagles
Synopsis:	Swen Olsen is ready for action as a gunner in R.A.F.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair \| Pencils: Ed Smalle (signed) \| Inks: Ed Smalle (signed)
Genre:	Aviation War
Characters:	Tim Shane (pilot) Tom Shane (pilot) Swen Olsen (gunner) The Nazis (villains) Gen. Vosh (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (8 pages)	Valor On the Slave Block
Featuring:	Captain Valor
Synopsis:	Captain Valor and his friends have taken command of the village of the Chinese lord, but he gets in contact with Mongol horsemen who attack the village to help him.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair ? \| Pencils: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed) \| Inks: Mort Meskin [as Meskin] (signed)
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	Captain Valor Angie Ronnie Dallas Big Dip Ab-Ah-Ner (villain) Company (guest-star) Marty Martin

Comic Story (6 pages)	The Framing of a Photographer
Featuring:	Scarlet Avenger
Synopsis:	A news photographer is framed for killing a friend.
Credits:	Script: Harry Shorten ? \| Pencils: Carl Hubbell [as HUB] (signed) \| Inks: Carl Hubbell [as HUB] (signed)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Scarlet Avenger [Jim Kendall] Inez Courtney [Operative No.1] Joe Adams (introduction) Joe Devlin (introduction, Death) Hal Ates (villain, Introduction) Mayor Sikes (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (7 pages)	Scrambling the Gambling Joint
Featuring:	Zambini the Miracle Man
Synopsis:	Zambini visits a crooked gambling house.
Credits:	Script: Joe Blair \| Pencils: Paul Reinman \| Inks: Paul Reinman
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Happy (villain, Introduction) His Gang (villain, Introduction) Stacey (introduction)

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