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Zip Comics, #35

Published: March 1943

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Zip Comics #35

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Issue Contents:
Steel Sterling Upholds America's Honor!!
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Web
  • Steel Sterling
Credits
Story Notes

Cover credits were Irv Novick for both pencils and inks; changed to Bob Montana as he signed it (2008-06-11 by Allen Ross based on an Error Report).

Lisbon
Story 1 12 pages superhero

"Ouch! Help! Someone help!"

Storyline

A Secret Service agent in Portugal is arrested on evidence unearthed by German agents, and Looney is sent to obtain this "evidence" before the trial. With the help of Steel.

Characters
  • Steel Sterling [John Sterling]
  • Clancy McGinty (Police)
  • Sgt. Looney
  • Von Klune (Gertapo agent)
Credits
The Web and the Book
Story 2 12 pages superhero

"It was only a book!"

Storyline

A book collector is murdered for an old book, and the trail leads to an ex-convict, and then to the warden himself.

Characters
  • Web (John Raymond)
  • Prof. Andive (book collector)
  • Mr. Whithers (store keeper)
  • William Foster (ex-convict)
  • Warden Flick (villain)
Credits
The Paralyzed Thumb
Story 3 2 pages superhero

"The bullet bit into Michael Dean's shoulder ... but he didn't cry out."

Characters
  • Web [John Raymond]
  • Michael Dean
  • Dorothy Dean
Dame of Fate
Story 4 10 pages superhero

"Ha! Ha! What fools these mortals be!"

Storyline

Black Jack is taken back in time to the French Revolution and the Guilliotine.

Characters
  • Black Jack [Jack Jones]
  • Judy [Vivienne]
Credits
Story Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Black Jack" feature in Zip Comics. The feature appears next in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 Series) #50 (August 2000).

Mother-in-Law
Story 5 6 pages

"Oh boy! Am I burning 'em in!"

Storyline

Robert's mother-in-law is coming for a visit.

Characters
  • Wilbur Wilkin
  • Robert Wilkin (dad)
  • Mrs. Wilkin (mom)
  • Mother-in-Law
Introducing Ginger
Story 6 6 pages teen

"San Francisco may have its earthquakes, Florida its cyclones, Texas its tornados..."

Storyline

Ginger tries to avoid Principal Grump at a football game after he bans her from cheering at the game following a megaphone mishap.

Characters
  • Ginger Snap (introduction)
  • Dotty (introduction)
  • Principal Grump (introduction)
  • Lotta Snap (mom, introduction)
  • John Whipper Snap (dad, introduction)
Credits
Story Notes

First appearance of Ginger, which would continue as an Archie feature until 1954. Hillwood High plays MLJ Sub-Normal Academy and its Coach Silverkleit in a football game, a reference to publisher MLJ Comics and co-founder Louis Silberkleit. (Unclear if character name is typo or pun on athletic cleat.) Ginger's last name is originally spelled as "Snap" in this story before evolving to "Snapp" in future stories.

Gags
Story 7 1 page humor
Credits
Story Notes

Inside the signature square is another name not readable.

Semyon Timoshenko
Story 8 6 pages non-fiction; war

"When the lights of Europe are once again kindled..."

Storyline

The story of a Russian Marshal fighting the German army.

Characters
  • Marshal Semyon Timoshenko
Story 9 1 page non-fiction

"The flower pot plant shapes its leaves into a pot-like form that holds its own roots."

Credits
The Tale of Hugh Sinclair
Story 10 6 pages superhero

"Listen, Americans, the wheels of industry are humming, singing out a tune in the key of "V.""

Storyline

A tale of Hugh Sinclair, one of those despicable men America can do without, and to whom profit means more than help winning the war

Characters
  • Zambini (magician)
  • Hugh Sinclair (profiteer)
Credits
Story Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Zambini" feature.