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Zip Comics (1940) 12

  • Issue #12
    Zip Comics (1940) 12
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Spine of cover completely split and front cover detached.
    • Label #2068102004
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    Edited by Harry Shorten. Cover art by Charles Biro. "The Rattler," script by Joe Blair, art by Charles Biro; The Rattler and his gang are digging a tunnel to rob the U.S. Sub Treasury building. "Gorro the Terror" Dicky in the Magic Forest story, script and art by Louis Golden; Dick's father fights Gorro, the Terror, and is nearly killed; Dick must return to the Magic Forest to get coconut milk to cure him. "Deviltry At the Dude Ranch," art by Frank Volp; Guests at a dude ranch are mysteriously killed. "Black Widow," script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; Two masked men enter the payroll office of the Bradley Shoe Company, and Red Reagan takes up a subscription for a widow, to trap the murderer of her husband. "Enemy Force On Howe Island," script by Joe Blair, art by Ed Smalle; Helen has information that the Germans have managed to get an invasion force based on the Howe Island, and they are going to strike soon, but Intelligence don't believe her. "Invader! Invader!", script by Joe Blair, art by Mort Meskin; The Japanese invader division rolls into the village as Captain Valor and his band gallop out the rear gate. "The Liquid Air Murders," script by Harry Shorten, art by Irv Novick; The judge in the trial of the gangster, Maretti, is turned into a pillar of ice when he is about to pass the sentence. "The Shambo Dance of Death," script by Joe Blair, art by Lin Streeter; One of the plantation workers has been killed, pierced by twenty spears, and ever since then, strange and sinister things have happened to the owner. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.