Zip Comics #28 Values

Publisher: Archie, 1942

About Zip Comics #28

The origin of the Web. Japanese and Nazi war bondage cover by Bob Montana. Irv Novick and Paul Reinman art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Baron Gestapo Pits His Nazi Cunning Against American Courage

Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; The Web [John Raymond]; Baron Gestapo

Pencils: Bob Montana [as Montana] (signed)

Inks: Bob Montana [as Montana] (signed)

Notes: Originally credited to Irv Novick (as it is credited in Overstreet) but cover is signed "Montana" at the bottom of the chalkboard. Signature spotted by Mr. Bedrock at http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=170288&fpart=1880 .

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: Dragons of Doom

Characters: Steel Sterling [John Sterling]; Baron Gestapo (villain)

Synopsis: Baron Gestapo is loose again and his dread hand is reaching across the vast Pacific, hovering over America's greatest General like a talon of death. But zipping to the rescue, in a desperate race against time, Steel Sterling, Man of Steel, takes on the crafty villain.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)

Inks: Irv Novick [as Irving Novick] (signed)

Title: The Coming of the Web

Characters: The Web [John Raymond] (origin in flashback); Tom Raymond (the Web's brother, introduction, flashback); Count Berlin (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: "The Web is born! How did this unique, awe-inspiring force for justice come into being? Why did he adopt the guise of a web? The answers are told in a story that reaches a crashing crescendo of thrills and excitement." [from Table of Contents]

Pages: 12.000

Pencils: Irv Novick ?

Inks: Irv Novick ?

Notes: Title from the table of contents.

Title: The Seven Strikes Death

Characters: Black Jack [Jack Jones]; The Black Seven (villain, death)

Synopsis: A fortune teller warns Black Seven that his luck will finally end, and when a robbery goes bad, he flees from Black Jack. He runs into a "Chamber of Horrors" at a local carnival and manages to get the upper hand over the hero and ties him up to a guillotine. But, lightning strikes the blade and trying to dodge it, Black Seven stumbles backwards into a pit, complete with death-dealing spikes.

Pages: 11.000

Pencils: Warren King [as King] (signed)

Inks: Warren King [as King] (signed)

Notes: Last indexed as Robin King, but this King signature is found in features credited only to Warren: Hangman, Miss Shady, The Fox, The Wizard, The Shield, Keith Cornell, The Firefly, Bob Phantom. Also features credited him and with similar artwork: Banshee, Spider Queen, and even in some features at Archie not credited to any of them, like Captain Valor. Robin King's art is quite different, like his Sailor Danny in Military Comics. His only credited Archie feature is Black Jack, but the King signature with long vertical line under the G is Warren's. Robin's signature was ROBIN, according to Who's Who. Most King signed stories are credited Warren here at GCD. Table of contents title is "Death Trumps the Black Seven"

Synopsis: Weird facts.

Pages: 1.000

Pencils: Mary Goss ? [as Goss]; Dale Goss ? [as Goss]

Inks: Mary Goss ? [as Goss]; Dale Goss ? [as Goss]

Notes: Signed "Goss". Jerry Bails' Who's Who gives both Mary and Dale as people who were working for Archie at this time doing filler work.

Title: Fourth of July Blues

Characters: Wilbur Wilkin; Robert Wilkin (dad); Jimmy; Marmaduke

Synopsis: Wilbur and Jimmy get Marmaduke to make them fireworks for the 4th of July but have to hide them in an un-used cannon when Wilbur's dad walks by.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Joe Blair

Pencils: Lin Streeter

Inks: Lin Streeter

Title: The Devil's Hand

Characters: The Black Witch; Philip Wylie; Tom Grayson

Synopsis: A shriveled hand brings bad luck to whoever possesses it.

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Warren King (signed) [as King]

Inks: Warren King (signed) [as King]

Notes: Art notes as for Black Jack. Table of contents title is "The Grave Gives Up Its Dead"

Title: All Out for Freedom

Characters: Zambini; Rex (a sea captain); Rex (a sea captain, in flashback); Rex's wife (death, in flashback); Zog (magician, in flashback)

Synopsis: Zambini relates he story of an ancient magician Zog and another ancient sea captain named Rex (from the days of ancient Rome and Greece) to another old sea captain named Rex who was thinking of committing suicide as opposed to being a burden on his wife and daughter. The story inspires him that, while he is able, he can devote himself to fighting for freedom and do some kind of service for his country. And, while he can do that, he's not a burden.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Gerald Kean (signed)

Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)

Notes: Writer and art credits revised per Leonard Wolinsky, from splash page signature, 1/19/2007. Previously credited as writer: Harry Shorten and art: "J. K. Phillips ?"

Synopsis: The publishers donated this space, on behalf of the U.S. Savings Bonds and War Stamps campaign, to published a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., encouraging the boys and girls of America to buy at least one 10 cent Savings Stamp each week to help the war effort.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Henry Morgenthal, Jr. (credited)

Pencils: ? (illustration)

Inks: ? (illustration)

Letters: ?; typeset

Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	3	2	2	3	1	1	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	27
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0	3	3	2	3	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	29

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