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Zip Jet (1953) comic books 1951-1953

  • Issue #1
    Zip Jet (1953) 1
    Published Feb 1953 by St. John.
    • Paper: White
    • Label #4134596006
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Ruben Moreira. Stories and art by Ruben Moreira, Al Plastino and Art Pinajian. 1940s Chesler heroes Rocketman and Rocketgirl return in new guises as Zip-Jet and Pat. "Tech" Carson and his "girl Friday" Pat use their "jet powers" against the goblin-like Dr. Keats, who is performing mind-control experiments on the patients in his asylum. Zip-Jet invents the helicopter a few years early, but gangster Killer Craci wants the invention for himself. Zip-Jet and Pat face a vengeful killer who rigs the jury and beats a murder rap. Fantastic Brain Destroyers; Death Stalks The Show; Sinister Seizure; Have You Heard?; Gag Bag; The Cryptic Cache. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #2
    Zip Jet (1953) 2
    Published Apr 1953 by St. John.
    • Water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
    • Cover detached and reattached with tape and added staples.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Stories and art by Ruben Moreira, Al Plastino and Ralph Mayo. 1940s Chesler heroes Rocketman and Rocketgirl return in new guises as Zip-Jet and Pat. "Tech" Carson and his "girl Friday" Pat put on their jet suits when they discover that an old mobster has a new trick: hijacking long-distance moving trucks. Aircraft designer Norton Bemis asks Zip-Jet and Pat to investigate a series of crashes. Zip-Jet and Pat learn that Ned Bailey's life is in danger after he finds an old pirate map. Terror Strikes the Turnpike; Assassin of the Air Lanes; Green Scaled Justice; Space Doom; Murder Hides Its Tracks. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.