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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published May 1953
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Zip-Jet and Pat are renamed and recolored versions of Rocketman and Rocketgirl who previously appeared in Scoop Comics, Punch Comics, and Hello, Pal. There were apparently 2 different back cover ads on this issue, one for Arco Publishing Company's Practice for the Army book, one for Harford Frocks dresses.

Cover Details - "Assassin of the Airlanes; Terror Strikes the Turnpike"

Characters Zip-Jet [Tech Carson]; Pat Carson
Genre superhero
Notes Zip-Jet and Pat are renamed and recolored versions of Rocketman and Rocketgirl who previously appeared in Scoop Comics, Punch Comics, and Hello, Pal. There were apparently 2 different back cover ads on this issue, one for Arco Publishing Company's Practice for the Army book, one for Harford Frocks dresses.

6 page Zip-Jet story "Terror Strikes the Turnpike"

Characters Zip-Jet [Tech Carson]; Pat Carson; Hunk Cottrelli (villain); Bumps (villain)
Synopsis Zip-Jet and Pat face an ex-boss of pier rackets who now specializes in targeting and hijacking long distance movers.
Genre superhero
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Notes Punch Comics reprint info from Darci, January 2008, based on scans of the issues involved, Men of Mystery reprint info, synopsis, and some other information added by Craig Delich 2008-10-26.
Reprinted from Punch Comics (Dynamic Publications [1940s] [Chesler], 1941 series) #14 (July 1945); in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #74 (2008) [from this printing, with some additional modifications]

6 page Zip-Jet story "Assassin of the Air Lanes"

Characters Zip-Jet [Tech Carson]; Pat Carson
Genre superhero
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

6 page Zip-Jet story "Green Scaled Justice"

Characters Zip-Jet [Tech Carson]; Pat Carson
Genre superhero
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

6 page story "Space Doom"

Genre science fiction

7 page Zip-Jet story "Murder Hides Its Tracks"

Characters Zip-Jet [Tech Carson]; Pat Carson; Dr. Karl Bauer (atomic scientist, death); Captain Mallory; Marcia Bauer (Karl Bauer's daughter); Scarbo (villain, death); Lutz (villain)
Synopsis An atomic scientist is murdered by a paid killer, who was hired by a man who knew many of the scientist's secrets. However, that man still needed the scientist's papers, kept at a safe in his home, so he kidnaps the scientist's daughter in order to get the combination to the safe.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes Art credits revised from Ruben Moreira to Al Plastino, confirmed by Bill Black, added by Craig Delich 2010-7-21.
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010) in B/W