Zip Comics (1940) #12

Archie 1940–1944 series Cover date Mar 1941

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

Value history

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About this issue

Zip Comics #12 (1940) is issue #12 of Archie's Zip Comics (1940–1944), with a cover date of March 1941. Written by Joe Blair and R. Louis Golden and drawn by Charles Biro, R. Louis Golden, Mort Meskin and others.

Creators

Writers: Joe Blair, R. Louis Golden
Pencillers: Charles Biro, R. Louis Golden, Mort Meskin, Irv Novick, Ed Smalle, Lin Streeter, Frank Volpe
Inkers: Charles Biro, R. Louis Golden, Mort Meskin, Irv Novick, Ed Smalle, Lin Streeter, Frank Volpe
Cover artist: Charles Biro

The stories

“The Rattler”

The Rattler and his gang are digging a tunnel to rob the U.S. Sub Treasury building.

“Gorro the Terror”

Dick's father fights Gorro, the Terror, and is nearly killed. Dick must return to the Magic Forest to get cocoanut milk to cure him.

“Deviltry At the Dude Ranch”

Guests at a dude ranch are mysteriously killed.

“Black Widow”

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.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.