Jumbo Comics #25

(March 1941)

Bait For the Beast ["Whosoever would defile this sacred temple by entering..."] (Table of Contents)

Sheena / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as W. Morgan Thomas]

Pencils:

Bob Powell

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Chim; Introduction: Jeff Spalding (Death); Villain: Ahn Kamin (Introduction, Death), Karnak (Introduction, Death; a mummy)

Indexer Notes

Title is taken from cover blurb.

["S'long Bobby, see ya again."] (Table of Contents)

Bobby / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger

Pencils:

S. M. Iger

Inks:

S. M. Iger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

Mr. De Flicker

Reprints:

• in Pulp Fiction (A List Comics, 1997 series) #7 (March 1999)

["Up from the Ivory Coast sails The Hawk's ship..."] (Table of Contents)

The Hawk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Willis B. Rensie]

Pencils:

Will Eisner; Art Saaf

Inks:

Will Eisner; Art Saaf

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

historical

Characters:

Sagua; Caleb; Don Miguel Braganta; Manuelo

Indexer Notes

Per Mort Leav, Art Saaf was given old Eisner material and assigned to re-write, re-compose, and fill in the gaps to create "new" Eisner Hawk stories (Robin Snyder's The Comics).

["Fred Larkin and his dad, General Larkin, go aloft..."] (Table of Contents)

Lightning / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Teller Tayles]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

General Larkin; unnamed helium saboteurs/thiefs

Indexer Notes

Artwork reminiscent of a weak Al Bryant.

The Warrior's Shoes (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Alexander

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

["Last month, Peter and his friends were talking..."] (Table of Contents)

Peter Pupp / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Golleh]

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Characters:

Zula's robot; King Riffraff; Zula

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #6 (February 1939)

["Once more a legion of hate encompasses Europe. . . "] (Table of Contents)

Stuart Taylor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Curt Davis]

Pencils:

Sy Reit

Inks:

Sy Reit

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Dr. Hayward; Countess Irana Nada of Bohemia; Johan [her fiancé]; Napoleon; The Duke of Wellington

["Pee Wee, your pop's lookin' for ya!"] (Table of Contents)

Pee Wee / credits / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger

Pencils:

S. M. Iger

Inks:

S. M. Iger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[pantomime gag strip] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Otto / filler / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as Heck]

Pencils:

Will Eisner [as Heck]

Inks:

Will Eisner [as Heck]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Success or failure in war depends on a..."] (Table of Contents)

ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Major Thorpe]

Pencils:

shop?

Inks:

shop?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Jan Petrov

Indexer Notes

Notice the extensive depiction of shadows...

["Over the Wyoming badlands, the snow lies deep..."] (Table of Contents)

Midnight the Black Stallion / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Robert Webb

Inks:

Robert Webb

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Rick [the forest rangers son]; Midnight [a colt]

["The bright lights of the night club district..."] (Table of Contents)

Inspector Dayton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as George Thatcher]

Pencils:

Chuck Mazoujian?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Officer Odell; Officer Casey

[Tom Devlin, Dick Swenson and Harry Carson, three American war buddies...:] (Table of Contents)

Tom, Dick, and Harry / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Charles Tansul]

Pencils:

Robert Webb

Inks:

Robert Webb

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Alice Wiggins; Mable Wiggins; Joan Wiggins; Bob Wiggins