Jumbo Comics #29

(July 1941)

Elephant-Scourge ["Stampeding beasts and treacherous pygmies clash with deadly..."] (Table of Contents)

Sheena / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as W. Morgan Thomas]

Pencils:

Robert Webb

Inks:

Robert Webb

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Sheena

Indexer Notes

Title taken from cover.

["A strange journey through time and space whisks..."] (Table of Contents)

Stuart Taylor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Curt Davis]

Pencils:

Seymour Reit

Inks:

Seymour Reit

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Dr. Hayward; Jir Hafa; "Kings of Darkness"

["How many kites can I make out of..."] (Table of Contents)

Bobby / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as S. M. Iger]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Midnight is a three year old now and..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Art Saaf

Inks:

Art Saaf

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Mex; Jim Burton; Helen Burton; Ted Wilmot

["Major Larkin responds to a frantic call from..."] (Table of Contents)

Lightning / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Teller Tayles]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

Maxwell Elkan?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Major Larkin; Pandro

Indexer Notes

Same art as previous three issues. The penciller is quite good - too good, in my opinion, to be Elkan, although Hames keeps seeing him here. I would concur if restricted to inks.

Red Magic (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dana Dutch

Pencils:

? (2 panels)

Inks:

? (2 panels)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

Since Dana Dutch is a real person, does this imply that the other text story writing credits are also real?

["Months of gang busting and crook catching have..."] (Table of Contents)

Inspector Dayton / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as George Thatcher]

Pencils:

Art Saaf

Inks:

Art Saaf

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Ol' Doc Filberry; Jug-Haid Jeffers; Jeb Jeffers; Lou Barton; Mutton Jeffers; The Brewsters

["Paris in wartime is loyal to her native..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Major Thorpe]

Pencils:

Mort Leav

Inks:

Al Bryant?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Apaches [René & Emile]; Enrique; Mimi; Gaston; Alphonse

Indexer Notes

Inks definitely improve with this episode, so Al Bryant is a strong contender for the reason why.

["What's the matter, son?] (Table of Contents)

Pee Wee / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger

Pencils:

S. M. Iger

Inks:

S. M. Iger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• At least the joke (if not the art) is recycled.

[No Smoking][Speed Limit 15 Miles Per Hour] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Otto / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as Heck]

Pencils:

Will Eisner [as Heck]

Inks:

Will Eisner [as Heck]

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Reprints:

• probably reprinted.

["The god of war rides the air lanes..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Charles Tansul]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

Maxwell Elkan?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Indexer Notes

Is Elkan here, too? Penciller may be the same but the inks are somewhat cruder. This is about contemporaneous with signed Elkan at Quality. There he takes after Reed Crandall - a style NOT evident here.

["Piracy on the high seas!! The caribbean is..."] (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:

Captain Petrie; Fluth; Caleb; Maru

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).