Jumbo Comics #37

(March 1942)

Congo Terror ["Chance fate involves Sheena in a real life..."] (Table of Contents)

Sheena / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as W. Morgan Thomas]

Pencils:

Robert Webb

Inks:

Ann Brewster?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Bob; Chim; Stone; May Bell; George Black

Indexer Notes

The title is taken from the cover. Slick inker, a la Brewster - though it's a little early for her. Different inker on main character than on rest of story.

["This month our time-flying playboy whizzes off with..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Curt Davis]

Pencils:

Seymour Reit?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Laura; William Tell; Gessler

Indexer Notes

Art starts to get more grotesque with this issue. Perhaps other hands are present on the pencils as well as the inks.

["This is the life!"] (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:

humor

["Challenging all who would destroy the peace and...'] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rick; Mal Viller; Doc Wilson; Helen; Clare Potter; Potter

["Once again, the buck private, Fred Larkin, meets..."] (Table of Contents)

Lightning / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Teller Tales]

Pencils:

Robert Webb

Inks:

Robert Webb; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

General Larkin; Swift Elk; Black Beaver; Juan

Indexer Notes

Art has some traces of the grotesqueness that will typify Cassone's later art. Could JC be involved?

Sure Thing (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Smith Martin

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

crime

["Inspector Dayton is in Florida, on vacation, and..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as George Thatcher]

Pencils:

Charles A. Winter

Inks:

Don Cameron?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Manager Casey; Lefty Thomas; Ace Adams; Babe Dell; Mae; Bonebreaker Nelson

Indexer Notes

Cameron worked with Winter elsewhere at this time, and this certainly doesn't look like pure Winter.

[Beer Florist Plants for Sale] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Otto / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Heck]

Pencils:

? [as Heck]

Inks:

? [as Heck]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

not by Eisner according to HS.

["ZX-5 is at home, trying to decipher a..."] (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

["Three of Uncle Sam's fighting fools climb on..."] (Table of Contents)

Tom, Dick, and Harry / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Charles Tansul]

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

["Fido, this thing sure has me puzzled...I'll..."] (Table of Contents)

Pee Wee / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger

Pencils:

S. M. Iger

Inks:

S. M. Iger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Day-dreqming on the ship's deck, the hawk is suddenly interrupted..."] (Table of Contents)

The Hawk / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Willis Rensie]

Pencils:

Will Eisner; shop

Inks:

Will Eisner; shop

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

historical

Characters:

Fluth; Jeremy; Jingo; Captain Gormas; Caleb

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• Any Eisner art here is from material printed in Jumbo Comics (1938 series) issues 1-16.

Indexer Notes

Eisner material is collaged along with reworked and new panels by shop personnel to gell a new story. More new (Blum?) panels here than in prior "new" stories.