Jumbo Comics #40

(June 1942)

Assagai Poison ["Wild and treacherous animals roam the jungle foraging..."] (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:

Bob; Kruzu; Dunois; Retanne; Chim

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover.

["In the library of the Hayward home."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Curt Davis]

Pencils:

Lee Ames

Inks:

Lee Ames

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Laura Hayward; Maria; Simon Bolivar; Dr. Hayward

["Bobby, don't you think you should show cousin..."] (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

Characters:

Eddie Cantor; Mr. De Flicker; Cousin Throckmorton

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #3 (November 1938)

["Thundering leader of a magnificent herd, Midnight..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as West Erner]

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rick; Helen, Mabel; Pete

Revenge by Death (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin W. Smith

Pencils:

?; George Tuska?

Inks:

?; George Tuska?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

crime

["A furious seige hangs heavily over a strategic..."] (Table of Contents)

Lightning / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Teller Tayles]

Pencils:

John Cassone

Inks:

John Cassone

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

General Larkin

Indexer Notes

Signed "Casson" (sic) on last panel.

["Calling all cars! Calling all cars! We now..."] (Table of Contents)

Jumbo Laffs / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as I. M. Leffin]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Probably a reprint.

A long, quivering shriek.. a moan.. then deathly..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as George Thatcher]

Pencils:

Charles A. Winter

Inks:

Rafael Astarita

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

John Winfield; George Phelps; Dorothy Wayne; Frank Larson; Frank Gregory

[pantomime gag strip] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Otto / filler / 1 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

Synopsis:

Grade A milk for the stray cat.

["A mysterious veil enshrouds the disappeance of two..."] (Table of Contents)

ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Major Thorpe]

Pencils:

Mort Leav

Inks:

Mort Leav

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

["Flying American daredevils of the R.A.F., Tom..."] (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

["Uncle Willie, hasn't Aunt Susie got the nicest..."] (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

Indexer Notes

Probably a reprint.

["Adrift somewhere off the Florida Keys, the Hawk..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Willis Rensie]

Pencils:

Will Eisner; shop

Inks:

shop

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

historical

Characters:

Caleb; Jeremy; Marion

Reprints:

• All Eisner art is traced from his original Hawks of the Seas strips.

Indexer Notes

Panels from earlier strips collaged together and elaborated upon to tell a new story.