Jumbo Comics
#72
(February 1945)
Fiction House,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Jack Byrne (credited) (managing editor); Claude Lapham (credited) (editor); S. M. Iger (credited) (art director); Thurman Scott (credited as T. T. Scott) (business manager, president)
Curse of the Half-Dead
Sheena / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
- Pencils
- Bob Webb; Matt Baker ((on women))
- Inks
- Matt Baker; ? (Iger shop)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Taku, your magic is evil...weak! No longer...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Taku; Nanta
- Reprints
-
in Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #158 (Spring 1953) [significantly modified] which is reprinted -
in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #11 (1961) - in Golden-Age Greats (AC, 1994 series) #14 (March 1999)
- in Jungle Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #158 (Spring 1953) [Some re-working of the art.] which is reprinted
- in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #11 (1961)
- in Golden-Age Greats (AC, 1994 series) #14 (March 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover.
[no title indexed]
ZX-5 Spies in Action / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They asked for it! And they're getting it...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- ZX-5
[no title indexed]
Sky Girl / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Bill Gibson] (credited)
- Pencils
- Matt Baker
- Inks
- Matt Baker; ? (Iger shop)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Seems like the 'hot-pilot' Adams brothers continue...
- Genre
- humor; aviation
- Characters
- Sky Girl [Ginger Maguire]; Bob Adams; Mike Mahoney
The Unconquered
text story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The column of tanks poured over the hill...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- The young Czech
Indexer Notes
The house name 'Tom Alexander' was used at times for stories by both Ruth Roche and Toni Blum.
[no title indexed]
Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk / comic story / 7.66 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Take heed, Captain Hawk, for a story such...
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Capt. Hawk; Velvet; Jeremy; Mahatto; Sir John; Lila; Caleb
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Claude Lapham (credited) (editor)
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Stuart Taylor / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Right there, Laura...it proves my theory! Women...
- Feature Logo
- Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stuart Taylor; Laura; Dr. Hayward
[no title indexed]
The Ghost Gallery / comic story / 9 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Warren-Burke. Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Warren...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Ghost Comics (Fiction House, 1951 series) #1 (1951) which is reprinted
-
in Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Curse of the Half-Dead
Sheena -
1.
Curse of the Half-Dead
Sheena -
2.
["They asked for it! And they're getting it..."]
ZX-5 Spies in Action -
3.
["Seems like the 'hot-pilot' Adams brothers continue..."]
Sky Girl -
4.
The Unconquered
-
5.
["Take heed, Captain Hawk, for a story such..."]
Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk -
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
["Right there, Laura...it proves my theory! Women..."]
Stuart Taylor -
8.
["Warren-Burke. Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Warren..."]
The Ghost Gallery
This issue was modified by, among others
- Keith Chandler
- Michael Hoskin
- Tony Oliva
- Tony R. Rose
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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