Jumbo Comics
#12
(February 1940)
Fiction House,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- every month
- On-sale Date
- 1939-12-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (credited) (editor); Will Eisner (credited as William E. Eisner) (art director); S. M. Iger (credited) (feature editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 439396.
Buccaneer Vengeance
The Hawk / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- The Hawk
- Reprints
-
in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #1086 - The Hawk: Volume 1 - in The Golden Age of Comic Books (Random House, 1977 series) (April 1977)
-
in Hawks of the Seas - Les Boucaniers (Neofelis, 2017 series) (janvier 2017) - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #701 - Jumbo Comics Volume 2 ([March] 2017)
-
- Keywords
- pirates; sailing ships; swords
The Captive Tigress
Sheena / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- W. Morgan Thomas (credited) (house name)
- Pencils
- Bob Powell
- Inks
- Bob Powell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Under a broiling sun, the small village...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Pasha Kamur; Abu Cred; Sheena; Chim; Beda; Bob; Karen
Indexer Notes
story title is from cover
[no title indexed]
Peter Pupp / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A posse searches for Peter and Tinymite after...
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Peter Pupp; Tinymite; Shortbred
Indexer Notes
Briefer's a wild guess, but Hunchback is finished and he was probably doing SOMETHING.
Buccaneer Vengeance
The Hawk / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited as Willis B. Rensie)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- War brews on Mantilla Isle...in a little...
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- The Hawk; Jeremy; Rocco; Jose Mantilla; Tonda [called Tito later on]; Maria Mantilla; Caleb; Sagua
Indexer Notes
title is from the cover
[no title indexed]
Wilton of the West / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While riding the range, Wilton finds an old...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wilton; Snorty; Tokanas
Thunder God
Ken Hammond / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Lin Davies
- Pencils
- Bob Powell
- Inks
- Bob Powell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Ken Hammond; Dick Walsh, the Leopard Man; Basuta; Nikki-Tikki
Indexer Notes
previous page has "Winners of the October-November '39 Jumbo Comics Contest."
[no title indexed]
Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inventors of a machine that can transmit a...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Scarpo; Queen Lenore; the devil
[no title indexed]
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Major Thorpe]
- Pencils
- Bob Powell ?
- Inks
- Vern Henkel ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Learning of a revolt in the north, ZX-5...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Mr. Heil; Yum Ling [daughter of Genghis Khan]
Indexer Notes
"Powell-Henkel" - same as in #11. Bob Powell and others, possibly Henkel or Frollo.
Terror Grips City As Voters Are Beaten Up
Spencer Steel / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Edwin Loughlin (credited as Dennis Colebrook)
- Pencils
- George Tuska ?; Klaus Nordling ?; ? [shop work]
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Joe the Dip; Slugger; Hunky Joe; Mack; Bull Gordon
Indexer Notes
If Dennis Colebrook (or Colbrook) is a real person, there is every reason to believe that he is NOT the person doing this strip at this time. Perhaps some Tuska involvement?
[no title indexed]
Inspector Dayton / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as George Thatcher]
- Pencils
- Bob Powell ?
- Inks
- Vern Henkel ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Death visits the Harmon family, and Dayton reports...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sgt. McGee; Igor Brudd; Ronald Harmon; Big Joe
Indexer Notes
Another questionable ID, probably a shop job with traces of others, too. Hames sees definite Powell and possible Beorge Brenner involvement.
[no title indexed]
Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lou Fine (signed as Jack Cortez)
- Inks
- Lou Fine (signed as Jack Cortez)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One fine morning, the carriage of Madame Villefort....
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Madame Villefort; Monsieur Villefort; Fouché; Baron Danglars; Haydee [daughter of Ali Pasha]
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Buccaneer Vengeance
The Hawk -
1.
The Captive Tigress
Sheena -
2.
["A posse searches for Peter and Tinymite after..."]
Peter Pupp -
3.
Buccaneer Vengeance
The Hawk -
4.
["While riding the range, Wilton finds an old..."]
Wilton of the West -
5.
Thunder God
Ken Hammond -
6.
["Inventors of a machine that can transmit a..."]
Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural -
7.
["Learning of a revolt in the north, ZX-5..."]
ZX-5 Spies In Action -
8.
Terror Grips City As Voters Are Beaten Up
Spencer Steel -
9.
["Death visits the Harmon family, and Dayton reports..."]
Inspector Dayton -
10.
["One fine morning, the carriage of Madame Villefort...."]
Count of Monte Cristo
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Len Wolinsky
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