Jumbo Comics
#14
(April 1940)
Fiction House,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- every month
- On-sale Date
- 1940-02-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (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, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 443884.
[no title indexed]
Lightning / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Lightning
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Original art credits given to Charles Sultan? but Bob Powell comes from ALTER EGO #66 (March 2007). Scan & info supplied by Jonathan C. Jensen thanks to Henry R. Kujawa's report to GCD error list.
The 'Lightning'. "A New Dynamic Character", appears only on the cover. The given title of that issue's Sheena adventure, "The Elephants' Graveyard", had actually appeared in the previous issue.
[no title indexed]
Sheena / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (signed as
POWELL) - Inks
- Bob Powell (signed as POWELL)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, it looks like a pretty heated argument!
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena; Bob Reynolks; Chim; Goda (a gorilla)
Indexer Notes
The title given on the cover. "The Elephants' Graveyard", actually refers to a story published in the previous issue.
Powell signs in the penultimate panel.
[no title indexed]
Peter Pupp / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ? [as Golleh] (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Stahl ?; Dick Briefer ?
- Inks
- Tex Blaisdell ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Peter and Tinymite seek refuge behind a toad stool...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Peter Pupp; Tinymite; Fooy on Yu
The Siege of Thunder Isle
Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk / comic story / 7.8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited as Willis B. Rensie)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited as Willis B. Rensie)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited as Willis B. Rensie)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere in the pirate-filled Caribbean, the tiny English owned...
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- The Hawk; Governor John Chauncey; Caleb; Captain Smollet; Nina; Carlos
- Reprints
-
in Hawks of the Seas - Les Boucaniers (Neofelis, 2017 series) (janvier 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Title is taken from the cover. While all other Hawk episodes to date are reprinted from earlier Eisner-Iger syndicated material, this appears to have been done especially for Jumbo Comics and does not appear in the complete "Hawks of the Seas" reprint volume from Kitchen Sink.
Case of the Frightened Killer: Case 2 / File-A / Clue-1
'Bulls-Eye' Bannon / comic story / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Bulls-Eye' Bannon is on his way...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- 'Bulls-Eye' Bannon; Titus; Clarence; Nora; Miss Kane
[no title indexed]
Bobby / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- S. M. Iger (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- S. M. Iger (credited, signed)
- Inks
- S. M. Iger (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mom do you mind if I don't go...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Bobby; Bobby's mother
[no title indexed]
Uncle Otto / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ? [as Carl Heck] (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner ? (credited as Carl Heck)
- Inks
- Will Eisner ? (credited as Carl Heck)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uncle Otto, meet Miss Greta Glammer, your new...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Uncle Otto; Greta Glammer (actress in Otto's dream); Mr. Carol Zani (film director in Otto's dream)
- Reprints
-
from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #3 (November 1938)
-
Indexer Notes
The characters speak for the first time which makes us think that this is probably NOT by Eisner.
[no title indexed]
Spencer Steel / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Dennis Colebrook] (credited)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling ?
- Inks
- Eisner and Iger Studio ? (as Eisner & Iger Shop)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Spencer Steel and his wife, vacation bound to...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Spencer Steel; Nora Steel; Charles Korda; Jock Macduff; McCarthy
Indexer Notes
A product of the Eisner-Iger Shop - Hames sees Bob Powell on females. An interesting artist, but Nordling is just a guess. Has a Jack Hearne feel, but probably too early.
Dark Mountain Magic
Ken Hammond / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ? [as Art Hunt] (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Halfway across the clearing...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Ken Hammond; Dick Walsh; Nandi; Nikki-Tikki; Pubala
[no title indexed]
Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ? [as Curt Davis]
- Pencils
- Lou Fine ((pages 1-5); Chuck Mazoujian (pages 6-9)
- Inks
- Lou Fine ((pages 1-5); Chuck Mazoujian (pages 6-9)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Thanks to you, Stuart, we've been able to...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stuart Taylor; Rufus (villain, introduction, death); Commander Ronald; Dr. Hayward
Indexer Notes
Possible art involvement by Witmer Williams?
[no title indexed]
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ? [as Major Thorpe] (credited)
- Pencils
- Vern Henkel ? (pages 1-5); George Tuska (pages 6-9)
- Inks
- Vern Henkel ? (pages 1-5); George Tuska (pages 6-9)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ZX-5 and his fiancee, Manya Massal have been...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- ZX-5; Manya Massal; Baron Felix Orga; Yum Ling; Sin Fu; Lan Tsu; Karol Attra
Indexer Notes
Or possibly Bob Powell [or "Powell-Henkel"] art in the beginning, or Frank Frollo, or a weak Rafael Astarita.
[no title indexed]
Wilton of the West / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Fred Sande] (credited)
- Pencils
- Lou Fine (pages 1-3); Frank Frollo ? (page 4); Charles Nicholas (pages 5, 6)
- Inks
- Lou Fine (pages 1-3); Frank Frollo ? (page 4); Charles Nicholas (pages 5, 6)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Down a dusty road, silhouetted against the setting sun...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wiley Wilton; Snorty; The Crimson Rider; Black (villain)
Indexer Notes
Lee seems pretty certain of his IDs, so I went with them. Fine looks okay to me in the beginning. I wouldn't know CW at this stage. Hames also sees Frollo on one page?
In Chinatown
Inspector Dayton / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- George Thatcher (credited as Geo. Thatcher)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sung. What are you doing in America?
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Inspector Dayton; Sung Sin; Wang; Anderson Case; Commissioner Conroy; Patch
Indexer Notes
The art style changes after four pages, from okay to poor. Possibly Art Peddy in the beginning??? Comparing Bob Powell art on "Sheena" makes it unlikely that he is here UNLESS this is reprinted from much earlier material.
[no title indexed]
The Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ? (adaption); Alexandre Dumas (original author)
- Pencils
- Lou Fine (credited as Jack Cortez)
- Inks
- Lou Fine (credited as Jack Cortez)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I knew you were Edmond Dantes as soon...
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Edmond Dantes [The Count of Monte Cristo]; Mercedes; Fernand Mondego
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Lightning -
1.
["Well, it looks like a pretty heated argument!"]
Sheena -
2.
["Peter and Tinymite seek refuge behind a toad stool..."]
Peter Pupp -
3.
The Siege of Thunder Isle
Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk -
4.
Case of the Frightened Killer: Case 2 / File-A / Clue-1
'Bulls-Eye' Bannon -
5.
["Mom do you mind if I don't go..."]
Bobby -
6.
["Uncle Otto, meet Miss Greta Glammer, your new..."]
Uncle Otto -
7.
["Spencer Steel and his wife, vacation bound to..."]
Spencer Steel -
8.
Dark Mountain Magic
Ken Hammond -
9.
["Thanks to you, Stuart, we've been able to..."]
Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural -
10.
["ZX-5 and his fiancee, Manya Massal have been..."]
ZX-5 Spies In Action -
11.
["Down a dusty road, silhouetted against the setting sun..."]
Wilton of the West -
12.
In Chinatown
Inspector Dayton -
13.
["I knew you were Edmond Dantes as soon..."]
The Count of Monte Cristo -
14.
["Watch your newsstand for these covers!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- James Ludwig
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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