Jumbo Comics #14

(April 1940)

The Elephants' Graveyard ["Well, it looks like a pretty heated argument!"] (Table of Contents)

Sheena / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as W. Morgan Thomas]

Pencils:

Bob Powell

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Bob; Chim; Goda

Indexer Notes

title is taken from the cover.

["Peter and Tinymite seek refuge behind a toadstool..."] (Table of Contents)

Peter Pupp / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Golleh]

Pencils:

Al Stahl?; Dick Briefer?

Inks:

Tex Blaisdell?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tinymite; Fooy on Yu

The Siege of Thunder Isle ["Somewhere in the pirate-filled Caribbean, the tiny English-owned..." (Table of Contents)

The Hawk / comic story / 7.8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Willis B. Resnie]

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

historical

Characters:

Governor Chauncey; Caleb; Captain Smollet; Nina; Carlos

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 (Table of Contents)

Bulls-Eye Bannon / filler / 0.2 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Powell?

Inks:

Bob Powell?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Titus; Clarence; Nora; Miss Kane

["Mom do you mind if I don't go..."] (Table of Contents)

Bobby / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S.M. Iger

Pencils:

S.M. Iger

Inks:

S.M. Iger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Uncle Otto, meet Miss Greta Glammer, your new..."] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Otto / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Carl Heck]

Pencils:

Will Eisner? [as Carl Heck]

Inks:

Will Eisner? [as Carl Heck]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

characters speak for the first time which makes us think that this is probably NOT by Eisner.

["Spencer Steel and his wife, vacation bound to..."] (Table of Contents)

Spencer Steel / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Dennis Colebrook]

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling?

Inks:

shop?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Nora Steel; Charles Korda; Jock Macduff; McCarthy

Indexer Notes

Shop - Hames sees Powell on females. An interesting artist, Nordling is just a guess. Has a Jack Hearne feel, but probablly too early.

Dark Mountain Magic (Table of Contents)

Ken Hammond / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Art Hunt]

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typset

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Dick Walsh; Nandi; Nikki-Tikki; Pubala;

["Thanks to you, Stuart, we've been able to..."] (Table of Contents)

Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Curt Davis]

Pencils:

Lou Fine [pgs. 1-5]; Charles J. Mazoujian [pgs. 6-9]

Inks:

Lou Fine [pgs. 1-5]; Charles J. Mazoujian [pgs. 6-9]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

I: Rufus (D); Commander Ronald; Dr. Hayward;

Indexer Notes

Possible involvement by Witmer Williams?

["ZX-5 and his fiancee, Manya Massal have been..."] (Table of Contents)

ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Major Thorpe]

Pencils:

Vern Henkel? [pgs. 1-5]; George Tuska [pgs. 6-9]

Inks:

Vern Henkel? [pgs. 1-5]; George Tuska [pgs. 6-9]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Manya Massal; Baron Felix Orga; Yum Ling; Sin Fu; Lan Tsu; Karol Attra

Indexer Notes

Or possibly Powell [or "Powell-Henkel"] in the beginning or Frank Frollo or a weak Astarita.

["Down a dusty road, silhouetted against the setting..."] (Table of Contents)

Wilton of the West / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Fred Sande]

Pencils:

Lou Fine [pgs. 1-3];Frank Frollo? [pg. 4]; Charles Wojtkoski [pgs. 5,6]

Inks:

Lou Fine [pgs. 1-3];Frank Frollo? [pg. 4]; Charles Wojtkoski [pgs. 5,6]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Snorty; Crimson Rider

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?

["Sung, what are you doing in America? Why..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Geo. Thatcher]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Sung Sin; Wang; Anderson Case; Commissioner Conroy; Patch

Indexer Notes

art changes after 4 pages, from okay to poor. Possibly Art Peddy in the begining??? Comparing Powell art on "Sheena" makes it unlikely that he is here UNLESS this is reprinted from much earlier material.

["I knew you were Edmond Dantes as soon..."] (Table of Contents)

The Count of Monte Cristo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Lou Fine [as Jack Cortez]

Inks:

Lou Fine [as Jack Cortez]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

historical

Characters:

Mercedes; Fernand Mondego