Jumbo Comics #17

(July 1940)

Cannibal Fury ["A Masai runner, carrying a note on the..."] (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:

V: Ali Rash (I, D), Karen, Pasha Kamur; I: N'Gagi (a gorilla), Kirk Dunston, Sybil Dunston (his sister)

Indexer Notes

Story title is taken from cover.

["Peter Pupp and his pal Tinymite are shot..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Golleh]

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tinymite

Reprints:

• from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #1 or #2? Do you know which Henry?

["A powerful foreign power engages a ruthless gang..."] (Table of Contents)

Lightning / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles Wotjkoski

Inks:

Charles Wotjkoski

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

General Larkin; Joe [a saboteur]; Rattler [his boss]

["My grandpa, who is 99 years, gives me..."] (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

["No Smoking"] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Otto / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner? [as Carl Heck]

Pencils:

Will Eisner? [as Carl Heck]

Inks:

Will Eisner? [as Carl Heck]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

This is a more decorative style that I'm used to from Eisner.

The Ape-Master (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Lin Davies

Pencils:

Art Saaf?

Inks:

Art Saaf?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Nikki-Tikki; Pubala; Dr. Filipe Silvera

["A quiet evening at home begins the long-sought..."] (Table of Contents)

Stuart Taylor / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Curt Davis]

Pencils:

Nick Cardy

Inks:

Nick Cardy

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Dr. Hayward; Laura; Alexander the Great

Indexer Notes

Cardy ID is from HS original Index. If so, and I have no reason to doubt it, the first two pages are by a different artist. Henry suggests a resemblance to Edd Cartier.

["ZX-5 is present at Army Air Force headquarters."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Major Thorpe]

Pencils:

Charles Sultan

Inks:

Charles Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Arnold Crews; Manya; Erich; Edgar Harmon; Steve Clark; A. Himmled

Indexer Notes

Sultan from orig. HS Index and Hames and I agree. Lee suggests Mazoujian again and I don't see the connection with previous attributions. Henry's current guess is early Viscardi.

["Across the Arizona desert, under a blazing sun..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Fred Sande]

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Snorty; Crimson Rider; city of tiny people

["The crime smashing inspector foils the mechanical slave...'] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Wojikowski

Inks:

Wojikowski

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Wini; Bob [a scientist]; Mecho [a robot]

Indexer Notes

Henry, Lee, and I all have ??? Hames says Wojtkoski and shop. So I'm totally confused - especially as this style is maddeningly familiar. Last page is by a different artist.

["Villefort and Danglars have shot each other, after..."] (Table of Contents)

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:

Villefort; Count Danglars; Fouche; Mercedes; Jocopo; Haydee

Reprints:

• in Ace Comics Presents (A.C.E. Comics, 1987 series) #4 (November 1987) [second page only]

Indexer Notes

Final episode

["What do you make of her, Caleb?"] (Table of Contents)

The Hawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Willis B. Resnie]

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich?; Charles Mazoujian?

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich?; Charles Mazoujian?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Caleb; Capt. Cortez; Maria; Nina Olez; Chauncy; Philip;

Indexer Notes

A shop art job, with primary work by Zolnerowich. Signs of Mazoujian and others.