Jumbo Comics #18

(August 1940)

Watch Your Newsstand for Wings (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

war

Synopsis:

House ad for the new Fiction House comic: Wings (no illustrations or cover reproduction)

Indexer Notes

This is the inside-front cover

Satan's Safari ["In the tiny coastal village of Karba, just..."] (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:

GS: Kirk and Sybil Dunton; V: Karen, Pasha Kamur (D), Mahmoud (I)

Indexer Notes

Title taken from cover.

["Peter Pupp and "tiny," on their way to..."] (Table of Contents)

Peter Pupp / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Golleh]

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Tiny; The Weather Man; Merkin

Indexer Notes

Reprinted from JUMBO COMICS #2. Hames says it's not Bob Kane. Did he not originate the strip?

["Juroby in Chesterland, an east African province is ..."] (Table of Contents)

ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Major Thorpe]

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Bouchy

["Ready, Stuart? We can't keep a famous archaelogist..."] (Table of Contents)

Stuart Taylor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Curt Davis]

Pencils:

Nick Viscardi

Inks:

Nick Viscardi

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Dr. Hayward; Laura Rodgers; Professor Hardwell; Ramses

["Do you know that if you're bad and..."] (Table of Contents)

Bobby / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

S. M. Iger

Pencils:

S. M. Iger

Inks:

S. M. Iger

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["Vote for Joe T Durp for...'] (Table of Contents)

Uncle Otto / cartoon / 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

The Underground Desperadoes ["General Morgan Larkin, U.S.A., confers with..."] (Table of Contents)

Lightning / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Teller Tayles]

Pencils:

Charles Wotjkoski

Inks:

Charles Wotjkoski

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

General Morgan Larkin; Giblin; Grime; Ann Giblin; Ricco; Mr. Lefage

Indexer Notes

Title taken from the cover.

The Witch of Allah (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Lin Davies

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Nikki-Tikki' Pubala

["A drowsy southwestern town awakens to find itself..."] (Table of Contents)

Wilton of the West / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Fred Sande]

Pencils:

Charles Sultan

Inks:

Charles Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Eddie; The Crimson Rider; Bud-Eye Sondiss; Al

["In a lonely street in Chinatown..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as George Thatcher]

Pencils:

Nick Viscardi

Inks:

Nick Viscardi

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Ah Sung; Smiley; Roque; John Damian; Wini Damian

["While his ship lies anchored in a cove..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as Willis B. Rensie]

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

historical

Characters:

Hutch; Tom the cabin boy; Maria de Cordoba; Caleb; Pinez

Indexer Notes

Diverse hands at work on occasional panels.

The Bull's-Eye on the Cover Means... (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

House ad for the other 3 Fiction House titles: Jungle, Fight and Planet, with cover reproductions.

Indexer Notes

This is the inside-back cover