Jumbo Comics
#24
(February 1941)
Fiction House,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- every month
- On-sale Date
- 1940-12-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Will Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
Curse of the Black Venom
Sheena / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena; Bob
- Reprints
- Keywords
- leopards
Indexer Notes
I know why we're calling this Celardo, BUT it looks very different from signed Celardo cover on #27
Curse of the Black Venom
Sheena / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Taking life easy after their last adventure, Sheena...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Mbika; Gindii Oro; Dr. Mohammed Bey
- Reprints
-
in The Art of Bob Powell (Al Dellinges, 1978 series) (1978) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
Title is taken from cover.
[no title indexed]
Bobby / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- S. M. Iger (signed)
- Pencils
- S. M. Iger (signed)
- Inks
- S. M. Iger (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes, Bobby, collecting stamps is a very fine...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Bobby; Gramps; Soapy; Petrovich; Jed
[no title indexed]
The Hawk / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner ? [as Willis Rensie] (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Art Saaf
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Art Saaf
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bound for a port in the mysterious tropics...
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- The Hawk; Villains: Red Gregory; Fluth; Jeremy; Sagua
Indexer Notes
Per Mort Leav, Art Saaf was given old Eisner material and assigned to re-write, re-compose, and fill in the gaps to create "new" Eisner Hawk stories (Robin Snyder's The Comics).
[no title indexed]
Jumbo Laffs / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We'll be smashed to pieces!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
If this is Bob Kane, then these must be reprints.
Four unrelated gag panels.
[no title indexed]
Lightning / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A spine-tingling story in which Lightning sends...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin; nameless saboteurs
Indexer Notes
Very grotesque art.
The Ghost In the Pantry
text story / 1.67 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum [as Tom Alexander] (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Typeset
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Mrs. Thatcher; Mr. Thatcher; Nip; Tuck (twins)
Indexer Notes
Feature includes 1/3 page Ownership Statement. Owner is J.G. Scott; T.T. Scott is Business Manager. 461-8th Ave. NYC
[no title indexed]
Peter Pupp / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last month, Peter and his companions reached the...
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Colonel/King Riffraff; Professor Botts; Doctor Strom; Zula's robot
- Reprints
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #6 (February 1939) which is reprinted
- from Wags [UK] (Editors Press Service, 1937 series) #44 (December 31, 1937), #46 (January 14, 1938)
- Pages 2 and 3 of the story in Jumbo Comics #6.
-
[no title indexed]
Stuart Taylor / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The age old desire of man for a...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stuart Taylor; Doctor Hayward; Laura Hayward
Indexer Notes
Possibly this is a collaged reprint from some of the early Jack Kirby episodes. The splash panel is certainly a reuse of the Stuart Taylor figure on the cover of Jumbo #10.
[no title indexed]
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An ancient and long disused chateau is the...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Dr. Villiare; Johnny; Manya; De Gruz
- Reprints
- in Wings Comics (A List Comics, 1997 series) #4 (June 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
Many diverse hands, and possibly a collage of earlier strips - certainly the splash panel is "adapted" from the cover of Jumbo #11.
[no title indexed]
Wilton of the West / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The killer indian meets the vengeance of white...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wilton; Snorty; Sagawan; Gabby Wacko; Mexican Joe
Indexer Notes
Art is by a Lou Fine wannabe - or collaged from earlier Wilton strips?
The Mystery of the Two Headed Lady of the Circus.
Inspector Dayton / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Inspector Dayton; Mitzi Dolan; Flora Dolan; Giglio the clown; Tino Marco the swordswallower
[no title indexed]
Tom, Dick and Harry / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tom, Dick, and Harry, three American pilots fighting...
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Tom Devlin; Dick Swenson; Harry Carson; Von Herman Leicher; Carl
Indexer Notes
Possible George Tuska involvement on page two.
Note that "Tasnul" is an anagram of "Sultan".
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Curse of the Black Venom
Sheena -
1.
Curse of the Black Venom
Sheena -
2.
["Yes, Bobby, collecting stamps is a very fine..."]
Bobby -
3.
["Bound for a port in the mysterious tropics..."]
The Hawk -
4.
["We'll be smashed to pieces!"]
Jumbo Laffs -
5.
["A spine-tingling story in which Lightning sends..."]
Lightning -
6.
The Ghost In the Pantry
-
7.
["Last month, Peter and his companions reached the..."]
Peter Pupp -
8.
["The age old desire of man for a..."]
Stuart Taylor -
9.
["An ancient and long disused chateau is the..."]
ZX-5 Spies In Action -
10.
["The killer indian meets the vengeance of white..."]
Wilton of the West -
11.
The Mystery of the Two Headed Lady of the Circus.
Inspector Dayton -
12.
["Tom, Dick, and Harry, three American pilots fighting..."]
Tom, Dick and Harry
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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