Jumbo Comics
#31
(September 1941)
Fiction House,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- every month
- On-sale Date
- 1941-07-08
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (Editor); S. M. Iger (art director)
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. 3.
Voodoo Treasure of Black Slave Lake
Sheena / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena; Bob Reynolds
- Reprints
-
in The Best of the Golden Age Sheena, Queen of the Jungle (Devil's Due Publishing, 2008 series) #2 (January 2009) [cover]
-
- Keywords
- pith helmets; safaris
Voodoo Treasure of Black Slave Lake
Sheena / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sheena and Bob meet hazardous adventures lurking in...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena; Doctor Edmond Brian; Professor Thomas Dodd; Bob Reynolds; Jeffers Blaque; Chim (a chimpanziee)
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The story title is from the cover.
[no title indexed]
Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Back...back...through the remote stretches of antiquity...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stuart Taylor; Dr. Hayward; Laura Hayward; Mercury; Oracle of Delphi; Medusa; Mars
[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
- D'ya know who wrote the song,"After the...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Bobby; Percy Pembrook
[no title indexed]
Midnight / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Treachery noses toward the home stretch as Midnight...
- Genre
- western-frontier; animal
- Characters
- Midnight (a black stallion); Randy Pope; Helen; Sambo [a jockey]
[no title indexed]
Lightning / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fred Larkin, U.S. army, can become lightning...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin
Indexer Notes
Some minor signs of Elkan (or whoever the previous artist is) on Lightning's face. Otherwise, a totally different art team.
Suicide Channel
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ? [as Bob Jackson] (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Skipper Collins was standing...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Skipper Collins; Peter Collins
[no title indexed]
Inspector Dayton / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The department's ace undercover sleuth trails a fabulous...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Inspector Dayton; Jane; Rinkie; Crumby Davies; Hadley
[no title indexed]
Jumbo Laffs / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as I. M. Leffin] (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Kane ?
- Inks
- Bob Kane ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's all right, I'm givin' a hitchhiker...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #5 (January 1939) [and elsewhere?]
-
Indexer Notes
Four unrelated gag panels.
If this IS Bob Kane the panels must be either reprints or old inventory.
[no title indexed]
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The status of many colonial empires is undecided...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- ZX-5; Henri D'Ouest
[no title indexed]
Tom, Dick, and Harry / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tom Devlin and Dick Swenson, ace warbirds of...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Tom Devlin; Dick Swenson; Harry Carson
Indexer Notes
Different penciller, but similar inks to previous issue.
Note that "Tansul" is an anagram of "Sultan".
[no title indexed]
Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited as Willis Rensie); Art Saaf
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited as Willis Rensie); Art Saaf
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited as Willis Rensie); Art Saaf
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On a tiny token hinges the peace of...
- Genre
- historical; adventure
- Characters
- The Hawk; Mynheer Dyck; Fluth; Jeremy Clogg
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).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Voodoo Treasure of Black Slave Lake
Sheena -
1.
Voodoo Treasure of Black Slave Lake
Sheena -
2.
["Back...back...through the remote stretches of antiquity..."]
Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural -
3.
["D'ya know who wrote the song,"After the..."]
Bobby -
4.
["Treachery noses toward the home stretch as Midnight..."]
Midnight -
5.
["Fred Larkin, U.S. army, can become lightning..."]
Lightning -
6.
Suicide Channel
-
7.
["The department's ace undercover sleuth trails a fabulous..."]
Inspector Dayton -
8.
["It's all right, I'm givin' a hitchhiker..."]
Jumbo Laffs -
9.
["The status of many colonial empires is undecided..."]
ZX-5 Spies In Action -
10.
["Tom Devlin and Dick Swenson, ace warbirds of..."]
Tom, Dick, and Harry -
11.
["On a tiny token hinges the peace of..."]
Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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