Jumbo Comics
#32
(October 1941)
Fiction House,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- every month
- On-sale Date
- 1941-08-11
- 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. 4.
Captives of the Gorilla-Men
Sheena / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Captives of the Gorilla-Men
Sheena / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ghostly rumors of a tribe who worships at...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Chim; Blawa
Indexer Notes
The story title is from the cover.
[no title indexed]
Stuart Taylor / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In days of old knights were bold..bolder...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Don Quixote; Sancho Panza; Dactor Hayward; Dulcinea
[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
- My girl says as a detective I'm a...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Bobby; Ted
- Reprints
-
in Captain Flight Comics (Four Star Publications, 1944 series) #8 (May 1945) [Main character changed from "Bobby" to "Toppy" in reprint. S.M. Iger credit changed to Jerry Maxwell in reprint.]
-
[no title indexed]
Midnight The Black Stallion / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Again the black stallion's galloping hoofs beat the...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Helen; Scarface
[no title indexed]
Lightning / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fred Larkin, U.S. army, is Lightning, dreaded...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin; Herr Commander Schloss
Revenge in the First Degree
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- crime
- Characters
- Snake Ellis; Tim O'Donnell; Bobby O'Donnell
[no title indexed]
Inspector Dayton / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The inspector goes to sea and hooks a...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Fred Wills; ALfred Moore; Riker
[no title indexed]
Jumbo Laffs / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Murphy's building a penthouse where he can spend...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from earlier issues of Jumbo Comics (1938 series).
Three unrelated gag panels.
- from earlier issues of Jumbo Comics (1938 series).
[no title indexed]
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Under the conqueror's boot is a seething, restless...
- Genre
- spy
[no title indexed]
Pee Wee / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- S. M. Iger (signed)
- Pencils
- S. M. Iger (signed)
- Inks
- S. M. Iger (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And, Fido, that would be doin' my good...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pee Wee; Mr. Black
[Brushes Soap Hair Tonic Razor Blades]
Uncle Otto / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Will Eisner (signed as Heck)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (signed as Heck)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (signed as Heck)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Uncle Otto
[no title indexed]
Tom, Dick, and Harry / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Charles Tansul] (credited)
- Pencils
- Maxwell Elkan
- Inks
- John Cassone ?; Maxwell Elkan ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tom Devlin and Dick Swenson, American aces in...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Tom Devlin; Dick Swenson; Harry Carson
Indexer Notes
Now, THIS resembles Maxwell Elkan and even has the Crandall-esque poses seen at Quality at the same time. The inks are more robust here, though.
[no title indexed]
Hawk / comic story / 6 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
- The mysterious disappearance of valuable cargo ships has...
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Sir Lionele Henville; Fluth; Mam'selle Sari; Jeremy
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.
Captives of the Gorilla-Men
Sheena -
1.
Captives of the Gorilla-Men
Sheena -
2.
["In days of old knights were bold..bolder..."]
Stuart Taylor -
3.
["My girl says as a detective I'm a..."]
Bobby -
4.
["Again the black stallion's galloping hoofs beat the..."]
Midnight The Black Stallion -
5.
["Fred Larkin, U.S. army, is Lightning, dreaded..."]
Lightning -
6.
Revenge in the First Degree
-
7.
["The inspector goes to sea and hooks a..."]
Inspector Dayton -
8.
["Murphy's building a penthouse where he can spend..."]
Jumbo Laffs -
9.
["Under the conqueror's boot is a seething, restless..."]
ZX-5 Spies In Action -
10.
["And, Fido, that would be doin' my good..."]
Pee Wee -
11.
[Brushes Soap Hair Tonic Razor Blades]
Uncle Otto -
12.
["Tom Devlin and Dick Swenson, American aces in..."]
Tom, Dick, and Harry -
13.
["The mysterious disappearance of valuable cargo ships has..."]
Hawk
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