Jumbo Comics
#36
(February 1942)
Fiction House,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- every month
- On-sale Date
- 1941-12-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- S. M. Iger (Art Director)
Issue Notes
Malcolm Reiss is no longer listed as the editor.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.
Voodoo Flames
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
- Keywords
- burned at the stake; stereotyping of African natives
Voodoo Flames
Sheena / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Webb
- Inks
- Bob Webb; Bob Powell ? (Sheena's face)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sheena, Bob and Chim trek down a path...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Chim; Chief Bazi
Indexer Notes
The title is taken from the cover.
[no title indexed]
Stuart Taylor / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wintry blasts howl through the city as Stuart...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stuart Taylor; Laura; Eric the Red; Rolvaag; Leif Ericson
[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
- Mom says I ought to save my pennies...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Bobby; his mother; his uncle Wilbert; Spike
[no title indexed]
Midnight The Black Stallion / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Through the western badlands thunders the wonder horse...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Rick; Helen; Tonto Pete
[no title indexed]
Lightning / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An apparently innocent gesture, the mere snap of...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin; Private Schwarz
Dead Man's Share
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Leo Leroux; Toto; Jack
Indexer Notes
The Who's Who lists a writer of this name at Centaur around this date, so possibly the same man.
[no title indexed]
Inspector Dayton / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ? [as George Thatcher] (credited)
- Pencils
- Charles A. Winter
- Inks
- Charles A. Winter
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Murder is a dangerous game to play with...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Inspector Dayton; Fatso Jenks; Detective Jim O'Malley; Rose; Biff Maloney; Officer Riley; Foxy Lupin; Wexler
[To My Valentine]
Uncle Otto / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited as Heck)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited as Heck)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited as Heck)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Uncle Otto
- Reprints
- Reprint from ?
[no title indexed]
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ZX-5 answers an urgent call to his...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- ZX-5; Agatha Thistlewaite; Franz; Governor Thistlewaite; Annie Thistlewaite [a Nazi saboteur]; Joseph the butler [a Nazi spy]
[no title indexed]
Tom, Dick, and Harry / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a whirl of R.A.F. propeller power and...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Tom Devlin; Dick Swenson; Harry Carson; Marshal Takoffski; Vladnef; Herr Wurtzel
[no title indexed]
Pee Wee / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- S. M. Iger (credited)
- Pencils
- S. M. Iger (credited)
- Inks
- S. M. Iger (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pee Wee, when I grow up I'm goin'...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pee Wee Myers
[no title indexed]
The Hawk / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner ? [as Willis Rensie] (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Iger shop
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Iger shop
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To fulfill an errand of mercy, the Hawk...
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- The Hawk; Captain Michael Hoolihan; Caleb; Fluth; Jeremy
Indexer Notes
Iger Shop personnel have collaged old Eisner art from "Hawks of the Seas" syndicated strips and modified them to tell a different story.
All Eisner art here is reprinted from early issues of Jumbo Comics (1938 series).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Voodoo Flames
Sheena -
1.
Voodoo Flames
Sheena -
2.
["Wintry blasts howl through the city as Stuart..."]
Stuart Taylor -
3.
["Mom says I ought to save my pennies..."]
Bobby -
4.
["Through the western badlands thunders the wonder horse..."]
Midnight The Black Stallion -
5.
["An apparently innocent gesture, the mere snap of..."]
Lightning -
6.
Dead Man's Share
-
7.
["Murder is a dangerous game to play with..."]
Inspector Dayton -
8.
[To My Valentine]
Uncle Otto -
9.
["ZX-5 answers an urgent call to his..."]
ZX-5 Spies In Action -
10.
["In a whirl of R.A.F. propeller power and..."]
Tom, Dick, and Harry -
11.
["Pee Wee, when I grow up I'm goin'..."]
Pee Wee -
12.
["To fulfill an errand of mercy, the Hawk..."]
The Hawk
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Del Gruber
- 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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