Jumbo Comics
#37
(March 1942)
Fiction House,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-01-22
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- S. M. Iger (Art Director)
Issue Notes
'Volume number' is dropped starting with this issue.
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.
Congo Terror
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
- Reprints
- Keywords
- lions
in 
Congo Terror
Sheena / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Webb
- Inks
- Bob Webb ?; Ann Brewster ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chance fate involves Sheena in a real life...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Chim; Stone; May Bell; George Black
Indexer Notes
The title is taken from the cover. Slick inker, a la Brewster - though it's a little early for her. Different inker on main character than on rest of story.
[no title indexed]
Stuart Taylor / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This month our time-flying playboy whizzes off with...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stuart Taylor; Laura; William Tell; Gessler
Indexer Notes
Art starts to get more grotesque with this issue. Perhaps other hands are present on the pencils as well as the inks.
[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
- This is the life!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Bobby
[no title indexed]
Midnight The Wild Black Stallion / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Challenging all who would destroy the peace and...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Rick; Mal Viller; Doc Wilson; Helen; Clare Potter; Potter
[no title indexed]
Lightning / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once again, the buck private, Fred Larkin, meets...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin; Swift Elk; Black Beaver; Juan
Indexer Notes
Art has some traces of the grotesqueness that will typify Cassone's later art. Could JC be involved?
[no title indexed]
Inspector Dayton / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Inspector Dayton is in Florida, on vacation, and...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Inspector Dayton; Manager Casey; Lefty Thomas; Ace Adams; Babe Dell; Mae; Bonebreaker Nelson
Indexer Notes
Cameron worked with Winter elsewhere at this time, and this certainly doesn't look like pure Winter.
[Beer Florist Plants for Sale]
Uncle Otto / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as Heck] (credited)
- Pencils
- ? [as Heck] (credited)
- Inks
- ? [as Heck] (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Uncle Otto
Indexer Notes
not by Eisner according to HS.
[no title indexed]
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ZX-5 is at home, trying to decipher a...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- ZX-5; Aunt Emma Biddle
[no title indexed]
Tom, Dick, and Harry / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Three of Uncle Sam's fighting fools climb on...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Tom Devlin; Dick Swenson; Harry Carson
[no title indexed]
Pee Wee / 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
- Fido, this thing sure has me puzzled...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pee Wee Myers; Mr. Chubb
[no title indexed]
The Hawk / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ? [as Willis B. Rensie] (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Iger shop
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Iger shop
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Day-dreaming on the ship's deck, the Hawk is suddenly interrupted...
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- The Hawk; Fluth; Jeremy; Jingo; Captain Gormas; Caleb
Indexer Notes
Eisner material is collaged along with reworked and new panels by shop personnel to gell a new story. More new (Blum?) panels here than in prior "new" stories.
Any Eisner art here is reprinted from material printed in Jumbo Comics (1938 series) issues 1-16.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Congo Terror
Sheena -
1.
Congo Terror
Sheena -
2.
["This month our time-flying playboy whizzes off with..."]
Stuart Taylor -
3.
["This is the life!"]
Bobby -
4.
["Challenging all who would destroy the peace and..."]
Midnight The Wild Black Stallion -
5.
["Once again, the buck private, Fred Larkin, meets..."]
Lightning -
6.
Sure Thing
-
7.
["Inspector Dayton is in Florida, on vacation, and..."]
Inspector Dayton -
8.
[Beer Florist Plants for Sale]
Uncle Otto -
9.
["ZX-5 is at home, trying to decipher a..."]
ZX-5 Spies In Action -
10.
["Three of Uncle Sam's fighting fools climb on..."]
Tom, Dick, and Harry -
11.
["Fido, this thing sure has me puzzled..."]
Pee Wee -
12.
["Day-dreaming on the ship's deck, the Hawk is suddenly interrupted..."]
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.)
- Len Wolinsky
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