Jumbo Comics
#18
(August 1940)
Fiction House,
1938 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- every month
- On-sale Date
- 1940-07-01
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from previous issue (below the indicia).
Satan's Safari
Sheena / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bob Powell ? (Sheena figure); Charles Sultan ?
- Inks
- Bob Powell ? (Sheena figure); Charles Sultan ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena
- Keywords
- leopards
Satan's Safari
Sheena / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- ? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (signed as Powell)
- Inks
- Bob Powell (signed as Powell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the tiny coastal village of Karba, just...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Sheena; Bob Reynolds; GS: Kirk and Sybil Dunton; V: Karen, Pasha Kamur (D), Mahmoud (I)
Indexer Notes
Title taken from cover.
[no title indexed]
Peter Pupp / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Peter Pupp and 'Tiny,' on their way to the Moon...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Peter Pupp; Tiny; The Weather Man; Merkin
Indexer Notes
Reprinted from JUMBO COMICS #2 - the first four pages only. Hames says it's not Bob Kane. Did he not originate the strip?
The story in Jumbo Comics #2 is both credited to and signed on each page by Bob Kane.
[no title indexed]
ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Juroby, in Chesterland, an east African colony...
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- ZX-5; Bouchy (a foreign spy; death); Omu
[no title indexed]
Stuart Taylor / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Curt Davis] (credited)
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ready, Stuart? We can't keep a famous archaelogist...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Stuart Taylor; Dr. Hayward; Laura Rodgers [The High Priestess]; Professor Hardwell; Rameses
[no title indexed]
Bobby / cartoon / 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
- Do you know that if you're bad and...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Bobby
[no title indexed]
Uncle Otto / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Script
- Will Eisner (signed as Carl Heck)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (signed as Carl Heck)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (signed as Carl Heck)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Vote for Joe T Durp for...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Uncle Otto; Joe T. Durp
The Underground Desperadoes
Lightning / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Teller Tayles] (credited)
- Pencils
- Charles Wojtkowski
- Inks
- Charles Wojtkowski
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- General Morgan Larkin, U.S.A., confers with...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Morgan Larkin; Giblin; Grime; Ann Giblin; Ricco; Mr. Lefage
Indexer Notes
Title taken from the cover.
The Witch of Allah
Ken Hammond / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ? [as Lin Davies] (credited)
- Pencils
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Colors
- ? (2 spot illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Loaded with chains...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Ken Hammond; Nikki-Tikki' Pubala
[no title indexed]
Wilton of the West / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Fred Sande] (credited)
- Pencils
- Charles Sultan
- Inks
- Charles Sultan
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A drowsy southwestern town awakens to find itself...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Wiley Wilton; Eddie; The Crimson Rider; Bud-Eye Sondiss; Al
[no title indexed]
Inspector Dayton / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ? [as Geo. Thatcher] (credited)
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a lonely street in Chinatown...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Inspector Dayton; Ah Sung; Smiley; Roque; John Damian; Wini Damian
[no title indexed]
Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Willis B. Rensie] (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- While his ship lies anchored in a cove...
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- The Hawk; Hutch; Tom the cabin boy; Maria de Cordoba; Caleb; Pinez
Indexer Notes
Diverse hands at work on occasional panels.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Satan's Safari
Sheena -
1.
Watch Your Newsstand for Wings
-
2.
Satan's Safari
Sheena -
3.
["Peter Pupp and 'Tiny,' on their way to the Moon..."]
Peter Pupp -
4.
["Juroby, in Chesterland, an east African colony..."]
ZX-5 Spies In Action -
5.
["Ready, Stuart? We can't keep a famous archaelogist..."]
Stuart Taylor -
6.
["Do you know that if you're bad and..."]
Bobby -
7.
["Vote for Joe T Durp for..."]
Uncle Otto -
8.
The Underground Desperadoes
Lightning -
9.
The Witch of Allah
Ken Hammond -
10.
["A drowsy southwestern town awakens to find itself..."]
Wilton of the West -
11.
["In a lonely street in Chinatown..."]
Inspector Dayton -
12.
["While his ship lies anchored in a cove..."]
Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk -
13.
The Bull's-Eye on the Cover Means...
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- 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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