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Issue: Jumbo Comics #20 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #20 of 167 Issues (168 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/21/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black and white (#1-8); color (#9 onwards)
Dimensions: tabloid:10.5 x 14 1/2 (#1-8); 8.5 x 10.5 inches (#9); standard Golden Age U.S. (#10 onwards)
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times from some/all in another Issue.
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Spoilers of the Wild

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Sheena
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Spoilers of the Wild

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Keela; Rogo (an ape)
First Line: Bored with the routine of village life, Sheena...
Synopsis: Sheena and Bob set off to explore the territory beyond the Grandanga mountain range, where no white man has apparently been before. They discover a tribe of gorillas seemingly led by a white woman named Keela, who is able to best a gorilla in combat. They teach her to speak English, and she falls for Bob, much to Sheena's annoyance. Eventually the two women fight in hand-to-hand combat, and Keela falls into an active volcano. When the volcano erupts Sheena and Bob retreat towards their own land.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The title is taken from the cover blurb.

Signature found in final panel.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Golleh] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, anthropomorphic, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Peter Pupp; Tinymite; Buddah [a genie]
First Line: Peter Pupp and his pal, Tinymite, have finally...
Synopsis: Peter and Tinymite's rocket lands on the Moon. In a cave they encounter a huge dragon, which they bypass, and climbing some stairs reach a door guarded by a giant man wielding a scimitar. As he attacks them Peter rubs his magic ring, from which his genie Buddah emerges and saves them. Beyond the door they find an old man strapped to a dias while a device with dozens of knives descend towards him. They rescue him, but a mysterious figure appears menacingly before them.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagJumbo Comics #3 published November 1938
From Issue: FlagJumbo Comics #4 published December 1938
Reprint Notes: Pages 2 and 3 are from Jumbo Comics #3, while page 3 is from Jumbo Comics #4.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Pages in the original sources are both credited and signed by Bob Kane.

Continued from the previous issue and into the next.
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Pirate Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Willis Rensie] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): The Hawk; Pasha Ahib; Sarita; Caleb; Jeremy; Sagua
First Line: Amid intrigue in the near east, on the...
Synopsis: The Hawk has retired from roaming the high seas, but has become bored of farming life. He and Sagua visit the nearest town and learn that pirates are raiding nearby settlements by bombarding them from the sea, setting fire to them and then looting. The Hawk decides to pursue them and once again mans his ship. They eventually spot the pirate ship, only to find that captain and crew are all female. The Hawk and his men capture the ship and the captain hurls herself to her death.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The title is from the cover blurb.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Teller Tayles] (credited)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lightning [Fred Larkin]; Dr. Tol; Rogan; Slug
First Line: On a towering western mountainside, far from the...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Possible inkers: Maurice Gutwirth; Jim Mooney; Arthur Pinajian; shop?
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Visitor from Space

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dicky McGuire
First Line: When the Martian stepped into the school-room...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: One panel is SIGNED "W. Morgan Thomas" - the house name for the Sheena strip. Odd.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Curt Davis] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Stuart Taylor
Character(s): Stuart Taylor; Laura; Gegin (villain, introduction, death), Limpy (introduction)
First Line: Stuart Taylor, a young scientist, and his assistant...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Reminiscent of a "Batman" artist. Keith Chandler doesn't see this at all.

The cover title, "Treasure of the Ancient Mandarin", has NOTHING to do with this story so it is not used here.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Bobby
Character(s): Bobby; Mr. De Flicker; Smudge (a street urchin)
First Line: I think I'm the guy for the part.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Major Thorpe] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): ZX-5 Spies In Action
Character(s): ZX-5; The Baron (villain)
First Line: At the Newport torpedo base, ZX-5 hears important...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Uncle Otto
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: wordless pantomime strip
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Fred Sande] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Wilton of the West
Character(s): Wiley Wilton; Sheriff Parker; Bobby Jones; Mrs. Jones; Crazy Mike
First Line: The fantastic nightmare of a series of horrible...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Case of the Crooked Dagger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as George Thatcher] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Dayton
Character(s): Inspector Dayton; Miss Belton; Doc Black
First Line: Miss Belton hasn't been seen since Friday...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Frank Schwarz is credited in the Who's Who as having worked on this strip during this year.

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