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Issue: Jumbo Comics #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #23 of 167 Issues (168 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/12/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (13 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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reprinted from some/all another Issue.
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Swamp of the Green Terror

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Sheena; Bob Reynolds
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Swamp of the Green Terror

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; Queen Nada; Chim; Buta
First Line: I've never ridden an elephant as easy to...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Title is from the cover. Signed on last panel.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Golleh] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Peter Pupp; Tinymite; Zula; Professor Watt A. Dogg
First Line: In the last installment Peter and his friends...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJumbo Comics #5 published January 1939
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: Page 1 is from Jumbo Comics #5, while page 2 is from Jumbo Comics #6.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): The Hawk; Fluth; Claw Carlos; Count Richelle; Princess Helena; Murdock
First Line: A carriage draws up before the Four Bell Tavern...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose 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).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Teller Tayles] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin
First Line: Lightning strikes once, twice, three times to save...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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. Von Snitzel; Bobby's mother
First Line: Gee whiz! Just when the tenth chapter of...
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From Issue: FlagJumbo Comics #5 published January 1939
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Pee Wee
Character(s): Pee Wee Myers; his father
First Line: Son, come in here a minute...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Uncle Otto
Character(s): Uncle Otto; unnamed drunkard
First Line: I won' eveh tosh an ozzer dwop!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Stuart Taylor
Character(s): Stuart Taylor; Ali Pasha; Dr. Hayward; The Great Khan
First Line: Taylor and Hayward have escaped my power,E
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This has all of the signs of a collage of panels from an early Lou Fine episode, tied together with shop art.
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Murder By Telephone

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Sylvia; Victor
First Line: He placed the phone carefully back in the stand...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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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; Jim Carson; Mike the "Mac"; Mary Lynn; Johnny the "Newsy"
First Line: Yes, sir, I am Jim Carson. What can I do for you?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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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; Mark Johnson; Amy Dolson; Pete Dolson; Sagawan
First Line: Galloping across the purple sage of the plains...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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In Chinatown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Dayton
Character(s): Inspector Dayton; Wini; Oriental villain called only "The Master"
First Line: Sung,.What are you doing in America?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This feels like early "Inspector Dayton" art reused. The style is very erratic and doesn't seem to be very unified. The story lacks cohesion as well.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Charles Tansul] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Tom, Dick, and Harry
Character(s): Tom Devlin; Dick Swenson; Harry Carson; Lord Angus McGregor; Jock
First Line: Tom, Dick and Harry, American aviators, who have...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Note that "Tansul" is an anagram of "Sultan".
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The Bull's-Eye on the Cover...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover reproductions of the January 1941 issue of Jumbo, Jungle, Fight and Planet Comics.

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