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Issue: Jumbo Comics #25

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Publication Date: March 1941

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Detail

Issues: #25 of 167 Issues (168 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Fiction House

Brand: Fiction House Magazines

Indicia Publisher: Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.

On Sale Date: 01/15/1941

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 14 (13 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Will Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)

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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Format

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:

Reprinted In1

1 Content Item
- [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

Reprinted From1

1 Content Item
- [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted from some/all another Issue.

Images1

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

Indicia on this Page

Assets0

Content Items (14 total)

Bait for the Beast

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Nick Cardy [as NV] (signed)

Inker(s): Nick Cardy [as NV] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Sheena

Character(s): Sheena

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Cardy initials this cover twice: once lower center above the water and once lower right in leaf. They both sort of look like stylized Xs.

Bait For the Beast

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as W. Morgan Thomas]

Penciller(s): Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Powell [as Powell] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Sheena

Character(s): Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Chim; Jeff Spalding (introduction, Death); Ahn Kamin (villain, Introduction, Death); Karnak (Introduction, Death; a mummy)

First Line: Whosoever would defile this sacred temple by entering...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 12

Notes: Title is taken from cover blurb. Signature in foliage of final panel.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens

Feature(s): Bobby

Character(s): Bobby; Bobby's mother; Teeny; Mr. De Flicker

First Line: S'long Bobby, see ya again.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Pulp Fiction #7 published March 1999
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Will Eisner ? [as Willis Rensie] (credited); Art Saaf

Penciller(s): Will Eisner; Art Saaf

Inker(s): Will Eisner; Art Saaf

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: historical

Feature(s): The Hawk

Character(s): The Hawk; Sagua; Caleb; Don Miguel Braganta; Manuelo

First Line: Up from the Ivory Coast sails The Hawk's ship...

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

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).

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Teller Tayles] (credited)

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Lightning

Character(s): Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin; unnamed helium saboteurs/thiefs

First Line: Fred Larkin and his dad, General Larkin, go aloft...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Artwork reminiscent of a weak Al Bryant.

The Warrior's Shoes

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Tom Alexander] (credited)

Penciller(s): ? (3 spot illustrations)

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Character(s): Su Lee' Hu Lang Lee (villain)

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Golleh] (credited)

Penciller(s): Bob Kane

Inker(s): Bob Kane

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens

Feature(s): Peter Pupp

Character(s): Peter Pupp; Zula's robot; King Riffraff; Zula

First Line: Last month, Peter and his friends were talking...

Reprinting

From Issue: Flag

Jumbo Comics #6 published February 1939

Reprint Notes: Cannibalized from the story in Jumbo Comics #7.

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Curt Davis] (credited)

Penciller(s): Sy Reit

Inker(s): Sy Reit

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Stuart Taylor

Character(s): Stuart Taylor; Dr. Hayward; Countess Irana Nada of Bohemia; Johan [her fiancé]; Napoleon; The Duke of Wellington

First Line: Once more a legion of hate encompasses Europe. . .

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Pee Wee

Character(s): Pee Wee Myers; his father; Beany

First Line: Pee Wee, your pop's lookin' for ya!

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.67

pantomime gag strip

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Uncle Otto

Character(s): Uncle Otto

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.33

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Major Thorpe] (credited)

Penciller(s): Iger shop ?

Inker(s): Iger shop ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): ZX-5 Spies In Action

Character(s): ZX-5; Jan Petrov

First Line: Success or failure in war depends on a...

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: Notice the extensive depiction of shadows...

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Robert Webb

Inker(s): Robert Webb

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Midnight the Black Stallion

Character(s): Rick [the forest ranger's son] (First Appearance); Midnight [a colt] (First Appearance)

First Line: Over the Wyoming badlands, the snow lies deep...

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as George Thatcher] (credited)

Penciller(s): Chuck Mazoujian ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Inspector Dayton

Character(s): Inspector Dayton; Officer Odell; Officer Casey

First Line: The bright lights of the night club district...

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Charles Tansul] (credited)

Penciller(s): Robert Webb

Inker(s): Robert Webb

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Tom, Dick, and Harry

Character(s): Tom Devlin, Dick Swenson; Harry Carson; Alice Wiggins; Mable Wiggins; Joan Wiggins; Bob Wiggins

First Line: Tom Devlin, Dick Swenson and Harry Carson, three American war buddies...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5