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Issue: Jumbo Comics #56 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1943
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Issues: #56 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: 08/10/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John F. Byrne (Editor); S. M. Iger (Art Director)
Disclose Notes: The page count [60 pages] is correct. There are four sheets in the front "half" of the book that do not wrap around to the rear "half."

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, 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
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Sabre Monsters of the Aba-Zanai

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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Sabre Monsters of the Aba-Zanzi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Bob; Chim; Ruando (villain, introduction, death); the Kulus (villain, introduction); Alicia (introduction); Gordon (introduction); Alicia and Gordon's daughter (introduction)
First Line: A fear-crazed lioness started it--a renegade gun-bearer...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover. This is probably an example of Webb drawing the females. However, it is very likely that Richard Case or another specialist is drawing the animals.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): ZX-5 Spies In Action
Character(s): Madame Terror (villain, introduction, death); Baron Thoja (villain, introduction, death); Adm. Moki (villain, introduction); the Japanese (villain); Kyoto (introduction, death); Kyoto's lover (introduction)
First Line: They say Japan is a sealed empire, spy-proof...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Leav swipe on splash panel. Hints of Nina Albright.

Note that Oriental lettering on sign [panel 1, page 8] clearly spells out "CLAIRE", and the lettering on the right sign of the same panel reads "SZEP". These were added by Al Feldstein, since Claire Szep was his wife-to-be. They were married about a year after this issue came out.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Willis B. Rensie]
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): The Hawk
Character(s): Caleb; Jeremy; Cap'n Tiger (a woman, introduction); The Claw (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Facing the lashing sea or the thunder of...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Curt Davis]
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Stuart Taylor
Character(s): Laura; Dr. Hayward; Pizarro (introduction); Linca (introduction); Cuzco (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: Stuart, Laura, and Doctor Hayward attend a jive-joint...
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as West Erner]
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Midnight The Wild Black Stallion
Character(s): Rick; Helen
First Line: String him up, yelled the mob. A long...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as George Thatcher]
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Dayton
Character(s): Creep; Micky Masters (villain, introduction); Dolly LaVarre (villain, introduction); Blackie (villain, introduction); their gang (villain, introduction)
First Line: Coney Island, the land of thrills, chills, and...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In places the inks resemble the work of Astarita or Camy, but probably are by neither.
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Attu Incident

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Ghost Gallery
Character(s): Alvin Butler (villain, introduction, death); Hodge Williams (villain, introduction, death); Josh Butler (a ghost, death in flashback, introduction), Miss Barlow (introduction); Millie Potter (introduction): Mr. Potter (introduction, death)
First Line: Why did the ghost of a murdered moon-shiner...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The Bob Hebberd feel is still maintained. The female seems to be by another hand.

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