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Issue: Jumbo Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1939
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Issues: #9 of 167 Issues (168 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/26/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Slightly wider than golden age, 8.25" x 10.25". Full color.

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 421288.
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Disclose 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:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Sheena; Bob Reynolds
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Agani; Thad Barker; Diki; Mamba
First Line: Goaded by the tales of a fantastic city...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens
Character(s): Peter Pupp; Tinymite; Cyclone Sam
First Line: Peter and Tinymite are exploring the Moon...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: New storyline and different creator from the previous issue.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): The Hawk; Jeremy; Burke; Dr. Snyde; Gor; Caleb
First Line: Out of the misty realm of the unknown...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Formerly Hawk of the Seas. Now reprinted from Wags (Australia). Pages are reformatted to fit the smaller size of Jumbo with many pages being made into two and a splash panel added. Reprint runs from v3#26 to v3#33.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Bobby
Character(s): Bobby
First Line: Wat'cha cryin' for, little feller?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Universal Phoenix Features
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Pee Wee
Character(s): Pee Wee
First Line: Gwan! Tell your big big brother I'll knock...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Universal Phoenix Features
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spencer Steel
Character(s): Spencer Steel; Joe Doaks; Mr. Shear; Kinkaid; Heinie Schmdt; Editor Hardrok
First Line: Chitland, a small town resting snugly in the...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Reprinted from Wags (Australia)? v3#31 et seq.
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Green Terror

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lin Davies] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ken Hammond
Character(s): Ken Hammond; Pubala; Basuta; Dick Walsh (leopard man; villain)
First Line: Out of the dreaded domain...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Weird Stories of the Supernatural
Character(s): Stuart Taylor; Dr. Hayward; Ali Pasha (villain); King Manchung; Moki
First Line: A skull?? In a twentieth century laboratory...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: formerly The Diary of Dr. Hayward
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Over the Rail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Uncle Otto
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Universal Phoenix Features
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sport Shorts
Character(s): Willie Hoppe
First Line: Willie Hoppe former world's billiard champion often shakes...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Universal Phoenix Features
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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; Alexi Akimo; Major Mannering
First Line: Here's the photo of Alexi Akimo, the notorious spy...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jest Laffs
First Line: Sure that's an octopus, Joe - Times are so bad...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Universal Phoenix Features.

Four unrelated gag panels. Previous instalments were credited to Bob Kane.
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The Crimson Rider

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; The Crimson Rider (introduction); Rand Payson (villain); Salters (outlaw)
First Line: Zooming along the lonely, sun-baked highway...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Universal Phoenix Features
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Dayton
Character(s): Inspector Dayton; Tony Valiente (villain); Anderson Case; Patch; Mr. Sung; Wang; Chen Fu; Tom Dawson
First Line: After many weeks of careful work, Inspector Dayton...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Wags (UK) 70? et seq
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Artwork very crude--could be anybody.

Keith Chandler : I see possible Eisner layouts beneath the inks.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jumbo Jim's Prize Party
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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