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Issue: Jumbo Comics #12 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #12 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: 12/15/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Will Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 439396.
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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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Buccaneer Vengeance

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): The Hawk
Character(s): The Hawk
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Captive Tigress

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Sheena
Character(s): Pasha Kamur; Abu Cred; Sheena; Chim; Beda; Bob; Karen
First Line: Under a broiling sun, the small village...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: story title is from cover
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick Briefer?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Peter Pupp
Character(s): Peter Pupp; Tinymite; Shortbred
First Line: A posse searches for Peter and Tinymite after...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Briefer's a wild guess, but Hunchback is finished and he was probably doing SOMETHING.
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Buccaneer Vengeance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner [as Willis B. Rensie]
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): The Hawk
Character(s): The Hawk; Jeremy; Rocco; Jose Mantilla; Tonda [called Tito later on]; Maria Mantilla; Caleb; Sagua
First Line: War brews on Mantilla Isle...in a little...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: title is from the cover
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While riding the range, Wilton finds an old...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Fred Sande]
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Wilton of the West
Character(s): Wilton; Snorty; Tokanas
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Thunder God

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lin Davies
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ken Hammond
Character(s): Ken Hammond; Dick Walsh, the Leopard Man; Basuta; Nikki-Tikki
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: previous page has "Winners of the October-November '39 Jumbo Comics Contest."
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Curt Davis]
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural
Character(s): Scarpo; Queen Lenore; the devil
First Line: Inventors of a machine that can transmit a...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Major Thorpe]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell ?
Inker(s): Vern Henkel ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): ZX-5 Spies In Action
Character(s): Mr. Heil; Yum Ling [daughter of Genghis Khan]
First Line: Learning of a revolt in the north, ZX-5...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: "Powell-Henkel" - same as in #11. Bob Powell and others, possibly Henkel or Frollo.
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Terror Grips City As Voters Are Beaten Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dennis Colebrook]
Penciller(s): ? [shop work]; George Tuska ?; Klaus Nordling ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Spencer Steel
Character(s): Joe the Dip; Slugger; Hunky Joe; Mack; Bull Gordon
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: If Dennis Colebrook (or Colbrook) is a real person, there is every reason to believe that he is NOT the person doing this strip at this time. Perhaps some Tuska involvement?
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as George Thatcher]
Penciller(s): Bob Powell ?
Inker(s): Vern Henkel ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Dayton
Character(s): Sgt. McGee; Igor Brudd; Ronald Harmon; Big Joe
First Line: Death visits the Harmon family, and Dayton reports...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Another questionable ID, probably a shop job with traces of others, too. Hames sees definite Powell and possible Beorge Brenner involvement.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lou Fine [as Jack Cortez]
Inker(s): Lou Fine [as Jack Cortez]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Count of Monte Cristo
Character(s): Madame Villefort; Monsieur Villefort; Fouché; Baron Danglars; Haydee [daughter of Ali Pasha]
First Line: One fine morning, the carriage of Madame Villefort....
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4

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