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Issue: Jumbo Comics #14 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #14 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: 02/14/1940
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 [as William E. 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, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 443884.
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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 from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Disclose Content Items (14 total)
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lightning
Character(s): Lightning appears on cover only
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Elephants' Graveyard

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): Bob; Chim; Goda
First Line: Well, it looks like a pretty heated argument!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: title is taken from the cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Golleh]
Penciller(s): Al Stahl?; Dick Briefer?
Inker(s): Tex Blaisdell?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Peter Pupp
Character(s): Tinymite; Fooy on Yu
First Line: Peter and Tinymite seek refuge behind a toadstool...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Siege of Thunder Isle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner [as Willis B. Resnie]
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): The Hawk
Character(s): Governor Chauncey; Caleb; Captain Smollet; Nina; Carlos
First Line: Somewhere in the pirate-filled Caribbean, the tiny English-owned...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.8
Disclose Notes: Title is taken from the cover. While all other Hawk episodes to date are reprinted from earlier Eisner-Iger syndicated material, this appears to have been done especially for Jumbo Comics and does not appear in the complete "Hawks of the Seas" reprint volume from Kitchen Sink.
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Case of the Frightened Killer: Case 2 / File-A / Clue-1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell?
Inker(s): Bob Powell?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Bulls-Eye Bannon
Character(s): Titus; Clarence; Nora; Miss Kane
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): S. M. Iger
Penciller(s): S. M. Iger
Inker(s): S. M. Iger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bobby
First Line: Mom do you mind if I don't go...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Carl Heck]
Penciller(s): Will Eisner? [as Carl Heck]
Inker(s): Will Eisner? [as Carl Heck]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Uncle Otto
First Line: Uncle Otto, meet Miss Greta Glammer, your new...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: characters speak for the first time which makes us think that this is probably NOT by Eisner.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dennis Colebrook]
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling?
Inker(s): shop?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Spencer Steel
Character(s): Nora Steel; Charles Korda; Jock Macduff; McCarthy
First Line: Spencer Steel and his wife, vacation bound to...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Shop - Hames sees Powell on females. An interesting artist, Nordling is just a guess. Has a Jack Hearne feel, but probablly too early.
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Dark Mountain Magic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Art Hunt]
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Ken Hammond
Character(s): Dick Walsh; Nandi; Nikki-Tikki; Pubala
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Curt Davis]
Penciller(s): Lou Fine (pages 1-5); Charles J. Mazoujian (pages 6-9)
Inker(s): Lou Fine (pages 1-5); Charles J. Mazoujian (pages 6-9)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural
Character(s): Rufus (introduction, death); Commander Ronald; Dr. Hayward
First Line: Thanks to you, Stuart, we've been able to...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Possible involvement by Witmer Williams?
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Major Thorpe]
Penciller(s): Vern Henkel ? (pages 1-5); George Tuska (pages 6-9)
Inker(s): Vern Henkel ? (pages 1-5); George Tuska (pages 6-9)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): ZX-5 Spies In Action
Character(s): Manya Massal; Baron Felix Orga; Yum Ling; Sin Fu; Lan Tsu; Karol Attra
First Line: ZX-5 and his fiancee, Manya Massal have been...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Or possibly Powell [or "Powell-Henkel"] in the beginning or Frank Frollo or a weak Astarita.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Fred Sande]
Penciller(s): Lou Fine (pages 1-3); Frank Frollo ? (page 4); Charles Wojtkoski (pages 5, 6)
Inker(s): Lou Fine (pages 1-3); Frank Frollo ? (page 4); Charles Wojtkoski (pages 5, 6)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Wilton of the West
Character(s): Snorty; Crimson Rider
First Line: Down a dusty road, silhouetted against the setting...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Lee seems pretty certain of his IDs, so I went with them. Fine looks okay to me in the beginning. I wouldn't know CW at this stage. Hames also sees Frollo on one page?
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Geo. Thatcher]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Dayton
Character(s): Sung Sin; Wang; Anderson Case; Commissioner Conroy; Patch
First Line: Sung, what are you doing in America? Why...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: art changes after 4 pages, from okay to poor. Possibly Art Peddy in the begining??? Comparing Powell art on "Sheena" makes it unlikely that he is here UNLESS this is reprinted from much earlier material.
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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): The Count of Monte Cristo
Character(s): Mercedes; Fernand Mondego
First Line: I knew you were Edmond Dantes as soon...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2

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