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Issue: Jumbo Comics #63 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1944
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Issues: #63 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: 03/08/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Claude Lapham (Editor); S.M. Iger (Art Director)
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 2.
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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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The Dwarf-Makers

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Saaf
Inker(s): Art Saaf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Sheena
Character(s): Sheena; Bob
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Dwarf-Makers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Penciller(s): Robert Webb ?; ? (shop)
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Sheena
Character(s): Sheena; Bob Reynolds
First Line: Bob! What's that you're making?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover. Webb is fairly evident on the first two pages but the art quickly fades into generic shop.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Major Thorpe]
Penciller(s): Arnold Hicks; Alex Blum
Inker(s): Arnold Hicks ?; ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): ZX-5 Spies In Action
Character(s): Villain: Grunner; Hilda Grunner (Introduction for both); Nazis
First Line: Night in a German coastal town.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Alex Blum seems to do touch-ups in a few places, but Hicks is the main artist.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Willis Rensie]
Penciller(s): Robert Webb ?; ? (shop)
Inker(s): Ann Brewster ?; ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): The Hawk
Character(s): Villain: Mrs. Flogg (Introduction)
First Line: Many a base and evil sight finds cover...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is only superficially Webb. Probably generic Iger shop imitating him.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Curt Davis]
Penciller(s): Homer Fleming ?; ? (shop)
Inker(s): Arnold Hicks ?; ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Stuart Taylor
Character(s): Introduction: Boadicea. Villain: Paulinus (Introduction); Romans
First Line: The time travelers probe the legend of England's...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: I keep trying to see Webb on the pencils without any luck. Perhaps it's the less-talented inkers or perhaps these are very rushed jobs. It's also possible that he's simply not here and the shop has assumed some of these strips.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as West Erner]
Penciller(s): Alex Blum
Inker(s): ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Midnight The Wild Black Stallion
Character(s): Villain: Bart King; Bart King's partner (Introduction, Death for both). Introduction: Mr. Turner; Miss Turner
First Line: Oh, it's you, Midnight old boy! So ye...
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as George Thatcher]
Penciller(s): Alex Blum; ?
Inker(s): Arnold Hicks ?; ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Dayton and the Creep
Character(s): Villains: Max; Max's girl (Introduction for both)
First Line: Yeh, inspector Dayton speaking...that you, Creep?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Alex Blum reworks several of the faces, but he's not that evident in the general pencils.
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The Merchantmen Meet a Lorelei

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum ? [as Tom Alexander]
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Esther Reardon Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Drew Murdoch]
Penciller(s): Alex Blum
Inker(s): Alex Blum ?; ? (shop)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Ghost Gallery
Character(s): Villain: Dr. Lamb (Introduction, Death); Esther Reardon (Introduction, Death, R (?)); Dr. Lamb's nurse (Introduction)
First Line: Confidential Record from the files of Drew Murdoch
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9

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