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Issue: Jumbo Comics #17

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Publication Date: July 1940

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Issues: #17 of 167 Issues (168 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Fiction House

Brand: Fiction House Magazines

Indicia Publisher: Real Adventures Publishing Co., Inc.

On Sale Date: 05/13/1940

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 13 (12 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)

Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.

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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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1 Content Item
- [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Content Items (13 total)

Cannibal Fury

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Bob Powell (on Sheena); Will Eisner

Inker(s): Bob Powell (on Sheena); Will Eisner

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Sheena

Character(s): Sheena; The Lightning; The Hawk; Stuart Taylor; ZX-5

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Cannibal Fury

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited)

Penciller(s): Bob Powell

Inker(s): Bob Powell

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Sheena

Character(s): Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Ali Rash (introduction, villain, death); Karen; Pasha Kamur; N'Gagi (introduction, a gorilla); Kirk Dunston; Sybil Dunston (his sister)

First Line: A Masai runner, carrying a note on the...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Notes: Story title is taken from cover.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Golleh] (credited)

Penciller(s): Bob Kane

Inker(s): Bob Kane

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Peter Pupp

Character(s): Tinymite

First Line: Peter Pupp and his pal Tinymite are shot...

Reprinting

Reprint Notes: Cannibalized from the second half of the story in Jumbo Comics #1, where the strip is credited to Bob Kane.

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Teller Tayles] (credited)

Penciller(s): Charles Wotjkoski

Inker(s): Charles Wotjkoski

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Lightning

Character(s): Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin; Joe (a saboteur); Rattler (his boss)

First Line: A powerful foreign power engages a ruthless gang...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Bobby

Character(s): Bobby

First Line: My grandpa, who is 99 years, gives me...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Will Eisner ? [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

Character(s): Uncle Otto

First Line: No Smoking

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: This is a more decorative style than usual for Eisner.

The Ape-Master

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Lin Davies] (credited)

Penciller(s): Art Saaf ? (2 spot illustrations)

Inker(s): Art Saaf ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: jungle

Feature(s): Ken Hammond

Character(s): Nikki-Tikki; Pubala; Dr. Filipe Silvera

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Curt Davis] (credited)

Penciller(s): Nick Cardy

Inker(s): Nick Cardy

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: science fiction

Feature(s): Stuart Taylor

Character(s): Dr. Hayward; Laura; Alexander the Great

First Line: A quiet evening at home begins the long-sought...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Notes: Cardy ID is from HS original Index. If so, and I have no reason to doubt it, the first two pages are by a different artist. Henry suggests a resemblance to Edd Cartier.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Major Thorpe] (credited)

Penciller(s): Charles Sultan

Inker(s): Charles Sultan

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): ZX-5 Spies In Action

Character(s): Arnold Crews; Manya; Erich; Edgar Harmon; Steve Clark; A. Himmled

First Line: ZX-5 is present at Army Air Force headquarters.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 9

Notes: Sultan from original HS Index and Hames and I agree. Lee suggests Mazoujian again and I don't see the connection with previous attributions. Henry's current guess is early Nick Cardy.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Fred Sande] (credited)

Penciller(s): George Tuska

Inker(s): George Tuska

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: western

Feature(s): Wilton of the West

Character(s): Snorty; Crimson Rider; city of tiny people

First Line: Across the Arizona desert, under a blazing sun...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Geo. Thatcher] (credited)

Penciller(s): Charles Wotjkoski ?; ?

Inker(s): Charles Wotjkoski ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: mystery

Feature(s): Inspector Dayton

Character(s): Wini; Bob (a scientist); Mecho (a robot)

First Line: The crime smashing inspector foils the mechanical slave...

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Henry, Lee, and indexer all have unknown. Hames says Wojtkoski and shop. Last page is by a different artist.

[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): Villefort; Count Danglars; Fouche; Mercedes; Jocopo; Haydee

First Line: Villefort and Danglars have shot each other, after...

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Ace Comics Presents #4 published November 1987
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]second page only

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Final episode.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Willis B. Rensie] (credited)

Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich ?; Charles Mazoujian ?; ?

Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich ?; Charles Mazoujian ?; ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): The Hawk

Character(s): Caleb; Captain Cortez; Maria; Nina Olez; Chauncy; Philip

First Line: What do you make of her, Caleb?

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 8

Notes: A shop art job, with primary work by Zolnerowich. Signs of Mazoujian and others.