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| Publication | April 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every month |
| Notes | Original art credits given to Charles Sultan? but Bob Powell comes from ALTER EGO #66 (March 2007). Scan & info supplied by Jonathan C. Jensen thanks to Henry R. Kujawa's report to GCD error list.
The 'Lightning'. "A New Dynamic Character", appears only on the cover. The given title of that issue's Sheena adventure, "The Elephants' Graveyard", had actually appeared in the previous issue. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Lightning |
| Notes | Original art credits given to Charles Sultan? but Bob Powell comes from ALTER EGO #66 (March 2007). Scan & info supplied by Jonathan C. Jensen thanks to Henry R. Kujawa's report to GCD error list.
The 'Lightning'. "A New Dynamic Character", appears only on the cover. The given title of that issue's Sheena adventure, "The Elephants' Graveyard", had actually appeared in the previous issue. |
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| Credits | Script:? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sheena; Bob Reynolks; Chim; Goda (a gorilla) |
| Notes | The title given on the cover. "The Elephants' Graveyard", actually refers to a story published in the previous issue.
Powell signs in the penultimate panel. |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Golleh] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Peter Pupp; Tinymite; Fooy on Yu |
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| Comic Story | The Siege of Thunder Isle (7.8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: The Hawk; Governor John Chauncey; Caleb; Captain Smollet; Nina; Carlos |
| 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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| Comic Story | Case of the Frightened Killer: Case 2 / File-A / Clue-1 |
| Featuring | 'Bulls-Eye' Bannon |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: 'Bulls-Eye' Bannon; Titus; Clarence; Nora; Miss Kane |
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| Featuring | Bobby |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Bobby; Bobby's mother |
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| Featuring | Uncle Otto |
| Credits | Script:? [as Carl Heck] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Uncle Otto; Greta Glammer (actress in Otto's dream); Mr. Carol Zani (film director in Otto's dream) |
| Notes | The characters speak for the first time which makes us think that this is probably NOT by Eisner. |
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| Featuring | Spencer Steel |
| Credits | Script:? [as Dennis Colebrook] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Spencer Steel; Nora Steel; Charles Korda; Jock Macduff; McCarthy |
| Notes | A product of the Eisner-Iger Shop - Hames sees Bob Powell on females. An interesting artist, but Nordling is just a guess. Has a Jack Hearne feel, but probably too early. |
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| Text Story | Dark Mountain Magic (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Ken Hammond |
| Credits | Script:? [as Art Hunt] (credited) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Ken Hammond; Dick Walsh; Nandi; Nikki-Tikki; Pubala |
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| Featuring | Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural |
| Credits | Script:? [as Curt Davis] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Stuart Taylor; Rufus (villain, introduction, death); Commander Ronald; Dr. Hayward |
| Notes | Possible art involvement by Witmer Williams? |
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| Featuring | ZX-5 Spies In Action |
| Credits | Script:? [as Major Thorpe] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: ZX-5; Manya Massal; Baron Felix Orga; Yum Ling; Sin Fu; Lan Tsu; Karol Attra |
| Notes | Or possibly Bob Powell [or "Powell-Henkel"] art in the beginning, or Frank Frollo, or a weak Rafael Astarita. |
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| Featuring | Wilton of the West |
| Credits | Script:? [as Fred Sande] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Wiley Wilton; Snorty; The Crimson Rider; Black (villain) |
| 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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| Comic Story | In Chinatown (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Inspector Dayton |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Inspector Dayton; Sung Sin; Wang; Anderson Case; Commissioner Conroy; Patch |
| Notes | The art style changes after four pages, from okay to poor. Possibly Art Peddy in the beginning??? Comparing Bob Powell art on "Sheena" makes it unlikely that he is here UNLESS this is reprinted from much earlier material. |
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| Featuring | The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Credits | Script:? (adaption); Alexandre Dumas (original author) |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Edmond Dantes [The Count of Monte Cristo]; Mercedes; Fernand Mondego |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Covers for the April issues of Jungle, Fight and Planet Comics, giving on-sale dates. |
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