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| Date | | Number: 56 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Jumbo Comics 56 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | The page count [60 pages] is correct. There are four sheets in the front "half" of the book that do not wrap around to the rear "half." The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4. |
| Cover | Sabre Monsters of the Aba-Zanai / 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Pencils | Art Saaf |
| Inks | Art Saaf |
| Comic Story | Sabre Monsters of the Aba-Zanzi / Sheena (12 pages) |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Ruando (villain, introduction, death); the Kulus (villain, introduction); Alicia (introduction); Gordon (introduction); Alicia and Gordon's daughter (introduction) |
| Script | W. Morgan Thomas |
| Pencils | Bob Webb (see notes) |
| Inks | Iger Shop |
| First Line | A fear-crazed lioness started it--a renegade gun-bearer... |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover. This is probably an example of Webb drawing the females. However, it is very likely that Richard Case or another specialist is drawing the animals. |
| Story | ZX-5 Spies in Action (8 pages) |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | Madame Terror (villain, introduction, death); Baron Thoja (villain, introduction, death); Adm. Moki (villain, introduction); the Japanese (villain); Kyoto (introduction, death); Kyoto's lover (introduction) |
| Script | Mort Leav |
| Pencils | Bob Webb ? Iger Shop |
| Inks | Arnold Hicks ? Al Feldstein (backgrounds) |
| First Line | They say Japan is a sealed empire, spy-proof... |
| Notes | Leav swipe on splash panel. Hints of Nina Albright. Note that Oriental lettering on sign [panel 1, page 8] clearly spells out "CLAIRE", and the lettering on the right sign of the same panel reads "SZEP". These were added by Al Feldstein, since Claire Szep was his wife-to-be. They were married about a year after this issue came out. |
| Story | Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk (6 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Willis B. Rensie] (credited) |
| Genre | Historical |
| Characters | Caleb; Jeremy; Cap'n Tiger (a woman, introduction); The Claw (villain, introduction, death) |
| Pencils | Bob Webb John Cassone (female characters) ? |
| Inks | Iger Shop |
| First Line | Facing the lashing sea or the thunder of... |
| Story | Stuart Taylor (6 pages) |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Characters | Laura; Dr. Hayward; Pizarro (introduction); Linca (introduction); Cuzco (villain, introduction, death) |
| Script | Curt Davis |
| Pencils | Alex Blum Iger Shop |
| Inks | Lee Ames ? Arnold Hicks ? |
| First Line | Stuart, Laura, and Doctor Hayward attend a jive-joint... |
| Story | Midnight (6 pages) |
| Script | ? [as West Erner] (credited) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Rick; Helen |
| Pencils | Alex Blum |
| Inks | Iger Shop |
| First Line | String him up, yelled the mob. A long... |
| Story | Inspector Dayton (6 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Creep; Micky Masters (villain, introduction); Dolly LaVarre (villain, introduction); Blackie (villain, introduction); their gang (villain, introduction) |
| Script | George Thatcher |
| Pencils | Nina Albright ? Arnold Hicks ? |
| Inks | Chu F. Hing ? Iger Shop |
| First Line | Coney Island, the land of thrills, chills, and... |
| Notes | In places the inks resemble the work of Astarita or Camy, but probably are by neither. |
| Text Story | Attu Incident (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | War |
| Script | Toni Blum |
| Story | The Ghost Gallery (10 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Alvin Butler (villain, introduction, death); Hodge Williams (villain, introduction, death); Josh Butler (a ghost, death in flashback, introduction), Miss Barlow (introduction); Millie Potter (introduction): Mr. Potter (introduction, death) |
| Script | Drew Murdoch |
| Pencils | Alex Blum |
| Inks | Iger Shop |
| First Line | Why did the ghost of a murdered moon-shiner... |
| Notes | The Bob Hebberd feel is still maintained. The female seems to be by another hand. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
