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| I think Eisner himself did the art for the Sheena story in this issue. Look at the second and last panels on page 11. The cinematic use of shadows is an Eisner touch. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every month |
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| Cover | Satan's Safari |
| Featuring | Sheena |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sheena |
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| Publisher advertisement | Watch Your Newsstand for Wings (1 page) |
| Synopsis | House ad for the new Fiction House comic: Wings (no illustrations or cover reproduction) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: War |
| Notes | This is the inside-front cover |
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| Comic Story | Satan's Safari (10 pages) |
| Featuring | Sheena |
| Credits | Script:? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sheena; Bob Reynolds; GS: Kirk and Sybil Dunton; V: Karen, Pasha Kamur (D), Mahmoud (I) |
| Notes | Title taken from cover. |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Golleh] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Peter Pupp; Tiny; The Weather Man; Merkin |
| Notes | Reprinted from JUMBO COMICS #2 - the first four pages only. Hames says it's not Bob Kane. Did he not originate the strip?
The story in Jumbo Comics #2 is both credited to and signed on each page by Bob Kane. |
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| Featuring | ZX-5 Spies In Action |
| Credits | Script:? [as Major Thorpe] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: ZX-5; Bouchy (a foreign spy; death); Omu |
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| Featuring | Stuart Taylor |
| Credits | Script:? [as Curt Davis] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Stuart Taylor; Dr. Hayward; Laura Rodgers [The High Priestess]; Professor Hardwell; Rameses |
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| Featuring | Bobby |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Bobby |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Uncle Otto; Joe T. Durp |
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| Comic Story | The Underground Desperadoes (8 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Teller Tayles] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Morgan Larkin; Giblin; Grime; Ann Giblin; Ricco; Mr. Lefage |
| Notes | Title taken from the cover. |
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| Text Story | The Witch of Allah (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Ken Hammond |
| Credits | Script:? [as Lin Davies] (credited) | Pencils:? (2 spot illustrations) | Inks:? (2 spot illustrations) | Colors:? (2 spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Ken Hammond; Nikki-Tikki' Pubala |
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| Featuring | Wilton of the West |
| Credits | Script:? [as Fred Sande] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Wiley Wilton; Eddie; The Crimson Rider; Bud-Eye Sondiss; Al |
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| Featuring | Inspector Dayton |
| Credits | Script:? [as Geo. Thatcher] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Inspector Dayton; Ah Sung; Smiley; Roque; John Damian; Wini Damian |
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| Credits | Script:? [as Willis B. Rensie] (credited) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Historical | Characters: The Hawk; Hutch; Tom the cabin boy; Maria de Cordoba; Caleb; Pinez |
| Notes | Diverse hands at work on occasional panels. |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Bull's-Eye on the Cover Means... (1 page) |
| Synopsis | House ad for the other 3 Fiction House titles: Jungle, Fight and Planet, with cover reproductions. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | This is the inside-back cover |
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