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| Date | | Number: 54 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Additional Information | |
| Name | Jumbo Comics 54 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 60 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Brand emblem has the Fiction House bull's eye but is missing the text. 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. 3. |
| Cover | Congo Kill! / 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Sheena; Bob Reynolds |
| Pencils | Rafael Astarita |
| Inks | Rafael Astarita |
| Comic Story | Congo Kill! / Sheena (12 pages) |
| Script | ? [as W. Morgan Thomas] |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Chim (chimpanzee); Queen Thara-an; Ashor; Ganvar; Manji |
| Pencils | Bob Webb |
| Inks | Ann Brewster ? Iger Shop |
| First Line | Beyond the pinnacles of the painted cliffs... |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover. |
| Story | ZX-5 Spies in Action (8 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Major Thorpe] |
| Genre | Spy |
| Characters | La Martinique; Benito Mussolini; Don Venardi; ZX-5; Nazis |
| Pencils | Nina Albright ? |
| Inks | Iger Shop |
| First Line | Off the dark coast of Italy... We'll have... |
| Notes | Some effort is made early on to mimic Mort Leav, but it is soon abandoned. Signs of Blum and Webb probably indicate shop mimics. Albright seems to be the most obvious contributor. |
| Story | Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk (6 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Willis B. Rensie] |
| Genre | Adventure; Historical |
| Characters | The Hawk; The Slasher; Fluth; Jeremy; Caleb |
| Pencils | Bob Webb |
| Inks | Iger Shop |
| First Line | Devil-infested are the waters that wash the... |
| Notes | Here, also, Webb indications are probably the result of shop mimics. A great appreciator of ships, it's likely that Webb drew these or that they were lifted from those he'd rendered in earlier episodes. |
| Story | Stuart Taylor (6 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Curt Davis] |
| Genre | Science Fiction Iger Shop |
| Characters | Stuart Taylor; Laura; Dr. Hayward; Nero; Stuart Taylor Iger Shop |
| Pencils | Homer Fleming ? Alex Blum ? |
| Inks | Homer Fleming ? Lee Ames ? |
| First Line | Space is breached and time rolled back by... |
| Story | Midnight (6 pages) |
| Script | ? [as West Erner] |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Rick; Helen; Hank; Bart |
| Pencils | Alex Blum |
| Inks | Iger Shop |
| First Line | The black market! This is the latest menace... |
| Notes | Very awkward pencils with wildly disproportioned figures and horse - one more indication that it is unlikely that Blum was drawing the horses. He usually had shop specialists assist on his animal art. |
| Story | Inspector Dayton (6 pages) |
| Script | ? [as George Thatcher] |
| Inks | ? [Iger shop] |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Inspector Dayton; Gardenia Clay; Joe Daly; Creep |
| Pencils | Rafael Astarita ? Nina Albright ? |
| Inks | Nina Albright ? |
| First Line | From a grim prison cell, the scheming... |
| Text Story | Shrouds of Ice (2 pages) |
| Script | Tom Alexander |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Horror-suspense |
| Characters | Fields; Roberts |
| First Line | Fields stood on a quiet corner in the darkness. |
| Notes | The house name 'Tom Alexander' was used on occasion for stories by both Ruth Roche and Toni Blum. |
| Story | The Ghost Gallery (10 pages) |
| Script | ? [as Drew Murdoch] |
| Inks | ? [Iger shop] |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Gloria; Dale; Poirett; Dixon; Captain Voorhis; Mrs. Poirett |
| Pencils | Alex Blum |
| First Line | Gloria and Dale...song and dance team...follow... |
| Notes | The inkers are still attempting to mimic Bob Hebberd. A shop artist [Cassone or ?] is drawing the girl. |
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