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for all the build up i was rather disappointed to see memba sasa dispatched so quickly she would have made a good returning foe for sheena,,,,,,sigh oh well |
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Publication | June 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: every month |
Notes | art is very much in homage to Lou Fine. |
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Cover | The Lightning Strikes Twice! |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lightning |
Notes | art is very much in homage to Lou Fine. |
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Featuring | Sheena |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Memba Sasa; Corporal Rodney Gates; Chim; Sultani Modera |
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Featuring | Peter Pupp |
Credits | Script:? [as Golleh] (credited) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Peter Pupp; Tinymite; Watt A. Dogg |
Notes | Partially reprinted from Jumbo Comics #1, with panels cut and repasted, additional panels and some new dialogue added, and reduced from four pages to two. In that issue credit is given to Bob Kane. |
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Featuring | The Hawk |
Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: The Hawk; Sagua; Merrystone; Monk; Fluth |
Notes | Much abridged reprints of pages 41-50 of the original Eisner-Iger syndicated strip, reconfigured and reworked to fit the aspect ratio of the comic book page. |
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Credits | Script:? [as Teller Tayles] (credited) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin; Sledge |
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Featuring | Bobby |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Bobby |
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Featuring | Pee Wee |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Pee Wee Myers; his teacher |
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Text Story | The Crocodile Death (2 pages) |
Featuring | Ken Hammond |
Credits | Script:? [as Lin Davies] (credited) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Ken Hammond; Nikki-Tikki; Pubala |
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Featuring | Stuart Taylor |
Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Dr. Hayward; Laura; Zingala; King Molat |
Notes | possibly Alex Blum on last page. Who is Courtney Thompson [listed in original index for this story]?
Curt Davis is credited but it may have been ghost work. |
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Featuring | ZX-5 Spies In Action |
Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Josoix; Herr Gottler; Manya |
Notes | page 8 may be by yet another artist. |
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Featuring | Wilton of the West |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Mr. Prinz |
Notes | Some material "inspired" by Lou Fine.
Fred Sande is credited, but was likely done as ghost work. |
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Featuring | The Count of Monte Cristo |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Mercedes; Albert; Fernand Mondego; Jocopo; Villefort; Danglars; Foché |
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Featuring | Inspector Dayton |
Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Lo Sing; Wini; Dr. Sung; Mong |
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