| Additional Information |
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| Publication | July 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Jungle |
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| Text Article | Easy Money for You! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside front cover. Includes indicia at the bottom of the page. States issue #8 will be on-sale July 10th.
A contest for the reader to create a slogan for the 'Bulls-eye Brand'. |
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| Comic Story | Blood Money (5 pages) |
| Featuring | Rip Regan the Power-Man |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Rip Regan; Moronie (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. |
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| Featuring | Shark Brodie |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Shark Brodie; Rocky and his gang (villain, introduction); Mr. Allen (introduction); Pat Allen (introduction); Joey Allen (introduction) |
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| Featuring | The Spy Fighter |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Saber [Spy Fighter] |
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| Comic Story | Luis Angel Firpo, the Wild Bull of the Pampas (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Featuring | Chip Collins |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Chip Collins; Prince Bara (introduction); Abdulla (villain, introduction, death) |
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| Featuring | Spencer Steel |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Spencer Steel (last appeared in Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #14 (April 1940)); Spencer Steel, Jr. (introduction, born in this story); The Berge gang (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Dennis Colebrook is a pen name of Ed Loughlin, but it appears that the name eventually turns into a 'house name' and becomes disassociated with Loughlin. Uncertain if this story is actually Loughlin. |
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| Featuring | Keeping Fit |
| Credits | Pencils:? (two panels illustration art) | Inks:? (two panels illustration art) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Sports |
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| Featuring | Kinks Mason |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Kinks Mason; Battler (introduction, Kinks's trained seal); A gang of poachers (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The continuity of this story out of sequence. It should have followed the story in issue #8. |
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| Featuring | Slug-Nutty Sam |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Slug-Nutty Sam |
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| Synopsis | Having bought a tract of land in territory controlled by lumber hijackers, Big Red must protect his investment from Sledge Sloan. |
| Featuring | Big Red McLane |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Big Red McLane; Tom Farr; Sledge Sloan (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Reprinted with changes as a Ted Kane story in Fight Comics. See reprint note and the index for Witty Comics (Irwin H. Rubin, 1945 series) #1 ([circa 1945]) for the outline of changes. |
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| Synopsis | Four boxing fact cartoons concerning Joe Louis being the youngest heavyweight boxing champion, Rameses II fighting for his father at the age of ten, two lumberjacks from Moosejaw, Saskatchewan who decided to fight with spikes in their gloves, and Tommy Farr who used to take on all comers as a circus sideshow act in England. |
| Featuring | Fight Facts |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports | Characters: Joe Louis; Jim Braddock; Rameses II; two unnamed lumberjacks; Tommy Farr |
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| Featuring | Oran of the Jungle |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Oran |
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| Featuring | Strut Warren |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Corporal Strut Warren; Muipo (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | Splash panel has a Strut Warren paper doll. |
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| Comic Story | Dr. Dynamite (8 pages) |
| Featuring | Kayo Kirby |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby]; Bull (villain, introduction) |
| Notes | The story title is taken from the cover blurb. |
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| Publisher advertisement | If You Want Quality Comic Magazines--Look for the Bull's-Eye When You Buy! (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Inside back cover.
Promotional advertisement for Fiction House comic books, Jungle Comics (1940 series) #7 (July 1940), Planet Comics (1940 series) #7 (July 1940), and Jumbo Comics (1938 series) #17 (July 1940).
States that the newsstand on-sale days each month was the First for Jumbo Comics, the Fifth for Jungle Comics, Tenth for Fight Comics, and the Fifteenth for Planet Comics. |
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| Advertisement | Act Now! On This Bargain Offer. (1 page) |
| Featuring | Remington Rand |
| Credits | Script:? (ad copy) | Pencils:? (illustration) | Inks:? (illustration) | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Back cover.
Illustrated advertisement from Remington Rand, Inc. of Buffalo, New York, offering readers a desk for $1 when they purchase a portable typewriter. The offer also includes a 24-page booklet on how to type plus a carrying case for the typewriter. |
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