Jumbo Comics, #23

Published: January 1941

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Jumbo Comics #23

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Swamp of the Green Terror
1 page jungle
Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
Swamp of the Green Terror
Story 1 12 pages jungle

"I've never ridden an elephant as easy to..."

Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
  • Queen Nada
  • Chim
  • Buta
Credits
Story Notes

Title is from the cover. Signed on last panel.

Story 2 2 pages humor

"In the last installment Peter and his friends..."

Characters
  • Peter Pupp
  • Tinymite
  • Zula
  • Professor Watt A. Dogg
Credits
Reprint Notes

Page 1 is from Jumbo Comics #5, while page 2 is from Jumbo Comics #6.

Story 3 9 pages adventure; historical

"A carriage draws up before the Four Bell Tavern..."

Characters
  • The Hawk
  • Fluth
  • Claw Carlos
  • Count Richelle
  • Princess Helena
  • Murdock
Credits
Story Notes

Per Mort Leav, Art Saaf was given old Eisner material and assigned to re-write, re-compose, and fill in the gaps to create "new" Eisner Hawk stories (Robin Snyder's The Comics).

Story 4 6 pages superhero

"Lightning strikes once, twice, three times to save..."

Characters
  • Lightning [Fred Larkin]
  • General Larkin
Credits
Story 5 1 page humor; children

"Gee whiz! Just when the tenth chapter of..."

Characters
  • Bobby
  • Mr. Von Snitzel
  • Bobby's mother
Credits
Story 6 0 pages humor; children

"Son, come in here a minute..."

Characters
  • Pee Wee Myers
  • his father
Credits
Story 7 1 page humor

"I won' eveh tosh an ozzer dwop!"

Characters
  • Uncle Otto
  • unnamed drunkard
Credits
Story 8 7 pages science fiction

"Taylor and Hayward have escaped my power,"

Characters
  • Stuart Taylor
  • Ali Pasha
  • Dr. Hayward
  • The Great Khan
Credits
Story Notes

This has all of the signs of a collage of panels from an early Lou Fine episode, tied together with shop art.

Murder By Telephone
Story 9 2 pages crime

"He placed the phone carefully back in the stand..."

Characters
  • Sylvia
  • Victor
Credits
Story 10 5 pages spy

"Yes, sir, I am Jim Carson. What can I do for you?"

Characters
  • ZX-5
  • Jim Carson
  • Mike the "Mac"
  • Mary Lynn
  • Johnny the "Newsy"
Story 11 7 pages western-frontier

"Galloping across the purple sage of the plains..."

Characters
  • Wiley Wilton
  • Mark Johnson
  • Amy Dolson
  • Pete Dolson
  • Sagawan
Credits
In Chinatown
Story 12 6 pages detective-mystery

"Sung,.What are you doing in America?"

Characters
  • Inspector Dayton
  • Wini
  • Oriental villain called only "The Master"
Credits
  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story Notes

This feels like early "Inspector Dayton" art reused. The style is very erratic and doesn't seem to be very unified. The story lacks cohesion as well.

Story 13 5 pages war

"Tom, Dick and Harry, American aviators, who have..."

Characters
  • Tom Devlin
  • Dick Swenson
  • Harry Carson
  • Lord Angus McGregor
  • Jock
Credits
Story Notes

Note that "Tansul" is an anagram of "Sultan".

Story 14 1 page

"The Bull's-Eye on the Cover..."

Story Notes

Cover reproductions of the January 1941 issue of Jumbo, Jungle, Fight and Planet Comics.