Jumbo Comics, #33

Published: November 1941

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Jumbo Comics #33

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Issue Contents:
Stampede Tusks
1 page jungle
Characters
  • Sheena
Stampede Tusks (1)
Story 1 12 pages jungle

"Lured by the dark continent's riches, men will..."

Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
  • Chim (a chimpanzee)
  • Ali Gorrah
  • Mustapha
Credits
Story Notes

The story title is from the cover.

Story 2 6 pages science fiction

"Stuart and Laura are arguing...So far Laura..."

Characters
  • Stuart Taylor
  • Dr. Hayward
  • Laura Haywaed
  • Bluebeard
  • Bluebeard's wives [Margot
  • Maria
  • Bertha
  • Bettina
  • Alicia
  • Agatha
  • Jemima
  • Josefina]
Credits
Story Notes

Could Aldo Rubano be a candidate for Reit's inker?

Story 3 1 page humor; children

"I wish I had a little sister...it..."

Characters
  • Bobby
Credits
Story 4 6 pages western-frontier

"Again the wonder horse rides the range, his..."

Characters
  • Midnight (a black stallion)
  • Mungo Joe
  • Buck
  • Mal Villers
  • Helen
  • Rick
Credits
Story 5 8 pages superhero

"Fred Larkin of the U.S. Army transforms..."

Characters
  • Lightning [Fred Larkin]
  • General Larkin
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The Golden Frame
Story 6 2 pages crime

"Pop Hanley thought a pile-driver was at work..."

Characters
  • Pop Hanley
  • Ralph Dugas
  • Officer Tom O'Sullivan
  • Jaynes
  • Mr. Hardwicke
Credits
Story 7 7 pages detective-mystery

"The awful shadow of violent death blots out..."

Characters
  • Inspector Dayton
  • Larry Swale
  • Pedro de Karp
  • Dolores Rey
  • Sam Bradford
  • Taylor Kent
Credits
Story 8 1 page humor; children

"Watcha cryin' for, Pee Wee?"

Characters
  • Pee Wee
Credits
Illustrated Football Annual
Story 9 1 page sports
Story Notes

Could this magazine have been a Fiction House publication?

Story 10 8 pages spy

"The famed international agent mixes with "El Toro'..."

Characters
  • ZX-5
  • Emilo
  • Erich
  • Margot Deanne
Credits
Story Notes

Leav signs in penultimate panel.

Story 11 1 page humor

"Cripes! Tune on the radio for the correct..."

Credits
Story Notes

Four unrelated gag panels. Probably reprints, as Kane seems firmly ensconced on Batman by this time.

Story 12 6 pages war

"The death defying R.A.F. trio...Tom..."

Characters
  • Tom Devlin
  • Dick Swenson
  • Harry Carson
Credits
  • Pencils:
  • Inks: (uncertain)
Story Notes

The women are classic Elkan as he would draw them for years to come. Inks are more robust than usual. Note that "Tansul" is an anagram of "Sultan".

Story 13 6 pages historical

"On a tiny West Indian isle a mob..."

Characters
  • The Hawk
  • Jeremy Clogg
  • Fluth
  • Caleb
  • Captain Oliver Scudder
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).