Jumbo Comics, #37

Published: March 1942

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Jumbo Comics #37

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Issue Contents:
Congo Terror
1 page jungle
Characters
  • Sheena
Congo Terror (1)
Story 1 12 pages jungle

"Chance fate involves Sheena in a real life..."

Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
  • Chim (a chimpanzee)
  • Stone
  • May Bell
  • George Black
Credits
Story Notes

The title is taken from the cover. Slick inker, a la Brewster - though it's a little early for her. Different inker on main character than on rest of story.

Story 2 6 pages science fiction

"This month our time-flying playboy whizzes off with..."

Characters
  • Stuart Taylor
  • Laura Hayward
  • William Tell
  • Gessler
Credits
Story Notes

Art starts to get more grotesque with this issue. Perhaps other hands are present on the pencils as well as the inks.

Story 3 1 page humor; children

"This is the life!"

Characters
  • Bobby
Credits
Story 4 6 pages western-frontier

"Challenging all who would destroy the peace and..."

Characters
  • Midnight (a black stallion)
  • Rick
  • Mal Viller
  • Doc Wilson
  • Helen
  • Clare Potter
  • Potter
Credits
Story 5 8 pages superhero

"Once again, the buck private, Fred Larkin, meets..."

Characters
  • Lightning [Fred Larkin]
  • General Larkin
  • Swift Elk
  • Black Beaver
  • Juan
Credits
Story Notes

Art has some traces of the grotesqueness that will typify Cassone's later art. Could JC be involved?

Sure Thing
Story 6 2 pages crime

"The two shadowy figures..."

Characters
  • Officer Riley
  • Mike (crook)
  • Barney (crook)
Story 7 7 pages detective-mystery

"Inspector Dayton is in Florida, on vacation, and..."

Characters
  • Inspector Dayton
  • Manager Casey
  • Lefty Thomas
  • Ace Adams
  • Babe Dell
  • Mae
  • Bonebreaker Nelson
Credits
Story Notes

Cameron worked with Winter elsewhere at this time, and this certainly doesn't look like pure Winter.

Beer Florist Plants for Sale (1)
Story 8 1 page humor
Characters
  • Uncle Otto
Story Notes

Not by Eisner according to Henry Steele.

Story 9 8 pages spy

"ZX-5 is at home, trying to decipher a..."

Characters
  • ZX-5
  • Aunt Emma Biddle
Credits
Story 10 6 pages war

"Three of Uncle Sam's fighting fools climb on..."

Characters
  • Tom Devlin
  • Dick Swenson
  • Harry Carson
Credits
Story 11 1 page humor; children

"Fido, this thing sure has me puzzled..."

Characters
  • Pee Wee Myers
  • Mr. Chubb
Credits
Story 12 6 pages historical

"Day-dreaming on the ship's deck, the Hawk is suddenly interrupted..."

Characters
  • The Hawk
  • Fluth
  • Jeremy Clogg
  • Jingo
  • Captain Gormas
  • Caleb
Credits
Story Notes

Eisner material is collaged along with reworked and new panels by shop personnel to gell a new story. More new (Blum?) panels here than in prior "new" stories. Any Eisner art here is reprinted from material printed in Jumbo Comics (1938 series) issues 1-16.