Jumbo Comics, #40

Published: June 1942

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Jumbo Comics #40

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Issue Contents:
Assagai Poison
1 page jungle
Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
Assagai Poison (1)
Story 1 12 pages jungle

"Wild and treacherous animals roam the jungle foraging..."

Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
  • Kruzu
  • Dunois
  • Retanne
  • Chim
Credits
Story Notes

The story title is taken from the cover.

Story 2 6 pages science fiction

"In the library of the Hayward home."

Characters
  • Stuart Taylor
  • Laura Hayward
  • Maria
  • Simon Bolivar
  • Dr. Hayward
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Story 3 1 page humor; children

"Bobby, don't you think you should show cousin..."

Characters
  • Eddie Cantor
  • Mr. De Flicker
  • Cousin Throckmorton
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Story 4 6 pages western-frontier

"Thundering leader of a magnificent herd, Midnight..."

Characters
  • Rick
  • Helen, Mabel
  • Pete
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Revenge by Death
Story 5 2 pages crime
Characters
  • Joe Butler
  • "Bloody" McGann
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Story 6 8 pages superhero

"A furious seige hangs heavily over a strategic..."

Characters
  • Lightning [Fred Larkin]
  • General Larkin
Credits
Story Notes

Signed "Casson" (sic) on last panel.

Story 7 1 page humor

"Calling all cars! Calling all cars! We now..."

Story Notes

Probably a reprint. Four unrelated gag panels.

Story 8 7 pages detective-mystery

"A long, quivering shriek.. a moan.. then deathly..."

Characters
  • Inspector Dayton
  • John Winfield
  • George Phelps
  • Dorothy Wayne
  • Frank Larson
  • Frank Gregory
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pantomime gag strip (1)
Story 9 1 page humor
Storyline

Grade A milk for the stray cat.

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  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story 10 7 pages spy

"A mysterious veil enshrouds the disappeance of two..."

Characters
  • ZX-5
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Story 11 6 pages war

"Flying American daredevils of the R.A.F., Tom..."

Characters
  • Tom Devlin
  • Dick Swenson
  • Harry Carson
  • Nita
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Story 12 1 page humor; children

"Uncle Willie, hasn't Aunt Susie got the nicest..."

Credits
Story Notes

Probably a reprint.

Story 13 6 pages historical

"Adrift somewhere off the Florida Keys, the Hawk..."

Characters
  • The Hawk
  • Caleb
  • Jeremy
  • Marion
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Reprint Notes

All Eisner art is traced from his original Hawks of the Seas strips.

Story Notes

Panels from earlier strips collaged together and elaborated upon to tell a new story.