Jumbo Comics, #41

Published: July 1942

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Jumbo Comics #41

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Issue Contents:
Killer's Kraal
1 page jungle
Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
Killer's Kraal (1)
Story 1 12 pages jungle

"The hot humid jungle is the background for..."

Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
  • Chim
  • Koko
  • Tapo
Credits
Story Notes

The story title is taken from the cover.

Story 2 6 pages science fiction

"Stuart, Laura and Dr. Hayward go in for..."

Characters
  • Stuart Taylor
  • Laura
  • Dr. Hayward
  • Cleopatra
  • Julius Caesar
  • Mark Anthony
Credits
Story 3 1 page humor; children

"Hello, young man. Howdy. Why aren't you off..."

Credits
Story 4 6 pages western-frontier

"The thundering hoofs of Midnight resound across the range..."

Characters
  • Rick the Ranger
  • Al Cardy
  • Helen
  • Blackie Joe
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Strange Glory
Story 5 2 pages war
Characters
  • Buck
Story 6 8 pages superhero

"Private Fred Larkin, son of General Larkin, battles..."

Characters
  • Lightning [Fred Larkin]
  • General Larkin
  • Max L
Story Notes

last appearance

Story 7 1 page humor

"..and ah knows ah'd be mighty useful in..."

Story Notes

Probably a reprint. Four unrelated gag panels.

Story 8 7 pages detective-mystery

"A sensational scandal is about to break, when..."

Characters
  • Inspector Dayton
  • The Blue Tarantula
  • Chief Barton
Credits
pantomime gag strip (1)
Story 9 1 page humor
Storyline

Uncle Otto scares himself with a mask.

Credits
  • Script:
  • Pencils:
  • Inks:
Story Notes

Probably a reprint.

Story 10 7 pages spy

"Wherever the fascist rattlesnake poises to strike, there..."

Characters
  • ZX-5
Credits
Story 11 6 pages war

"Tom and Dick, buddies of Harry's father in..."

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

"Son, come in here a minute. I've got..."

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Story 14 6 pages historical

"From a high cliff overlooking the sea, Matarah..."

Characters
  • The Hawk
  • Matarah the pirate
  • Caleb
  • Fluth
Credits
Reprint Notes

all Eisner art is traced and reworked from earlier Hawks of the Seas strips.

Story Notes

Art by Eisner and others is copied and collaged into the semblance of another story.