Jumbo Comics, #43

Published: September 1942

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Jumbo Comics #43

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Issue Contents:
Beasts of the Devil-Queen
1 page jungle
Characters
  • Sheena
Credits
Story Notes

Celardo seems to be only cover artist who poses Sheena full-figure in the foreground as seen from ground-level. See issues #20 & 27 covers for similar approaches and review all the other covers between #21 and #42 and NOT see this approach.

Beasts of the Devil-Queen (1)
Story 1 12 pages jungle

"From the lofty jungle mountain peaks, a new..."

Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
  • Mulag
  • Tuana, Queen of the Amazons
  • Chim
Credits
Story Notes

The story title is taken from the cover.

Murder At Midnight
Story 2 8 pages detective-mystery

"Rare in America, were wolves have for ages plagued eastern Europe..."

Characters
  • Dr. Edmond Sharp
  • Naomi Hunt
  • Mr. Fogg
  • Mr. Burnham
  • Luther Fogg (a werewolf)
Credits
Story 3 1 page humor; children

"Gosh! I'll get the very dickens for breaking..."

Characters
  • Bobby
Credits
Reprint Notes

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Story 4 6 pages western-frontier

"The western range is wild and tough..."

Characters
  • Rick
  • Helen
  • Buckeye Wilton
Credits
Raid Assignment
Story 5 2 pages aviation; war

"It was only an hour since dawn..."

Characters
  • Hudson
Credits
Story 6 6 pages science fiction

"Ah..A woman's beauty.. for which kings have..."

Characters
  • Stuart Taylor
  • Laura
  • Dr. Hayward
  • Helen of Troy
  • Paris
  • Menelaus
Credits
Story 7 1 page humor

"Say, Uncle Otto, why don'tcha toos out yer..."

Story 8 7 pages detective-mystery

"Everything happens to America's ace sleuth, Inspector Dayton..."

Characters
  • Inspector Dayton
  • Mr. Baring
  • Phineas Z. Alliburton
  • Miss Throckmorton
Story 9 8 pages spy

"The bloody hand of Hitler's gangsters brings death..."

Characters
  • ZX-5
  • Doris
Credits
Story 10 1 page humor; children

"You know, Pee Wee, my cousin was over..."

Story 11 6 pages war

"A trio of dauntless pilots spell death in..."

Characters
  • Tom Devlin
  • Dick Swenson
  • Harry Carson
Credits
Story 12 6 pages adventure; historical

"With the salt of the seven seas flowing..."

Characters
  • The Hawk
  • Tonga
  • Ricardo Duanna
  • Boxton
  • Ricardo's sister
Credits
Story Notes

Eisner and others have been collaged together with new inking and some fill-in art. Any Eisner art here has been traced by shop personnel and used to tell a different story.