Jumbo Comics, #58

Published: December 1943

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Jumbo Comics #58

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Issue Contents:
Sky-Altar of the Thunder-Birds
1 page jungle
Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
Credits
The Big Six of the Comic Magazines
Story 1 1 page
Story Notes

Promo for six Fiction House titles, with examples of their covers. On inside front cover.

Sky-Altar of the Thunder-Birds (1)
Story 2 12 pages jungle

"There, Bob, our new tree home is finished."

Characters
  • Sheena
  • Bob Reynolds
  • Rogo
  • K'Haga
  • Tony Cappozi
  • Inspector Lawson
  • Dolores
  • Chim (chimpanzee)
  • Luando
Credits
Story Notes

The title is taken from the cover.

Story 3 8 pages spy

"A speeding plane...a rendezvous in France...cargo..."

Characters
  • ZX-5
  • Camille
  • Raoul
Credits
Story 4 6 pages adventure; historical

"Do you blame them for gaping? She's none..."

Characters
  • The Hawk
  • Fluth
  • Jeremy
  • Princess Markka
  • Caleb
Credits
Story 5 6 pages science fiction

"A lovely Chinese princess, Ching-Ling, kneels before..."

Characters
  • Stuart Taylor
  • Hu-Le
  • Ching-Ling
  • Ching-Ling of ancient China
  • Emperor Shi-Hwang Ti
Credits
Story Notes

Signs of Peddy and Blum and Lee J. Ames, also. Mostly just shop work.

Story 6 6 pages western-frontier

"The great gray horse was a killer...its..."

Characters
  • Brandon
  • a killer horse
  • Miss Larkin
  • Helen
  • Rick
Story Notes

At first glance this appears to be Blum, but it is not.

Story 7 6 pages detective-mystery

"The coin box jingled as the passengers paid..."

Characters
  • Inspector Dayton
  • Creep
  • Georgia Mason
  • Slapsie Braxon
  • Nicky Marston
Credits
Story Notes

Note CLAIRE on ship on page 5.

A Monster's Exit
Story 8 2 pages adventure

"As I sit to write this..."

Characters
  • Dr. Burke
  • J. Edgar Hoover
  • Adolf Hitler (supposed death)
Credits
Story 9 10 pages detective-mystery

"The long last mile...past death row cells..."

Characters
  • Jedwick
  • Vito Messina
  • Rowena
  • Bender
  • a governor
  • Johnny Blake
  • Warden Yates
  • Doc Wiener
  • Lester Burke (a ghost)
Credits
Story Notes

Strong Bob Hebberd style on the inks.