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1September 1938
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Jumbo Comics #1

Fiction House · September 1938 · on sale 1938-07-12

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Series
Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
September 1938
Key date
1938-09-00
On-sale date
1938-07-12
Indicia publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1
2-comic story4script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KanePeter Pupp; Tinymite; Watt A. Dogg
3-comic story5script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerThe Hawk, Fluth; Sagua; Merrystone
4-comic story2script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. IgerBobby; Miss Eiffel; Philip Fadeout
5Puzzle Phunactivity1script: Don DeConn; pencils: Don DeConn; inks: Don DeConn
6-comic story4script: Alexandre Dumas; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Jack KirbyEdmond Dantes; M. Danglars; Fernand Mondego; the fair Mercedes; Mr. Morrell
7The Man Who Lived Twice (Part 1)comic story4pencils: Dennis Colebrook; inks: Dennis ColebrookSpencer Steel; Doakes; Lucky Lucifer; Judge Grayson
8-comic story4pencils: Curt Davis; inks: Curt DavisStuart Taylor; Kromo; Dr. Hayward; Lora/Laura Hayward
9-comic story1script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerUncle Otto
10-comic story1script: Toni Blum; pencils: Bill Bossert; inks: Bill BossertFay Wray (first strip); Eddie Cantor (first strip); Clark Gable (first strip); Dame May Whitty (first strip); Anna Sten (second strip); Victor Moore (second strip); Miriam Jordan (second strip); Harpo Marx (second strip); Shirley Temple (third strip); Ramon Navarro (third strip); Edgar Bergen (third
11-comic story1
12-comic story1script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. IgerPee Wee; Bushy; Uncle Shamus
13-comic story5script: W. Morgan Thomas; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinSheena [Sheena Rivington]; Bob Reynolds (appears in all Sheena stories); Professor Van Dyke
14Build the Flashcomic story2script: Les Marshall; pencils: Les Marshall; inks: Les Marshall
15-comic story1pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyGilda Gay; Buster; Joe; Monty
16Puzzle Phunactivity1script: Don DeConn; pencils: Don DeConn; inks: Don DeConn
17Lost in the Arctictext story2pencils: Will James; inks: Will James
18-comic story5script: Dick Briefer, Victor Hugo; pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick BrieferQuasimodo; Jehan; Esmeralda; Phoebus; Claude Frollo
19-comic story4script: Don DeConn; pencils: Don DeConn; inks: Don DeConnTom Sherrill; Ellen Sherrill; Chief Pow-Pow
20-comic story4pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerZX-5; Major Jason
21-comic story1script: Tom Swift; pencils: Edwin Loughlin, Will Eisner, Bob Gustafson; inks: Edwin Loughlin, Will Eisner, Bob Gustafson
22Island of Goldtext story2script: ? [as Capt. Dennis Drake] (credited); pencils: ? (3 spot illustrations); inks: ? (3 spot illustrations); letters: typeset
24-comic story4pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerInspector Dayton; Joe the Fink; "Ace of Spades"
25-comic story4pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Jack KirbyWilton; Bart Lugar; Luke Reed; Billy Danson; Major Murdock
26-cartoon1pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane
27Famous Detectivescharacter profile1script: Lee Harris; pencils: Lee Harris; inks: Lee HarrisBen Rosenberg (detective); Lee Harris; Charles Palatino (villain); Vincent Ceffelli (villain, Palatino's partner)

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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