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3November 1938
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Jumbo Comics #3

Fiction House · November 1938

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Identification plate

Series
Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series)
Issue
#3
Publication date
November 1938
Key date
1938-11-00
Indicia publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Mr. Doodle Kicks Offcover1pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerJoe Penner (from the RKO campus comedy movie "Mr. Doodle Kicks Off"); Sheena (feature panel); ZX-5 (feature panel); The Count of Monte Cristo (feature panel); Pee Wee (cameo panel); The Hawk (cameo panel); Bobby (cameo panel); Uncle Otto (cameo panel)
1-comic story4script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KanePeter Pupp; Buddah the Genie; Tiny Mite
2-comic story2script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. IgerEddie Cantor; Bobby; Teeny; Mr. De Flicker
3-comic story4script: Willis B. Rensie; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerHawks of the Seas; Merrystone (villain); Claw Carlos (intro); Sagua; Governor Lathrop
4-comic story1script: Tom Swift; pencils: Erwin; inks: ErwinJake Kilrain; Babe Ruth; Bill Tilden; Kitty Rawls, Primo Carnera
5The Flying Autocomic story1script: Les Marshall; pencils: Les Marshall; inks: Les Marshall
6-comic story1script: Will Eisner; pencils: Carl Heck; inks: Carl Heck
7-comic story5pencils: Dennis Colebrook; inks: Dennis ColebrookSpencer Steele; Lucky Lucifer (villain)
8Revenge Ridetext story1script: ? [as Hap' Casey]; letters: typeset
9-comic story1script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. Iger
10-comic story1script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyGilda Gay - The Modern Girl
11-cartoon1script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane
12-comic story4pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer
13-comic story4script: W. Morgan Thomas; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinSheena; Bob Reynolds; Bat Morgan (villain); Prof. Van Dyke
14Mr. Doodle Kicks Offcomic story4
15The Law of the Bat (Part 1)comic story4script: George Thatcher; pencils: George Thatcher; inks: Eisner & Iger ShopInspector Dayton; Col. Case (first appearance; villain)
16-comic story4pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack KirbyDr. Hayward; Stuart Taylor; Lora Lake; Mr. Eternity; Kromo (villain)
17-comic story4pencils: Jack Cortez; inks: Jack CortezEdmond Dantes; Villefort; Mercedes
18Jest for Funcartoon1script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane
19Jungle Boytext story2pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineKen Hammond (first appearance; origin)
20Adventures of Jumbo Jimcomic story1
21Jumbo Jim's Prize Partyactivity1
22Ch. 9: Prelude To An Attack; Ch. 10: A Timely Warning; Ch. 11: Indian Treacherycomic story3script: Don; pencils: Don; inks: Don; letters: DonCjoef Pow-wow; Bitter-Sweet; Jim Murray
23-comic story4script: Major Thorpe; pencils: Major Thorpe; inks: Eisner/Iger ShopZX-5
24Puzzle Phunactivity1script: Don De Conn; pencils: Don De Conn; inks: Don De Conn; letters: Don De Conn
25-comic story1script: Toni Blum; pencils: Bernard Baily
26-comic story4script: Fred Sande; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Jack Kirby; letters: Jack KirbyWilton; The Hooded Archer [Fleetfoot] (villain, introduction)

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