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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published December 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)

Cover Details - "Victims of the Super-Ape"

Genre jungle
Pencils Dan Zolnerowich
Inks Dan Zolnerowich

12 page Sheena story Victims of the Super-Ape ["So that is where Chim has been keeping..."]

Characters Chim; Panzee; Orang; Reginald Barrows; Colonel Picard; Sergeant Korilenko; Memsa Siba; Luigi; A giant gorilla
Genre jungle
Script ? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell

1 page Bobby filler "Bobby, my frand, when you put on theez..."

Characters Shoyn Du, Mr. Von Snitzel; Mr. De Flicker
Genre humor
Script S. M. Iger
Pencils S. M. Iger
Inks S. M. Iger
Notes This is a parody of Little Nemo.

8 page The Hawk story "After his last treasure hunt, The Hawk returns..."

Characters Lord Conway; Jeremy; Carlos Sandos; Bruce
Genre period
Script ? [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils Will Eisner; shop
Inks Will Eisner; shop
Notes Retelling of The Hawk's origin. Story is pieced together from art lifted from earlier episodes with extensive rework and the addition of bridging art by Iger shop personnel.
Reprinted All Eisner art is lifted from earlier issues and used in the service of a new story.

8 page Lightning story "Sabotage"

Characters General Larkin; Mr. Morrose; Voneer
Genre super hero
Script ? [as Teller Tayles]
Pencils Charles Wotjkoski
Inks Art Pinajian?; Charles Wotjkoski?

2 page text story "The 13th Notch"

Characters Big Buck Conovan; Weasel
Genre crime
Script Tom Alexander

2 page Peter Pupp story "In the last installments our friends are trapped..."

Characters Zula; Budah; Tinymite
Genre humor
Script ? [as Golly]
Pencils Bob Kane
Inks Bob Kane
Notes "Golleh" on previous episodes is here spelled "Golly" as if to explain the joke.
Reprinted from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #5

7 page Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural story "Dr. Hayward's amazing time machine speeds the time..."

Characters Stuart Taylor; Doctor Hayward; Laura; Queen Starina; Lina (death)
Synopsis Somewhere in the past Stuart Taylor has to rescue Dr. Hayward and Laura from the clutches of Queen Starina and her wizard.
Genre Science Fiction
Script ? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils shop
Inks shop
Notes Tuska, Celardo, Cardy, and perhaps others - someone swiping Lou Fine or doing a decent imitation. Possibly collaged from earlier strips a la "Hawk." See "Inspector Dayton" later in this issue. Bill Black reports the artist as being Lou Fine in Golden-Age Men of Mystery #12.
Reprinted in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #12 (1999) [in black and white]

Half page Pee Wee filler "Aunt Minnie's been expecting you, Mister Bore!"

Genre gags
Script S. M. Iger [as Jerry Iger]
Pencils S. M. Iger
Inks S. M. Iger

Half page Uncle Otto filler "Burglars"

Genre gags
Script Will Eisner [as Heck]
Pencils Will Eisner [as Heck]
Inks Will Eisner [as Heck]

7 page ZX-5 Spies In Action story "Raiding bombers scream across the peaceful plains to..."

Characters Operator 22; Baron Rathskull; Otto
Genre spy
Script ? [as Morgan Thomas]
Pencils Frank Frollo? R.L. Golden?
Notes other hands at work including Art Peddy, R.L. Golden? Possibly collaged from earlier episodes. Note also the "W. Morgan Thomas" loses his first initial in this episode.

4 page Wilton of the West story "The map of the ancient Montezuma treasure takes..."

Characters Samuel Carson; Steve
Genre western
Script ? [as Fred Sande]
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan
Notes "Fred" Sande returns.

7 page Inspector Dayton story "In the temple of the Si-Lun, Mongi Lin, wrathful..."

Characters Mongi Lin; Doctor Sung; Wini; Martha
Genre detective
Script ? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils Bob Powell?
Inks Bob Powell?
Notes This resembles a very early Bob Powell style and some panels are certainly collaged from earlier strips. The car in the first two panels of page two is traced from the ZX-5 story in Jumbo #10, for instance.

5 page Tom Dick and Harry story "Introducing Tom Dick and Harry"

Characters Dick Swenson; Tom Devlin; Harry Carson
Genre adventure
Script ? [as Charles Tansul]
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan
Notes "Tansul" is "Sultan" spelled sideways.