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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published May 1941
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Reiss (Editor); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)
Notes I think this is the first signed Celardo we've seen.

Cover Details - "Sabre-Tooth Terror"

Genre jungle
Pencils John Celardo
Inks John Celardo
Notes I think this is the first signed Celardo we've seen.

12 page Sheena story Saber-Tooth Terror ["Bored with hum-drum village life, Sheena, Bob and..."]

Characters Bob; Chim; Capt. Starling of the R.A.F.
Synopsis A primitive land beneath an active volcano can be reached on foot and by plane.
Genre jungle
Script ? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils Bob Powell
Inks Bob Powell

6 page Stuart Taylor story "Stuart travels to l5th century Venice via the..."

Characters Lucretia Borgia; Dr. Hayward; The Duke of Farrara; Laura
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils Seymour Reit
Inks Seymour Reit

1 page Bobby filler "Mister, if you're paintin' our old club house..."

Genre humor
Script S. M. Iger
Pencils S. M. Iger
Inks S. M. Iger

6 page Midnight the Black Stallion story "Midnight is now a two year old, tamed..."

Characters Mexican Joe; Pedro
Genre western
Pencils Robert Webb
Inks Robert Webb

6 page Lightning story "Glad you came to see our war games..."

Characters General Larkin; nameless saboteurs
Genre super hero
Script ? [as Teller Tayles]
Inks Maxwell Elkan?
Notes This is a good artist, and some of the poses call to mind Captain Marvel... Hames suggests Maxwell Elkan, but I don't see him in the pencils.

7 page Inspector Dayton story "Into a fog-bound harbor steams a freighter returning..."

Characters Pu Kang; Tong Brothers of the Gold Cobra; Hai Foon; Dr. Sung; Wini; Pock Ning
Genre detective
Script ? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils Art Saaf
Inks Art Saaf

8 page ZX-5 Spies In Action story "A wild chase through the war-covered hills of..."

Characters Colonel Sparting; Fraulein X
Genre spy
Script ? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils Witmer Williams; shop
Inks Witmer Williams; shop
Notes Same "shadow" artist as on #25 & 26, but Witmer Williams takes over on pages 3 and 5-8.

Half page Pee Wee filler "Gosh, here comes lazy Lenny down the street..."

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

Half page Uncle Otto filler "Black Thoughts"

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

5 page Tom, Dick, and Harry story "Tom Devlin, Dick Swenson, and Harry Carson, American buddies..."

Characters Sally
Genre war
Script ? [as Charles Tansul]
Pencils Robert Webb
Inks Robert Webb

10 page The Hawk story "The New Orleans wharves swarm with the riff-raff..."

Characters Edmund Burley [The Hawk's double]; Rosina; Caleb; Fluth; Jeremy
Genre period
Script ? [as Willis B. Rensie]
Pencils Will Eisner; shop
Inks Will Eisner; shop
Notes Eisner art consists of panels lifted and redrawn from earlier Hawk episodes - used here in service of a new storyline.
Reprinted All Eisner art here is reprinted from material that appeared in Eisner-Iger syndicated strips and in Jumbo Comics (1938 series) issues 1-15.