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) |
Genre | jungle |
Pencils | Dan Zolnerowich |
Inks | Dan Zolnerowich |
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 |
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. |
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. |
Characters | General Larkin; Mr. Morrose; Voneer |
Genre | super hero |
Script | ? [as Teller Tayles] |
Pencils | Charles Wotjkoski |
Inks | Art Pinajian?; Charles Wotjkoski? |
Characters | Big Buck Conovan; Weasel |
Genre | crime |
Script | Tom Alexander |
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 |
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] |
Genre | gags |
Script | S. M. Iger [as Jerry Iger] |
Pencils | S. M. Iger |
Inks | S. M. Iger |
Genre | gags |
Script | Will Eisner [as Heck] |
Pencils | Will Eisner [as Heck] |
Inks | Will Eisner [as Heck] |
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. |
Characters | Samuel Carson; Steve |
Genre | western |
Script | ? [as Fred Sande] |
Pencils | Charles Sultan |
Inks | Charles Sultan |
Notes | "Fred" Sande returns. |
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. |
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. |