Issue Details

Issue	#25
Published	March 1941
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)
Notes	Viscardi initials this cover twice: once lower center in water and once lower right in leaf.

Cover Details - "Bait for the Beast"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	Nick Viscardi
Inks	Nick Viscardi
Notes	Viscardi initials this cover twice: once lower center in water and once lower right in leaf.

12 page Sheena story Bait For the Beast ["Whosoever would defile this sacred temple by entering..."]

Characters	Chim; Introduction: Jeff Spalding (Death); Villain: Ahn Kamin (Introduction, Death), Karnak (Introduction, Death; a mummy)
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell
Notes	Title is taken from cover blurb.

1 page Bobby filler "S'long Bobby, see ya again."

Characters	Mr. De Flicker
Genre	children
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	S. M. Iger
Inks	S. M. Iger

10 page The Hawk story "Up from the Ivory Coast sails The Hawk's ship..."

Characters	Sagua; Caleb; Don Miguel Braganta; Manuelo
Genre	period
Script	? [as Willis B. Rensie]
Pencils	Will Eisner; shop
Inks	Will Eisner; shop
Notes	Eisner panels are cut, pasted, extended and modified from earlier episodes to fit a new storyline.
Reprinted	All Eisner art here is reprinted.

6 page Lightning story "Fred Larkin and his dad, General Larkin, go aloft..."

Characters	General Larkin; unamed helium saboteurs/thiefs
Genre	super hero
Script	? [as Teller Tayles]
Notes	Artwork reminiscent of a weak Al Bryant.

2 page text story "The Warrior's Shoes"

Genre	war
Script	Tom Alexander
Letters	Typeset

2 page Peter Pupp story "Last month, Peter and his friends were talking..."

Characters	Zula's robot; King Riffraff; Zula
Genre	children
Script	? [as Golleh]
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Bob Kane
Reprinted	from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #6

7 page Stuart Taylor story "Once more a legion of hate encompasses Europe. . . "

Characters	Dr. Hayward; Countess Irana Nada of Bohemia; Johan [her fiancé]; Napoleon; The Duke of Wellington
Genre	science ficiton
Script	? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils	Sy Reit
Inks	Sy Reit

Half page Pee Wee credits "Pee Wee, your pop's lookin' for ya!"

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

Half page Uncle Otto filler "pantomime gag strip"

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

8 page ZX-5 Spies In Action story "Success or failure in war depends on a..."

Characters	Jan Petrov
Genre	spy
Script	? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils	shop?
Inks	shop?
Notes	Notice the extensive depiction of shadows...

6 page Midnight the Black Stallion story "Over the Wyoming badlands, the snow lies deep..."

Characters	Rick [the forest rangers son]; Midnight [a colt]
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	Robert Webb

6 page Inspector Dayton story "The bright lights of the night club district..."

Characters	Officer Odell; Officer Casey
Genre	detective
Script	? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils	Chuck Mazoujian?

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

Characters	Alice Wiggins; Mable Wiggins; Joan Wiggins; Bob Wiggins
Genre	war
Script	? [as Charles Tansul]
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	Robert Webb