Issue Details

Issue	#24
Published	February 1941
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)
Notes	I know why we're calling this Celardo, BUT it looks very different from signed Celardo cover on #27

Cover Details - "Curse of the Black Venom"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	John Celardo?
Inks	John Celardo?
Notes	I know why we're calling this Celardo, BUT it looks very different from signed Celardo cover on #27

12 page Sheena story Curse of the Black Venom ["Taking life easy after their last adventure, Sheena..."]

Characters	M'lobo; Mbika; Gindii Oro; Dr. Mohammed Bey
Genre	Jungle
Script	? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils	Bob Powell
Inks	Bob Powell
Notes	Title is taken from cover.

1 page Bobby filler "Yes, Bobby, collecting stamps is a very fine..."

Characters	Gramps; Soapy; Petrovich; Jed
Genre	humor
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	S. M. Iger
Inks	S. M. Iger

10 page The Hawk story "Bound for a port in the mysterious tropics..."

Characters	Villains: Red Gregory; Fluth; Jeremy; Sagua
Genre	period
Script	? [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils	Will Eisner; shop
Inks	Will Eisner; shop
Notes	Will Eisner art is collaged into a new story with bridging, entending and new art by Iger shop personnel.
Reprinted	All Eisner art is reprinted from earlier issues, but used here in the service of a new story.

5 page Lightning story "A spine-tingling story in which Lightning sends..."

Characters	General Larkin; nameless saboteurs
Genre	super hero
Script	? [as Teller Tayles]
Notes	Very grotesque art.

1 page Jumbo Laffs filler "We'll be smashed to pieces!"

Genre	gags
Script	? [as I. M. Leffin]
Pencils	Bob Kane?
Inks	Bob Kane?
Notes	If this is Bob Kane, then these must be reprints.

2 page text story "The Ghost In the Pantry"

Characters	Nip; Tuck
Genre	children
Script	Tom Alexander
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Feature includes 1/3 page Ownership Statement. Owner is J.G. Scott; T.T. Scott is Business Manager. 461-8th Ave. NYC

2 page Peter Pupp story "Last month, Peter and his companions reached the..."

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

5 page Stuart Taylor story "The age old desire of man for a..."

Characters	Doctor Hayward; Laura Hayward
Genre	science ficiton
Script	? [as Curt Davis]
Notes	Possibly this is a collaged reprint from some of the early Jack Kirby episodes. The splash panel is certainly a reuse of the Stuart Taylor figure on the cover of Jumbo #10.

5 page ZX-5 Spies In Action story "An ancient and long disused chateau is the..."

Characters	Dr. Villiare; Johnny; Manya; De Gruz
Genre	spy
Script	? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils	shop
Inks	shop
Notes	Many diverse hands, and possibly a collage of earlier strips - certainly the splash panel is "adapted" from the cover of Jumbo #11.

8 page Wilton of the West story "The killer indian meets the vengeance of white..."

Characters	Snorty; Sagawan; Gabby Wacko; Mexican Joe
Genre	western
Script	? [as Fred Sande]
Notes	Art is by a Lou Fine wannabe - or collaged from earlier Wilton strips?

7 page Inspector Dayton story "The Mystery of the Two-Headed Lady of the Circus"

Characters	Mitzi Dolan; Flora Dolan; Giglio the clown; Tino Marco the swordswallower.
Genre	detective
Script	? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils	Whitmer Williams
Inks	Whitmer Williams

5 page Tom, Dick and Harry story "Tom, Dick, and Harry, three American pilots fighting..."

Characters	Von Herman Leicher; Carl
Script	? [as Charles Tansul]
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan
Notes	Possible George Tuska involvement on page two.