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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