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.