Issue Details

Issue	#37
Published	March 1942
Cover Price	$0.10
Pages	68
Editing	S. M. Iger (Art Director)

Cover Details - "Congo Terror"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich

12 page Sheena story Congo Terror ["Chance fate involves Sheena in a real life..."]

Characters	Bob; Chim; Stone; May Bell; George Black
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	Ann Brewster?
Notes	The title is taken from the cover. Slick inker, a la Brewster - though it's a little early for her. Different inker on main character than on rest of story.

6 page Stuart Taylor story "This month our time-flying playboy whizzes off with..."

Characters	Laura; William Tell; Gessler
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils	Seymour Reit?
Notes	Art starts to get more grotesque with this issue. Perhaps other hands are present on the pencils as well as the inks.

1 page Bobby filler "This is the life!"

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

6 page Midnight The Wild Black Stallion story "Challenging all who would destroy the peace and...'

Characters	Rick; Mal Viller; Doc Wilson; Helen; Clare Potter; Potter
Genre	western
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

8 page Lightning story "Once again, the buck private, Fred Larkin, meets..."

Characters	General Larkin; Swift Elk; Black Beaver; Juan
Genre	superhero
Script	? [as Teller Tales]
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	Robert Webb; ?
Notes	Art has some traces of the grotesqueness that will typify Cassone's later art. Could JC be involved?

2 page text story "Sure Thing"

Genre	crime
Script	Smith Martin
Letters	Typeset

7 page Inspector Dayton story "Inspector Dayton is in Florida, on vacation, and..."

Characters	Manager Casey; Lefty Thomas; Ace Adams; Babe Dell; Mae; Bonebreaker Nelson
Genre	detective
Script	? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils	Charles A. Winter
Inks	Don Cameron?
Notes	Cameron worked with Winter elsewhere at this time, and this certainly doesn't look like pure Winter.

1 page Uncle Otto filler "Beer Florist Plants for Sale"

Genre	gags
Script	? [as Heck]
Pencils	? [as Heck]
Inks	? [as Heck]
Notes	not by Eisner according to HS.

8 page ZX-5 Spies In Action story "ZX-5 is at home, trying to decipher a..."

Genre	spy
Script	? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils	Mort Leav
Inks	Al Bryant?

6 page Tom, Dick, and Harry story "Three of Uncle Sam's fighting fools climb on..."

Genre	war
Script	? [as Charles Tansul]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

1 page Pee Wee filler "Fido, this thing sure has me puzzled...I'll..."

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

6 page The Hawk story "Day-dreqming on the ship's deck, the hawk is suddenly interrupted..."

Characters	Fluth; Jeremy; Jingo; Captain Gormas; Caleb
Genre	period
Script	? [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils	Will Eisner; shop
Inks	Will Eisner; shop
Notes	Eisner material is collaged along with reworked and new panels by shop personnel to gell a new story. More new (Blum?) panels here than in prior "new" stories.
Reprinted	Any Eisner art here is reprinted from material printed in Jumbo Comics (1938 series) issues 1-16.