Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	June 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	?

Cover Details - "Assagai Poison"

Genre	jungle
Pencils	Dan Zolnerowich [as Zolne Rowich] (signed)
Inks	Dan Zolnerowich [as Zolne Rowich] (signed)

12 page Sheena story Assagai Poison ["Wild and treacherous animals roam the jungle foraging..."]

Characters	Bob; Kruzu; Dunois; Retanne; Chim
Genre	jungle
Script	? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils	Robert Webb
Inks	Robert Webb; ?
Notes	The story title is taken from the cover.

6 page Stuart Taylor story ["In the library of the Hayward home."]

Characters	Laura Hayward; Maria; Simon Bolivar; Dr. Hayward
Genre	science fiction
Script	? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils	Lee Ames
Inks	Lee Ames

1 page Bobby filler "Bobby, don't you think you should show cousin..."

Characters	Eddie Cantor; Mr. De Flicker; Cousin Throckmorton
Genre	humor
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	S. M. Iger
Inks	S. M. Iger
Reprinted	from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #3

6 page Midnight The Wild Black Stallion story ["Thundering leader of a magnificent herd, Midnight..."

Characters	Rick; Helen, Mabel; Pete
Genre	western
Script	? [as West Erner]
Pencils	Alex Blum
Inks	Alex Blum

2 page text story "Revenge by Death"

Genre	crime
Script	Martin W. Smith
Pencils	?; George Tuska?
Inks	?; George Tuska?
Letters	Typeset

8 page Lightning story "A furious seige hangs heavily over a strategic..."

Characters	General Larkin
Genre	superhero
Script	? [as Teller Tayles]
Pencils	John Cassone
Inks	John Cassone
Notes	Signed "Casson" (sic) on last panel.

1 page Jumbo Laffs filler "Calling all cars! Calling all cars! We now..."

Genre	gags
Script	? [as I. M. Leffin]
Notes	Probably a reprint.

7 page Inspector Dayton story A long, quivering shriek.. a moan.. then deathly..."]

Characters	John Winfield; George Phelps; Dorothy Wayne; Frank Larson; Frank Gregory
Genre	detective
Script	? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils	Charles A. Winter
Inks	Rafael Astarita

1 page Uncle Otto filler "pantomime gag strip"

Synopsis	Grade A milk for the stray cat.
Genre	gags
Script	Will Eisner [as Heck]
Pencils	Will Eisner [as Heck]
Inks	Will Eisner [as Heck]

7 page ZX-5 Spies In Action story "A mysterious veil enshrouds the disappeance of two..."

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

6 page Tom, Dick, and Harry story "Flying American daredevils of the R.A.F., Tom..."

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

1 page Pee Wee filler "Uncle Willie, hasn't Aunt Susie got the nicest..."

Genre	humor
Script	S. M. Iger
Pencils	S. M. Iger?
Inks	S. M. Iger?
Notes	Probably a reprint.

6 page The Hawk story "Adrift somewhere off the Florida Keys, the Hawk..."

Characters	Caleb; Jeremy; Marion
Genre	period
Script	? [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils	Will Eisner; shop
Inks	shop
Notes	Panels from earlier strips collaged together and elaborated upon to tell a new story.
Reprinted	All Eisner art is traced from his original Hawks of the Seas strips.