Jumbo Comics #20

Dates

Cover date

October 1940

On sale

August 21, 1940

Pages

68

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• Spoilers of the Wild · 10 pages

  Sheena and Bob set off to explore the territory beyond the Grandanga mountain range, where no white man has apparently been before. They discover a tribe of gorillas seemingly led by a white woman named Keela, who is able to best a gorilla in combat. They teach her to speak English, and she falls for Bob, much to Sheena's annoyance. Eventually the two women fight in hand-to-hand combat, and Keela falls into an active volcano. When the volcano erupts Sheena and Bob retreat towards their own land.

• Untitled · 3 pages

  Peter and Tinymite's rocket lands on the Moon. In a cave they encounter a huge dragon, which they bypass, and climbing some stairs reach a door guarded by a giant man wielding a scimitar. As he attacks them Peter rubs his magic ring, from which his genie Buddah emerges and saves them. Beyond the door they find an old man strapped to a dias while a device with dozens of knives descend towards him. They rescue him, but a mysterious figure appears menacingly before them.

• Pirate Island · 8 pages

  The Hawk has retired from roaming the high seas, but has become bored of farming life. He and Sagua visit the nearest town and learn that pirates are raiding nearby settlements by bombarding them from the sea, setting fire to them and then looting. The Hawk decides to pursue them and once again mans his ship. They eventually spot the pirate ship, only to find that captain and crew are all female. The Hawk and his men capture the ship and the captain hurls herself to her death.

• Visitor from Space · 2 pages
• The Case of the Crooked Dagger · Inspector Dayton · 7 pages

Reprinted in

Jerry Iger's Classic Jumbo Comics (1985)