Jumbo Comics #12

Fiction House packed plenty of pulp-era thrills into this February 1940 issue, and Will Eisner's cover makes the promise vivid: a cloaked, sword-wielding buccaneer dominates the ship's rigging above a chaotic deck brawl, while a dark-haired woman looks on amid the melee — all the swashbuckling energy of "Buccaneer Vengeance" with The Hawk rendered in bold, dynamic lines. Inside, Sheena — Queen of the Jungle — headlines 12 pages in "The Captive Tigress," written and drawn by Bob Powell, alongside a roster of features including Stuart Taylor, Wilton of the West, Inspector Dayton, Spencer Steel, and Peter Pupp. At a dime a copy and now published every month, Jumbo Comics was clearly delivering serious value for action, adventure, and mystery fans in 1940.