Jumbo Comics #2

From Fiction House's early years comes this 1938 October edition of Jumbo Comics #2, proudly billing itself as "Bigger & Better Funnies" at a dime for 64 pages. The cover is dominated by a comic-strip sequence featuring ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy and his handler Bergen in a lively exchange over a missing quarter — with Charlie's wide-eyed, top-hatted visage front and center in a cheeky close-up. Surrounding this centerpiece are tantalizing glimpses of the issue's many features, including strip previews for Bobby, Wilton of the West, Spencer Steel, Peewee, Sheena, Otto Hawk, and Peter Pupp, making this an appealing sampler of the anthology's adventurous, humorous, and action-packed range.