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Cover: Dan Zolnerowich
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Jumbo Comics #45

Nov 1942 · Fiction House · 0.10 USD
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Jumbo Comics #45 is an anthology featuring multiple adventure stories: Sheena, Jungle Queen battles to save the last of the Pharaohs in "Fanged Keeper of the Fire-Gem"; ZX-5, Spies in Action engages in wartime espionage involving Japanese forces and allied military intervention; The Hawk returns to his ship's dock in the Orient and becomes entangled in a dangerous situation with a mysterious woman; and Drew Murdoch solves a ghastly riddle involving a zombie with a blood-lust in "Ghost Gallery."

Contains 11 stories
Fanged Keeper of the Fire-Gem
12 pp · Jungle
SheenaBob ReynoldsChimMaraBakalKaruRani

Sheena stumbles upon a deadly conspiracy when she and Bob Reynolds discover a murdered prince in the jungle—and overhear two white men plotting with a corrupt native prince to eliminate an entire royal family for jewels. Racing against time to warn the true heirs of the Alexo tribe, Sheena must navigate treachery, wild beasts, and her own enemies to prevent a throne steeped in blood.

Poison Gas
8 pp · Spy
Script ? [as Major Thorpe]
ZX-5Wong WeiSue Ke

When Japanese forces deploy a deadly poison gas weapon against Chinese troops, the allied intelligence brass task the spy ZX-5 with a dangerous assignment: infiltrate Tokyo, locate the formula, and stop the chemical terror before it claims more lives. With help from a covert operative named Sue Kee, ZX-5 must impersonate a Japanese general, outwit a suspicious scientist, and escape a military interrogation—all while the fate of soldiers on both sides hangs in the balance.

A Skeleton in Armor!
6 pp · Science Fiction
Script ? [as Curt Davis]
Stuart TaylorLauraDr. HaywardKarenLarsPrince Hildebrand

Vacationing in New England, Stuart Taylor, Dr. Hayward, and Laura discover a mysterious tower and an armored skeleton—which springs to life through a stranger's time machine to share a tale of Viking adventure. The skeleton, revealed to be Lars, recounts his life as a fearless seaman fighting sea marauders, his whirlwind romance with Karen (a prince's daughter), and the tragic choices that followed when her father Prince Hildebrand refused to bless their union. This 1942 adventure weaves together themes of courage, forbidden love, and the weight of decisions made in a moment of desperation.

Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
BobbyBaldo
Untitled Western-Frontier story
6 pp · Western-Frontier
Script ? [as West Erner]
RickHelenJed (Helen's father)"Cactus""Sagebrush"
Untitled Adventure story
6 pp · Adventure, Historical
Script ? [as Willis Rensie]
The HawkJeremyFluthCaleb
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
Pee Wee Myershis mother
Murder in a Blackout!
7 pp · Detective-Mystery
Inspector DaytonPhineas Z. Alliburton [The Creep]Dirty Louie GilhooleyDora the DipWeston

When a test blackout plunges the city into darkness, air raid warden Phineas Z. Alliburton—better known as the Creep—stumbles onto a murder in the Weston mansion, only to find himself wrongly accused by arriving police. Inspector Dayton must untangle the real culprits from the chaos as Dirty Louie Gilhooley's gang and the shifty Dora the Dip close in with guns drawn, all hunting for a fortune in rubies hidden in an unexpected place. It's up to the Creep's bumbling but surprisingly clever instincts to help clear his name and stop the real killers in the pitch-black basement showdown.

Untitled War story
6 pp · War
Script ? [as Jed Maxwell]
Tom DevlinDick SwensonHarry CarsonGail WayneMona
Untitled Humor story
1 pp · Humor, Children
Margieher father
Mad Mistress of Murder
8 pp · Detective-Mystery
Barry CraigCeleste CraigBarbara CraigPeggy CraigLindamiscellaneous zombies

When zombies begin stalking Craigmoor, the isolated Bahama estate of young RAF pilot Barry Craig, the supernatural horror intensifies—claiming victims and leaving gruesome offerings on the beach. Barry calls in Drew Murdoch, a ghost specialist trained in the dark arts of zombie lore, to uncover who commands these soulless creatures and stop the bloodshed before more of his family falls prey. As the supernatural menace closes in, Murdoch must expose the living mastermind orchestrating the dead's reign of terror.

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (Good) $63
CGC 9.2 · 1 in census $1,203*
CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $835*
CGC 8.5 · 3 in census $604
CGC 8.0 none in existence
CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $367
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $308
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CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 3 in census $186*
CGC 5.0 · 2 in census $177*
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $151*
* estimate — limited direct-sales data at this grade
Our model’s value — refined as new sales data arrives · CGC census counts shown where available

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Full credits

artist Bob Webb
inker Iger Shop
cover pencils, inks Dan Zolnerowich

Reprints

Reprinted in Grandes Detectives #24 (1958), Jerry Iger's Golden Features #6 (1987)

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