Jumbo Comics #81
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Heads for King Kongo's Harem," Ginger Jeff crash-lands in the jungles of Burma and stumbles upon a mysterious temple, where eerie silence and shadowed corridors stir doubts about whether the ruins are truly abandoned—or haunted. With Matt Baker handling both art and inks, and Bill Gibson scripting the tale, this 1945 Jumbo Comics entry delivers a classic adventure with a touch of suspense, all under a cover by Matt Baker.
Sheena returns from the white traders to discover a mysterious wax head of herself floating downriver—a sinister calling card from Bronson, the ruthless villain she once drove from the jungle years ago. When Bronson uses an imposter and dark magic to lure her to his reopened mine, Sheena finds herself caught in a web of deception, capture, and torture as the villain schemes to force her secret of hidden treasure. With Bob in mortal danger and Bronson's men closing in, the jungle queen must outwit her enemy's every trap to survive.
ZX-5 infiltrates a Japanese poison gas factory in China using a masterful disguise and forged papers, but his cover is blown when he encounters Flying Officer Hoguchi's actual brother—who recognizes the imposter by a missing detail. Racing against time, ZX-5 must shepherd Chinese prisoners to safety while the factory's own deadly gas, altered by his sabotaged formula, turns catastrophically against its creators in this 1945 spy thriller.
Captain Hawk and his crew pursue the ruthless Tattoo, captain of the pirate vessel the Whip, who's been extorting local fishermen—including ramming their boats when they refuse to pay his tribute. When Hawk confronts Tattoo directly, a brutal fight erupts, leaving Velvet captured aboard the Whip and Hawk fighting for his life in the sea. With determination and cunning, Hawk races to catch the fleeing pirates before Tattoo can escape with his prize.
In "Scared Stiff!" from Jumbo Comics #81, Ginger Jeff finds herself in a tense situation when she’s shot down over Burma and must make an emergency landing. With no choice but to seek help, she ventures into a nearby temple—only to start questioning whether the ancient ruins are truly abandoned, or if something far more unsettling is watching from the shadows.
In "Flee the Mad Furies," the gypsy girl Rowena calls upon swamp ghosts with black magic to eliminate those who stand in her path. Drew Murdoch must find a way to turn the very spirits she commands against her before they claim their next victim.
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Reprinted in Ghost Comics #4 (1952), Good Girl Art Quarterly #6 (1991), Sky Gal #3 (1994), The Best of the Golden Age Sheena, Queen of the Jungle #2 (2009)
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