Jumbo Comics #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Sheena Rivington - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: December 1938
Key date: 1938-12-00
Indicia publisher: Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sheena Rivington - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: S. M. Iger
1	Bobby in Hollywood: Part 4	comic story	2	script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. Iger
2	The Law of the Bat: Part 2	comic story	2	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner	Inspector Dayton; Patch; Col. Case (villain)
3	The Origin of the Hawk	comic story	4	script: Willis B. Rensie; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner	The Hawk (origin,fb); Madeline (flashback; the Hawk's ex-fiancee); Madeline's Brother (Villain, Intro, Death, flashback)
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner
5	-	comic story	0.5	pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
6	The Hughes Racer	comic story	1	script: Les Marshall; pencils: Les Marshall; inks: Les Marshall
7	The Moon Shot: Part 4	comic story	4	script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane	Peter Pupp; Buddah the Genie; Zula (first appearance; villain); Prof. Botts (first appearance); Prof. Botts' daughter (first appearance)
8	-	comic story	0.5	script: Tom Swift; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner
9	-	cartoon	0.5	script: ? [as George]; pencils: ? [as George]; inks: ? [as George]; letters: ? [as George]
10	Complete These Letters for a Well-Known Nursery Rhyme	activity	1	script: Don DeConn; pencils: Don DeConn; inks: Don DeConn; letters: Don DeConn
11	Part 4	comic story	4	script: Alexandre Dumas; pencils: Jack Cortez; inks: Jack Cortez	Edmond Dantes; Napoleon Bonaparte
12	-	comic story	0.5	script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. Iger
13	-	comic story	0.5	pencils: Edwin Loughlin; inks: Edwin Loughlin
14	Jumbo Jim's Prize Party	activity	1	script: S. M. Iger; pencils: S. M. Iger; inks: S. M. Iger
15	The Origin of Sheena: Part 4	comic story	3	script: W. Morgan Thomas; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort Meskin	Sheena Rivington First, Sheena
16	-	cartoon	0.75	script: Robert Kane; pencils: Robert Kane; inks: Robert Kane
17	Dogs Like Archaeology	comic story	0.25	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner
18	Chapter 12: A Way Out; Chapter 13: A Repeated Attack	comic story	2	script: Don DeConn; pencils: Don DeConn; inks: Don DeConn
19	Part 4	comic story	4	script: Victor Hugo; pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer
20	The Transovanian War: Part 4	comic story	3	script: Major Thorpe; pencils: Major Thorpe; inks: Major Thorpe	ZX-5
21	The Lost City	text story	2	script: Lin Davies
22	The Man Who Lived Twice: Part 4	comic story	3	script: Dennis Colebrook; pencils: Dennis Colebrook; inks: Dennis Colebrook	Spencer Steele; Lucky Lucifer (villain); Doaks
23	The Experiment of Kromo: Part 4	comic story	2	pencils: Curt Davis; inks: Curt Davis	Dr. Hayward; Mr. Eternity; Kromo (villain; death); Stuart Taylor; Lora
24	The Experiment of Ali Pasha: Part 1	comic story	2	pencils: Curt Davis; inks: Curt Davis	Dr. Hayward; Ali Ben Pasha (first appearance; villain); Stuart Taylor; Lora
25	The Hooded Archer: Part 2	comic story	4	pencils: Fred Sande; inks: Fred Sande	Wiley Wilton; Henry Fleetfoot (villain); Geoffrey; Marcia

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Jumbo Comics #20	1940	On eBay ›
Jumbo Comics #21	1940	On eBay ›
The Art of Will Eisner #[nn] ISBN 0-87816-003-5	1982	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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