Matt Baker Begins with Sheena in Jumbo Comics #69, up for Auction

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Identified as the publication containing Matt Baker's first published comic work, Jumbo Comics 69 features his art on jungle girl Sheena. MattBaker Sheena sponsored

Jumbo Comics #69 featuring Matt Baker artwork.

Sheena was created by Eisner, Jerry Iger, and Meskin at the behest of a publisher called Editors Press Service. The character debuted in a one-page feature in the UK weekly tabloid , which according to GCD is dated January 14, 1938. It is perhaps worth pointing out that nobody seems to know of the current existence of a copy of this issue, and that the early issues ofInternational Book of Comics

, which seems to be the best reference on this matter, Editors Press Service split with its UK agent, who took the British rights to many of the syndicated reprints thatcontained with him, causing Editors Press Service to seek out original material. Editors Press Service's founder turned to Jerry Iger, who he had apparently become acquainted with during the brief run of

 

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