(February 1941)

Fiction House, 1938 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
every month
On-sale Date
1940-12-12
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (credited) (editor); Will Eisner (credited) (art director); S. M. Iger (credited) (feature editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 1.

Curse of the Black Venom (Table of Contents)

Sheena / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bob Powell ?
Inks
John Celardo; Bob Powell ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena; Bob Reynolds
Reprints
Keywords
leopards

Indexer Notes

I know why we're calling this Celardo, BUT it looks very different from signed Celardo cover on #27.

Keith Chandler : Celardo is clearly the inker on the Bob Reynolds figure, but Sheena appears to be Powell, probably pencils and inks.

Curse of the Black Venom (Table of Contents: 1)

Sheena / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited)
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Taking life easy after their last adventure, Sheena...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Mbika; Gindii Oro; Dr. Mohammed Bey
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title is taken from cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
S. M. Iger (signed)
Pencils
S. M. Iger (signed)
Inks
S. M. Iger (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yes, Bobby, collecting stamps is a very fine hobby...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Bobby; Gramps; Soapy; Petrovich; Jed

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner (credited as Willis Rensie)
Pencils
Will Eisner (credited as Willis Rensie); Art Saaf
Inks
Will Eisner (credited as Willis Rensie); Art Saaf
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Bound for a port in the mysterious tropic seas...
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
The Hawk; Red Gregory (villain); Fluth; Jeremy Clogg; Sagua

Indexer Notes

Per Mort Leav, Art Saaf was given old Eisner material and assigned to re-write, re-compose, and fill in the gaps to create "new" Eisner Hawk stories (Robin Snyder's The Comics).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Jumbo Laffs / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as I. M. Leffin] (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane ?
Inks
Bob Kane ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We'll be smashed to pieces!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

If this is Bob Kane, then these must be reprints.

Four unrelated gag panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Lightning / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Teller Tayles] (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A spine-tingling story in which Lightning sends...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin; nameless saboteurs

Indexer Notes

Very grotesque art.

The Ghost In the Pantry (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
Toni Blum (credited as Tom Alexander)
Pencils
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mrs. Thatcher sat down to dinner...
Genre
adventure; children
Characters
Mrs. Thatcher; Mr. Thatcher; Nip; Tuck (twins)

Indexer Notes

Feature includes 1/3 page Ownership Statement. Owner is J.G. Scott; T.T. Scott is Business Manager. 461-8th Ave. NYC

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Thurman Scott (credited as T. T. Scott) (business manager)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Peter Pupp / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Kane ? (credited as Golleh)
Pencils
Bob Kane
Inks
Bob Kane
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last month, Peter and his companions reached the castle...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Peter Pupp; Colonel/King Riffraff; Professor Botts; Doctor Strom; Zula's robot
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Stuart Taylor / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Curt Davis] (credited)
Pencils
Iger Shop
Inks
Iger Shop
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The age old desire of man for a utopia...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Stuart Taylor; Doctor Hayward; Laura Hayward

Indexer Notes

Possibly this is a collaged reprint from some of the early Jack Kirby episodes. The splash panel is certainly a reuse of the Stuart Taylor figure on the cover of Jumbo #10.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

ZX-5 Spies in Action / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Major Thorpe] (credited)
Pencils
Iger Shop
Inks
Iger Shop
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An ancient and long disused chateau is the...
Genre
adventure; spy
Characters
ZX-5; De Villiare (enemy agent); Johnny; Manya; De Gruz
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Many diverse hands, and possibly a collage of earlier strips - certainly the splash panel is "adapted" from the cover of Jumbo #11.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Wilton of the West / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Fred Sande] (credited)
Pencils
Iger Shop ?
Inks
Iger Shop ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The killer Indian meets the vengeance of white man's justice.
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wiley Wilton; Snorty; Sagawan; Gabby Wacko; Mexican Joe

Indexer Notes

Art is by a Lou Fine wannabe - or collaged from earlier Wilton strips?

The Mystery of the Two Headed Lady of the Circus. (Table of Contents: 12)

Inspector Dayton / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Major Thorpe] (credited)
Pencils
Witmer Williams
Inks
Witmer Williams
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is late at night...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Inspector Dayton; Mitzi Dolan; Flora Dolan; Giglio the clown; Tino Marco the swordswallower

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Tom, Dick and Harry / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Charles Tansul] (credited)
Pencils
Charles Sultan (credited as Charles Tansul)
Inks
Charles Sultan (credited as Charles Tansul)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tom, Dick, and Harry, three American pilots fighting...
Genre
adventure; aviation
Characters
Tom Devlin; Dick Swenson; Harry Carson; Von Herman Leicher; Carl

Indexer Notes

Possible George Tuska involvement on page two.

Note that "Tasnul" is an anagram of "Sultan".
One-and-only appearance.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Curse of the Black Venom
    Sheena
  2. 1. Curse of the Black Venom
    Sheena
  3. 2. ["Yes, Bobby, collecting stamps is a very fine hobby..."]
    Bobby
  4. 3. ["Bound for a port in the mysterious tropic seas..."]
    Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk
  5. 4. ["We'll be smashed to pieces!"]
    Jumbo Laffs
  6. 5. ["A spine-tingling story in which Lightning sends..."]
    Lightning
  7. 6. The Ghost In the Pantry
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. ["Last month, Peter and his companions reached the castle..."]
    Peter Pupp
  10. 9. ["The age old desire of man for a utopia..."]
    Stuart Taylor
  11. 10. ["An ancient and long disused chateau is the..."]
    ZX-5 Spies in Action
  12. 11. ["The killer Indian meets the vengeance of white man's justice."]
    Wilton of the West
  13. 12. The Mystery of the Two Headed Lady of the Circus.
    Inspector Dayton
  14. 13. ["Tom, Dick, and Harry, three American pilots fighting..."]
    Tom, Dick and Harry
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Patrick Shaughnessy
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky