(October 1941)

Fiction House, 1938 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
every month
On-sale Date
1941-08-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (Editor); S. M. Iger (art director)

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. 4.

Captives of the Gorilla-Men (Table of Contents)

Sheena / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
Inks
Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena; Bob Reynolds
Reprints
Keywords
gorillas; spears

Captives of the Gorilla-Men (Table of Contents: 1)

Sheena / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ghostly rumors of a tribe who worships at...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Chim (a chimpanzee); Blawa

Indexer Notes

The story title is from the cover.

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

Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Curt Davis] (credited)
Pencils
Sy Reit
Inks
Sy Reit
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In days of old knights were bold...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Stuart Taylor; Don Quixote; Sancho Panza; Dactor Hayward; Dulcinea

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

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
My girl says as a detective I'm a...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Bobby; Ted
Reprints

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

Midnight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Saaf
Inks
Art Saaf
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Again the black stallion's galloping hoofs beat the...
Genre
western-frontier; animal
Characters
Midnight (a black stallion); Helen; Scarface

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

Lightning / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Teller Tayles] (credited)
Pencils
Bob Webb
Inks
David Heames ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fred Larkin, U.S. Army, is Lightning, dreaded...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin; Herr Commander Schloss
Reprints

Revenge in the First Degree (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
David Roberts (credited)
Pencils
Art Peddy (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
Art Peddy (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Snake Ellis had waited months
Genre
crime
Characters
Snake Ellis; Tim O'Donnell; Bobby O'Donnell

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

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

Script
? [as George Thatcher] (credited)
Pencils
Art Saaf
Inks
Art Saaf
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The inspector goes to sea and hooks a...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Inspector Dayton; Fred Wills; Alfred Moore; Riker

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

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
Murphy's building a penthouse where he can spend...
Genre
humor
Reprints
  • from earlier issues of Jumbo Comics (1938 series).

    Three unrelated gag panels.

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

ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Major Thorpe] (credited)
Pencils
Mort Leav
Inks
Al Bryant ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Under the conqueror's boot is a seething, restless...
Genre
spy
Characters
ZX-5; General Hersch

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

Pee Wee / comic story / 0.5 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
And, Fido, that would be doin' my good...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Pee Wee; Mr. Black

[Brushes Soap Hair Tonic Razor Blades] (Table of Contents: 11)

Uncle Otto / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Will Eisner (signed as Heck)
Pencils
Will Eisner (signed as Heck)
Inks
Will Eisner (signed as Heck)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Uncle Otto

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Tom, Dick, and Harry / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Charles Tansul] (credited)
Pencils
Max Elkan
Inks
Max Elkan ?; John Cassone ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tom Devlin and Dick Swenson, American aces in...
Genre
war
Characters
Tom Devlin; Dick Swenson; Harry Carson

Indexer Notes

Now, THIS resembles Maxwell Elkan and even has the Crandall-esque poses seen at Quality at the same time. The inks are more robust here, though.

Note that "Tansul" is an anagram of "Sultan".

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

Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner (credited as Willis Rensie); Art Saaf
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
The mysterious disappearance of valuable cargo ships has...
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
The Hawk; Sir Lionele Henville; Fluth; Mam'selle Sari; Jeremy Clogg

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).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Captives of the Gorilla-Men
    Sheena
  2. 1. Captives of the Gorilla-Men
    Sheena
  3. 2. ["In days of old knights were bold..."]
    Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural
  4. 3. ["My girl says as a detective I'm a..."]
    Bobby
  5. 4. ["Again the black stallion's galloping hoofs beat the..."]
    Midnight
  6. 5. ["Fred Larkin, U.S. Army, is Lightning, dreaded..."]
    Lightning
  7. 6. Revenge in the First Degree
  8. 7. ["The inspector goes to sea and hooks a..."]
    Inspector Dayton
  9. 8. ["Murphy's building a penthouse where he can spend..."]
    Jumbo Laffs
  10. 9. ["Under the conqueror's boot is a seething, restless..."]
    ZX-5 Spies In Action
  11. 10. ["And, Fido, that would be doin' my good..."]
    Pee Wee
  12. 11. [Brushes Soap Hair Tonic Razor Blades]
    Uncle Otto
  13. 12. ["Tom Devlin and Dick Swenson, American aces in..."]
    Tom, Dick, and Harry
  14. 13. ["The mysterious disappearance of valuable cargo ships has..."]
    Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Patrick Shaughnessy
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky