(March 1942)

Fiction House, 1938 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-01-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
S. M. Iger (Art Director)

Issue Notes

'Volume number' is dropped starting with this issue.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 1.

Congo Terror (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
Reprints
Keywords
lions

Congo Terror (Table of Contents: 1)

Sheena / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Chance fate involves Sheena in a real life...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Chim (a chimpanzee); Stone; May Bell; George Black

Indexer Notes

The title is taken from the cover.

Slick inker, a la Brewster - though it's a little early for her. Different inker on main character than on rest of story.

[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
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This month our time-flying playboy whizzes off with...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Stuart Taylor; Laura Hayward; William Tell; Gessler

Indexer Notes

Art starts to get more grotesque with this issue. Perhaps other hands are present on the pencils as well as the inks.

[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
This is the life!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Bobby

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

Midnight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Blum
Inks
Alex Blum
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Challenging all who would destroy the peace and...
Genre
western-frontier; animal
Characters
Midnight (a black stallion); Rick; Mal Viller; Doc Wilson; Helen; Clare Potter; Potter

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

Lightning / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Once again, the buck private, Fred Larkin, meets...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lightning [Fred Larkin]; General Larkin; Swift Elk; Black Beaver; Juan

Indexer Notes

Art has some traces of the grotesqueness that will typify Cassone's later art. Could JC be involved?

Sure Thing (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Smith Martin] (credited)
Pencils
? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
? (2 spot illustrations)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The two shadowy figures...
Genre
crime
Characters
Officer Riley; Mike (crook); Barney (crook)

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

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

Script
? [as George Thatcher] (credited)
Pencils
Chuck Winter
Inks
Don Cameron ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Inspector Dayton is in Florida, on vacation, and...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Inspector Dayton; Manager Casey; Lefty Thomas; Ace Adams; Babe Dell; Mae; Bonebreaker Nelson

Indexer Notes

Cameron worked with Winter elsewhere at this time, and this certainly doesn't look like pure Winter.

[Beer Florist Plants for Sale] (Table of Contents: 8)

Uncle Otto / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor
Characters
Uncle Otto

Indexer Notes

Not by Eisner according to Henry Steele.

[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
ZX-5 is at home, trying to decipher a...
Genre
spy
Characters
ZX-5; Aunt Emma Biddle

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Three of Uncle Sam's fighting fools climb on...
Genre
war
Characters
Tom Devlin; Dick Swenson; Harry Carson

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

Pee Wee / 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
Fido, this thing sure has me puzzled...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Pee Wee Myers; Mr. Chubb

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

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

Script
? [as Willis B. Rensie] (credited)
Pencils
Will Eisner (credited as Willis B. Rensie); Iger Shop
Inks
Will Eisner (credited as Willis B. Rensie); Iger Shop
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Day-dreaming on the ship's deck, the Hawk is suddenly interrupted...
Genre
historical; adventure
Characters
The Hawk; Fluth; Jeremy Clogg; Jingo; Captain Gormas; Caleb

Indexer Notes

Eisner material is collaged along with reworked and new panels by shop personnel to gell a new story. More new (Blum?) panels here than in prior "new" stories.

Any Eisner art here is reprinted from material printed in Jumbo Comics (1938 series) issues 1-16.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Congo Terror
    Sheena
  2. 1. Congo Terror
    Sheena
  3. 2. ["This month our time-flying playboy whizzes off with..."]
    Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural
  4. 3. ["This is the life!"]
    Bobby
  5. 4. ["Challenging all who would destroy the peace and..."]
    Midnight
  6. 5. ["Once again, the buck private, Fred Larkin, meets..."]
    Lightning
  7. 6. Sure Thing
  8. 7. ["Inspector Dayton is in Florida, on vacation, and..."]
    Inspector Dayton
  9. 8. [Beer Florist Plants for Sale]
    Uncle Otto
  10. 9. ["ZX-5 is at home, trying to decipher a..."]
    ZX-5 Spies In Action
  11. 10. ["Three of Uncle Sam's fighting fools climb on..."]
    Tom, Dick, and Harry
  12. 11. ["Fido, this thing sure has me puzzled..."]
    Pee Wee
  13. 12. ["Day-dreaming on the ship's deck, the Hawk is suddenly interrupted..."]
    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.)
  • Len Wolinsky