(August 1942)

Fiction House, 1938 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Real Adventures Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Fiction House Magazines
Editing:
S. M. Iger (art director)
Color:
Black and White (#1-8); Color (#9 onwards)
Dimensions:
Tabloid (#1-8); 8.5x 10.5 inches (#9); Standard Golden Age U.S. (#10 onwards)
Paper Stock:
Newsprint
Binding:
Saddle-Stitched

Plague of Spotted Killers (Table of Contents)

Sheena / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dan Zolnerowich [as Zolne Rowich] (signed)
Inks:
Dan Zolnerowich [as Zolne Rowich] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
jungle
Characters:
Sheena; Bob; leopard cultists
Keywords:
leopard cults; leopards

Plague of Spotted Killers ["The poisonous fangs of the Nazi devil know..."] (Table of Contents)

Sheena / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils:
Robert Webb
Inks:
Robert Webb; ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
jungle
Characters:
Bob; Luaga; Chim

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover.


["Weird, fantastic, yet undeniably true, are the strange..."] (Table of Contents)

Ghost Gallery / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Drew Murdoch]
Pencils:
Bob Hebberd
Inks:
Bob Hebberd
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery
Characters:
Drew Murdoch; Magnolia Chandler; Jackson; Aunt Chloe

Indexer Notes

I: Drew Murdoch


["Hello, Bobby. What's wrong, Bobby? Why don't you..."] (Table of Contents)

Bobby / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as S. M. Iger]
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor

["An ebony thunderbolt streaks over the wild western..."] (Table of Contents)

Midnight The Wild Black Stallion / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as West Turner]
Pencils:
Alex Blum
Inks:
Alex Blum
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Rick; Helen; Charlie; Mac

The Killer from Beyond (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Colonel S.T. Harrie]
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

Open Sesame! (Table of Contents)

Stuart Taylor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils:
Lee Ames
Inks:
Lee Ames; ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Laura; Dr. Hayward; Ali Baba; Cassim

["Like a thief in the night comes death.. unannounced..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils:
Rafael Astarita
Inks:
Rafael Astarita
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery

["Hurry up, Pee Wee, I'll wait on the corner..."] (Table of Contents)

Pee Wee / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as s
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor

["Nazi spies attempt to infiltrate the blood stream..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils:
Mort Leav
Inks:
Mort Leav; Al Bryant?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
spy
Reprints:

["From the English Channel to the Russian front..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
? [as Charles Tansul]
Pencils:
Alex Blum
Inks:
Alex Blum
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war

["With billowing topsails his gulding star and storm-tossed..."] (Table of Contents)

The Hawk / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils:
Will Eisner; shop
Inks:
Will Eisner; shop
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
historical
Reprints:
  • All Eisner "art" is traced and reworked from earlier true episodes of "Hawks of the Seas."

Indexer Notes

All art here is collaged together from the work of other artists and modified to fit the script of a new storyline.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. Plague of Spotted Killers
    Sheena
  2. 1. Plague of Spotted Killers ["The poisonous fangs of the Nazi devil know..."]
    Sheena
  3. 2. ["Weird, fantastic, yet undeniably true, are the strange..."]
    Ghost Gallery
  4. 3. ["Hello, Bobby. What's wrong, Bobby? Why don't you..."]
    Bobby
  5. 4. ["An ebony thunderbolt streaks over the wild western..."]
    Midnight The Wild Black Stallion
  6. 5. The Killer from Beyond
  7. 6. Open Sesame!
    Stuart Taylor
  8. 7. ["Like a thief in the night comes death.. unannounced..."]
    Inspector Dayton
  9. 8. ["Hurry up, Pee Wee, I'll wait on the corner..."]
    Pee Wee
  10. 9. ["Nazi spies attempt to infiltrate the blood stream..."]
    ZX-5 Spies In Action
  11. 10. ["From the English Channel to the Russian front..."]
    Tom, Dick, and Harry
  12. 11. ["With billowing topsails his gulding star and storm-tossed..."]
    The Hawk
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Tony R. Rose
  • R. J. Roper
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
  • Len Wolinsky
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