(April 1944)

Fiction House, 1938 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1944-02-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
Claude Lapham (Editor); S.M. Iger (Art Director)

Issue Notes

First 52-page issue. Claude Lapham replaces John Byrne as editor.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, No. 2.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Valley of Golden Death (Table of Contents)

Sheena / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Art Saaf
Inks
Art Saaf
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena
Reprints
Keywords
African natives; lions
Cover Thumbnail for Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #62
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Cover gallery

Valley of Golden Death (Table of Contents: 1)

Sheena / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
? [as W. Morgan Thomas]
Pencils
Bob Webb
Inks
? (Iger shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's a safari ahead, Bob! Let's see where...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Bronson (villain, death); Ligao (introduction, death); Creeper (introduction, death); another crook (introduction, death); Zagula (introduction, death); Zagula's daughter

Indexer Notes

The title is taken from the cover.

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

ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Major Thorpe]
Pencils
Arnold Hicks
Inks
Arnold Hicks ?; ? (Iger shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Inside a mountain hangar in occupied Holland, a...
Genre
spy
Characters
ZX-5; Mr. Grynn (introduction); Miss Grynn (introduction); Oberleutnant Krager (villain, introduction, death); Kapitan Mueller (Introduction, villain, Death)

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

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

Script
? [as Willis Rensie]
Pencils
Bob Webb
Inks
Ann Brewster ?; ? (Iger shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a private room of a noisy pub...
Genre
historical; adventure
Characters
The Hawk; Introduction: Captain Snyde; Miss Snyde. Villain: Captain Morg; Thomas (both Introduction, Death)

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

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

Script
? [as Curt Davis]
Pencils
Bob Webb ?; ? (Iger shop)
Inks
? (Iger shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A burly minion of the law gives time...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Stuart Taylor; Introduction: Sir Robert Peel; Sir Clarence

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

Midnight The Wild Black Stallion / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
? [as West Erner]
Pencils
Alex Blum
Inks
? (Iger shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
From a nearby knoll Midnight's herd mills around...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Rick; Helen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Inspector Dayton and the Creep / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
? [as George Thatcher]
Pencils
Arnold Hicks
Inks
Arnold Hicks ?; ? (Iger shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Inspector Dayton! There's Olson, the town character with...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Inspector Dayton; The Creep; Introduction: Olson; James (Death). Villain: Lawson; Lawson's secretary (Introduction for both)

Star Spangled Bundle (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Toni Blum ? (credited as Tom Alexander)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The strangest sight in the world...
Genre
war
Characters
Evans; Captain Marsh; Mike Jason

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

The Ghost Gallery / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Drew Murdoch]
Pencils
Alex Blum
Inks
Alex Blum ?; ? (Iger shop)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Howard Ross. Chicago. That spring night of so...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Introduction: Howard Ross; Thelda (Death); Leila D'Adorr; Sen. Payne; Baldy Dana (latter three are ghosts); other ghosts
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Valley of Golden Death
    Sheena
  2. 1. Valley of Golden Death
    Sheena
  3. 2. ["Inside a mountain hangar in occupied Holland, a..."]
    ZX-5 Spies In Action
  4. 3. ["In a private room of a noisy pub..."]
    Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk
  5. 4. ["A burly minion of the law gives time..."]
    Stuart Taylor
  6. 5. ["From a nearby knoll Midnight's herd mills around..."]
    Midnight The Wild Black Stallion
  7. 6. ["Inspector Dayton! There's Olson, the town character with..."]
    Inspector Dayton and the Creep
  8. 7. Star Spangled Bundle
  9. 8. ["Howard Ross. Chicago. That spring night of so..."]
    The Ghost Gallery
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