(June 1947)

Fiction House, 1938 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Real Adventures Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Fiction House Magazines
Editing:
Claude E. Lapham; 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

Issue Notes

this issue contains letters page

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Slave Brand of Hassan Bey! (Table of Contents)

Sheena / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
jungle; adventure
Characters:
Sheena
Reprints:
Keywords:
knives; lions

The Slave Brand of Hassan Bey (Table of Contents)

Sheena / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Robert Webb
Inks:
Robert Webb
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Jungle
Characters:
Sheena; Ulah (first appearance); Jan Stark (first appearance; villain; death); Hassan (first appearance; villain; death); Ubanda (first appearance; villain; death)
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

title from cover; first line, "Whispering water gurgled a lullaby..."


[Gore the Pirate] (Table of Contents)

Hawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Robert Webb
Inks:
Robert Webb
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Hawk; Governor Palmer (first appearance); Gore (first appearance; villain)

[Bannon's Insurance Murders] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kamen
Inks:
Jack Kamen
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Bannon (first appearance; villain; death); Spike (first appearance; villain; death); a girl (first appearance; villain); Tony (first appearance; death); Curly Cullen (first appearance; death)

How Sheena and Bob Came To the Jungle (Table of Contents)

Sheena / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
W. Morgan Thomas
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Jungle
Characters:
Sheena (origin retold)

[Scavenger Hunt!] (Table of Contents)

Sky Girl / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Bill Gibson] (signed)
Pencils:
Matt Baker
Inks:
Matt Baker
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
aviation; humor
Characters:
Sky Girl [Ginger Maguire]; Chief Broken Brain (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Sky Girl needs to find an Indian nut for a scavenger hunt and Chief Broken Brain, escapee from an asylum, seems to fit the bill perfectly.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Only change in the AC reprint in Good Girls Art Quarterly #3 is the change in the feature heading from Sky Girl to Sky Gal. The Volume 12 reprint has correct feature title.

Bill Gibson is a by-line for the feature, not an actual person per se.


[In the Court of Kublai Khan] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kamen
Inks:
Jack Kamen
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Stuart Taylor; Kublai Khan (first appearance); Lana (first appearance); Marco Polo (first appearance)

[The Office of Mr. Usher] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kamen
Inks:
Jack Kamen
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Mr. Usher (first appearance); Miss Mortis (first appearance); Francis Campbell (first appearance); Lou Davern (first appearance); Sara Campbell (first appearance); Ion Campbell (first appearance; villain; death)

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. The Slave Brand of Hassan Bey!
    Sheena
  2. 1. The Slave Brand of Hassan Bey
    Sheena
  3. 2. [Gore the Pirate]
    Hawk
  4. 3. [Bannon's Insurance Murders]
    ZX-5
  5. 4. How Sheena and Bob Came To the Jungle
    Sheena
  6. 5. [Scavenger Hunt!]
    Sky Girl
  7. 6. [In the Court of Kublai Khan]
    Stuart Taylor
  8. 7. [The Office of Mr. Usher]
    Ghost Gallery
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • R. J. Roper
  • Craig Delich
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Lou Mougin
  • Len Wolinsky
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
  • Jim Walls
  • Len Wolinsky