(January 1940)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Every other month
On-sale Date
1939-11-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fight Stories Inc.
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)

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. 3.

The Island of Stolen Pearls (Table of Contents)

Shark Brodie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lou Fine; Will Eisner
Inks
Lou Fine
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; military; war
Characters
Shark Brodie
Reprints
Keywords
skull; treasure chest

The Island of Stolen Pearls (Table of Contents: 1)

Shark Brodie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
George Tuska (credited as GEORGE AKSUT)
Inks
George Tuska (credited as GEORGE AKSUT)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The toughest two-fisted adventurer in the South Seas...
Genre
adventure; military; war
Characters
Shark Brodie (intro); Banu (intro); Manaii (intro); Chief Koa (intro); VILLAIN: Nemo (intro; dies)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Aksut is Tuska backwards.

True Life Story of Jack Dempsey (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I don't ike this job
Genre
non-fiction; sports
Characters
Jack Dempsey; John the Barber; Doc Kearns; Jimmy DeForest' Jack Johnson; Jesse Willard

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

Slaphappy Sam / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Fred Schwab (credited as Fred Ricks)
Pencils
Fred Schwab (credited as Fred Ricks)
Inks
Fred Schwab (credited as Fred Ricks)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We'll moider de palooka!
Genre
humor
Characters
Slaphappy Sam (a boxer; intro); his manager; Butch the Butcher (intro)
Reprints

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

The Spy Fighter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner ?
Pencils
? [as Lee] (credited)
Inks
? [as Lee] (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The year is 1997... only three nations have...
Genre
spy
Characters
Saber [Spy Fighter] (intro; origin); President Delano (intro); Secretary of State Cornell (intro); VILLAINS: Major Duncan (intro); Russmanians (intro)
Synopsis
Strip set in 1997! The origin of Spy Fighter.

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

Kayo Kirby / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner ?
Pencils
Will Eisner; Chuck Winter ?; George Tuska ?
Inks
Dan Zolnerowich ?; ? [Eisner/Iger shop]
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That's the last fight Harden will lose in my club!
Genre
sports
Characters
Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby] (intro; origin); Chris Harden (intro); Mary Harden (intro); Patsy Fink (intro); Mauler Martin (intro); Joe Harkey (intro); VILLAINS: Carver and other gangsters (intro)

1000 Fathoms Under the Sea (Table of Contents: 6)

Kinks Mason / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gentlemen, with this new helmet...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Kinks Mason (intro); Proconians (intro); VILLAIN: Goors (intro)

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

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fletcher Hanks (signed as Chris Fletcher)
Pencils
Fletcher Hanks (signed as Chris Fletcher)
Inks
Fletcher Hanks (signed as Chris Fletcher)
Colors
?
Letters
Fletcher Hanks (signed as Chris Fletcher)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Great Bend Lumber Co. has a very valuable contract...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Big Red McLane (intro); Mr. Farlow (intro); VILLAIN: Red River Lumber Co. (intro)
Synopsis
Big Red signs on to work for the Great Bend Lumber Co., where he is immediately put to work stopping employees of the Red River Company from destroying the Great Bend operation.
Reprints

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

Oran of the Jungle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Hugh Bartlett (credited); ? [as Hugh Bartlett]
Pencils
Edd Ashe ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The great Oran! Positively the greatest strong man...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Oran (intro; origin); Zack Temson (intro); Oran's father (intro); VILLAINS: Faro Farly (intro); Torpedo Ribula (intro)

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

Terry O'Brien Gang Snasher / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Inks
Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A vicious gang is terrorizing the whole southern...
Genre
crime
Characters
Terry O'Brien (intro); VILLAINS: Martin and his gang (intro)

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

Strut Warren / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Klaus Nordling (credited as Ed Norris)
Pencils
Klaus Nordling (credited as Ed Norris)
Inks
Klaus Nordling (credited as Ed Norris)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stationed in war-torn China, a company of Marines...
Genre
war
Characters
Cpl. Strut Warren (intro)

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer listed Nordling as scripter, so we assume additional knowledge on his part.

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

Chip Collins / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Torrence (credited)
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
George Tuska ?; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Steaming majestically over the calm Malay Straits...
Genre
war; military
Characters
Chip Collins (intro); The Skull Squadron [Jinx Jordan; others] (intro); Rodney Dawes (intro); Wendy Dawes (intro)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Island of Stolen Pearls
    Shark Brodie
  2. 1. The Island of Stolen Pearls
    Shark Brodie
  3. 2. True Life Story of Jack Dempsey
  4. 3. ["We'll moider de palooka!"]
    Slaphappy Sam
  5. 4. ["The year is 1997... only three nations have..."]
    The Spy Fighter
  6. 5. ["That's the last fight Harden will lose in my club!"]
    Kayo Kirby
  7. 6. 1000 Fathoms Under the Sea
    Kinks Mason
  8. 7. ["The Great Bend Lumber Co. has a very valuable contract..."]
    Big Red McLane
  9. 8. ["The great Oran! Positively the greatest strong man..."]
    Oran of the Jungle
  10. 9. ["A vicious gang is terrorizing the whole southern..."]
    Terry O'Brien Gang Snasher
  11. 10. ["Stationed in war-torn China, a company of Marines..."]
    Strut Warren
  12. 11. ["Steaming majestically over the calm Malay Straits..."]
    Chip Collins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Patrick Shaughnessy