(February 1940)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

Cave of the Demons (Table of Contents)

Flint Baker / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Will Eisner?
Inks:
Will Eisner?
Colors:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Reprints:

["Several miles above sea level towers Prof. Sandow's observatory:"] (Table of Contents)

Planet Payson / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Tuska
Inks:
George Tuska
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Planet Payson (introduction); Prof. Sandow (introduction); Roland; The Hawkmen (introduction); Buzzlark (villain, introduction, death)

Cave of the Demons ["Flint Baker, Mimi, and his two aids plan..."] (Table of Contents)

Flint Baker / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Powell: ?
Inks:
Bob Powell: ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Mimi (guest-star); Princess Viga (guest-star); A Martian scientist (villain, introduction, death); his monster (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.


The Dashing, Slashing Adventure of the Great Solinoor Diamond (Table of Contents)

Tiger Hart / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Fletcher Hanks [as Carlson Merrick] (signed)
Pencils:
Fletcher Hanks [as Carlson Merrick] (signed)
Inks:
Fletcher Hanks [as Carlson Merrick] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Fletcher Hanks

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Tiger Hart (introduction); Zip (introduction); Queen Hilda (introduction); Villains: Turk the Terrible (introduction); Talon (introduction, death)
Synopsis:
Tiger Hart rescues the captive Queen Hilda from the clutches of Turk the Terrible, who is holding her in exchange for the Great Solinoor diamond.
Reprints:

["A pound of coal is insignificant, but a..."] (Table of Contents)

Spurt Hammond / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Henry Kiefer
Inks:
Henry Kiefer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
I: Amoura (Queen of Venus); V: Prince Khangiz (I, ruler of Mars)

The Earth Queen's Last Refuge (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
? [as Don Varick]
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

["While at the bottom of the seas that cover..."] (Table of Contents)

Buzz Crandall / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Sinfo (villain, introduction, death); the Crab Men (villain)

["Captain Cole, I want you to take a..."] (Table of Contents)

Captain Nelson Cole / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [pages 1-9]; Malcolm Kildale [pages 10-15]
Inks:
? [pages 1-9]; Malcolm Kildale [pages 10-15]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Cole (becomes "Torro" in this story with magic clothing and whip); Ruler of Zog (introduction); A two-headed giant (villain, introduction, death)

["Auro is an Earthman who came to Jupiter..."] (Table of Contents)

Auro Lord of Jupiter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
R.L. Golden (signed)
Inks:
R.L. Golden (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Agra (villain, introduction, death); Ava (introduction)

Indexer Notes

HS notes that, despite the Golden credit, the art looks more like Malcolm Kildale than Golden.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. ["Several miles above sea level towers Prof. Sandow's observatory:"]
    Planet Payson
  2. 2. Cave of the Demons ["Flint Baker, Mimi, and his two aids plan..."]
    Flint Baker
  3. 3. The Dashing, Slashing Adventure of the Great Solinoor Diamond
    Tiger Hart
  4. 4. ["A pound of coal is insignificant, but a..."]
    Spurt Hammond
  5. 5. The Earth Queen's Last Refuge
  6. 6. ["While at the bottom of the seas that cover..."]
    Buzz Crandall
  7. 7. ["Captain Cole, I want you to take a..."]
    Captain Nelson Cole
  8. 8. ["Auro is an Earthman who came to Jupiter..."]
    Auro Lord of Jupiter
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