Firehair
#9
(Fall 1951)
Fiction House,
1951 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Flying Stories Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia at the bottom of page 1 reads:
"FIREHAIR, No. 9. Fall, 1951. Published quarterly by Flying Stories, Inc., 130 West 12 Street, New York 18, N.Y. T.T. Scott, Pres.; Jerry Iger, Art Director. Application for second class entry pending at the Post Office, New York, N.Y. Contents copyrighted by Flying Stories, Inc. yearly subscription in U.S., 40c, Foreign, 55c. For advertising rates: Advertising Director, Fiction House, Inc., 130 West 42 Street, New York 18, N.Y. Printed in U.S.A."
"FIREHAIR, No. 9. Fall, 1951. Published quarterly by Flying Stories, Inc., 130 West 12 Street, New York 18, N.Y. T.T. Scott, Pres.; Jerry Iger, Art Director. Application for second class entry pending at the Post Office, New York, N.Y. Contents copyrighted by Flying Stories, Inc. yearly subscription in U.S., 40c, Foreign, 55c. For advertising rates: Advertising Director, Fiction House, Inc., 130 West 42 Street, New York 18, N.Y. Printed in U.S.A."
[no title indexed]
Firehair / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Warrior-Maid of the Dakotas!
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Firehair [Lynn Cabot]
- Reprints
-
in Firehair (H. John Edwards, 1950 ? series) #10 -
in Firehair (Superior, 1951 series) #9 ([circa Fall 1951])
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Indexer Notes
Probably Whitman. Face and figure of Firehair match his art in Jungle Comics #132, and also the horses. He is credited on covers for Fiction House by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
Riders of the Red Wind
Firehair / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- John Starr (byline)
- Pencils
- Bob Webb
- Inks
- David Heames
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No mysteries on Heaven or Earth were hidden from Thunder Wind, the ancient one.
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Firehair [Lynn Cabot]; Little Ax; Thunder Wind; Jeff; Elaine; Duke de Guise (trader); Marquis Moreau (his lieutenant)
- Synopsis
- Elaine is regarded by her duke uncle as too good to marry a commoner like Jeff and is taken back to the trading post by force.
Indexer Notes
title from cover
Webb and Heames are credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and art is like their work on several Classics Illustrated stories. Probably them.
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Frontier Knife
character profile / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Undoubtedly the most famous knife of frontier days was the Bowie.
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Colonel Jim Bowie
The Fort Is Ours
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; western-frontier
- Characters
- Mad Anthony Wayne
- Synopsis
- General Wayne and his soldiers attack and take the fort at Stony Point on the Hudson River in 1779.
Annie Oakley
character profile / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She was the greatest markswoman of all time!
- Genre
- biography
- Reprints
Chinchilla
Stamps / text article / 0.67 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Classified ad page for stamp collectors.
French Flags and Tomahawks
Firehair / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The setting sun cast strange shadows on the river...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Firehair [Lynn Cabot]; Little Ax; Dove Song; Painted Pony; VILLAINS: Yellow Fang; Dawn Star Raiders
- Synopsis
- The Dawn Star Raiders have taken a Dakota maid to sacrifice as a bride to their god in the clouds.
Indexer Notes
title from cover
Webb and Heames are credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and art is like their work on several Classics Illustrated stories. Probably them.
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
[no title indexed]
Long Bow / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The buffalo have been sighted.
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Long Bow; Painted Lance; Running Deer; Gray Elk
- Synopsis
- Painted Lance disappears into the gorge when trying to leap across, and his brother gets unfit in trapping buffalos. He is branded a coward, but will prove his courage by leaping the gorge, where he finds Painted Lance alive on a ledge, surrounded by vultures.
Indexer Notes
Probably the work of Webb and Heames, as it is very similar to their work in Classics Illustrated titles, and also to the Firehair stories.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Warrior-Maid of the Dakotas!"]
Firehair -
1.
[Ro-Bert Fashions]
-
2.
The Big Six of the Comics!
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3.
Riders of the Red Wind
Firehair -
4.
Frontier Knife
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5.
The Fort Is Ours
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6.
Annie Oakley
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7.
Hey, You Skinny Bag of Bones!
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
8.
Chinchilla
Stamps -
9.
French Flags and Tomahawks
Firehair -
10.
["The buffalo have been sighted."]
Long Bow -
11.
Terrific Price Smash
Consumers Mart -
12.
How to Fix Any Part of Any Car
Motor Book Dept. -
13.
["Hey skinny! ...Yer ribs are showing!"]
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- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
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