(August 1941)

Fiction House, 1938 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
every month
On-sale Date
1941-06-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
Malcolm Reiss (Editor); S. M. Iger (art director)

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.

Slashing Fangs (Table of Contents)

Sheena / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
Inks
Dan Zolnerowich (signed as Zolne Rowich)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena
Reprints
Keywords
dipper gourds; lions
Cover Thumbnail for Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #30
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Cover gallery

Slashing Fangs (Table of Contents: 1)

Sheena / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
W. Morgan Thomas (credited) (house name)
Pencils
Bob Webb (signed as R.H. Webb)
Inks
Bob Webb (signed as R.H. Webb)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Unscrupulous jungle traders find that their criminal methods...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena; M-Gali; Gaston De Mond; Bob Reynolds; Matt
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover. The signature is found in the final panel.

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

Stuart Taylor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Curt Davis] (credited)
Pencils
Sy Reit
Inks
Sy Reit
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
High over a desolate spot in mid-atlantic hover...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dr. Hayward; Laura; Pilari

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

Bobby / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
S. M. Iger (signed)
Pencils
S. M. Iger (signed)
Inks
S. M. Iger (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
No, you can't have any more cookies tonight...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Bobby; Bobby's mother

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

Midnight the Black Stallion / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Saaf
Inks
Art Saaf
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Captured as a colt in the bad lands...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Joe; Gray Fox; Helen

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

Lightning / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Teller Tayles] (credited)
Pencils
Max Elkan ?
Inks
John Cassone ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
General Larkin, U.S. army, never suspects that...
Genre
superhero
Characters
General Larkin

Indexer Notes

This is same date as Feature #47 when Elkan begins Samar. I think there's a different inker here and it just might be John Cassone...

The Horrible Hands (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Kledge Thomas] (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Studs Logan; Professor Harken

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

Inspector Dayton / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
? [as George Thatcher] (credited)
Pencils
Art Saaf
Inks
Art Saaf
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It takes quick wits and fast shooting to...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Rinkie; Arthur Salt; Marion Windsor; Marty Dugan; Pine Box; Mike the Cabbie

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

ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Mort Leav (credited as Major Thorpe)
Pencils
Mort Leav
Inks
Al Bryant ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The famous international agent goes to school again...
Genre
spy
Characters
Hansi; Von Herring

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

Pee Wee / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
S. M. Iger (signed)
Pencils
S. M. Iger (signed)
Inks
S. M. Iger (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
They's two things in life I hate an'...
Genre
humor
Characters
Pee Wee
Synopsis
Pee Wee complains to his friend about having to eat spinach.

Indexer Notes

A three panel gag.

[pantomime gag strip] (Table of Contents: 10)

Uncle Otto / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Will Eisner (signed as Heck)
Pencils
Will Eisner (signed as Heck)
Inks
Will Eisner (signed as Heck)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Uncle Otto

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

Tom, Dick, And Harry / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Charles Tansul] (credited)
Pencils
Max Elkan ?
Inks
John Cassone ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tom Devlin and Dick Swenson, American aces in...
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

I guess we're seeing the same team as on Lightning.
Note that "Tansul" is an anagram of "Sultan".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Jumbo Laffs / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Bob Kane ?
Inks
Bob Kane ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
But I tell you, madame, I am not...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Could this really be THAT Stan Lee?
Four unrelated gag panels.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

The Hawk / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner ?; Art Saaf
Pencils
Will Eisner; Art Saaf
Inks
Will Eisner; Art Saaf
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Up and down the Carolinas roam vicious buccaneers...
Genre
historical
Characters
Fluth; Don Filippo Alvarez; Caleb

Indexer Notes

Per Mort Leav, Art Saaf was given old Eisner material and assigned to re-write, re-compose, and fill in the gaps to create "new" Eisner Hawk stories (Robin Snyder's The Comics).

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Slashing Fangs
    Sheena
  2. 1. Slashing Fangs
    Sheena
  3. 2. ["High over a desolate spot in mid-atlantic hover..."]
    Stuart Taylor
  4. 3. ["No, you can't have any more cookies tonight..."]
    Bobby
  5. 4. ["Captured as a colt in the bad lands..."]
    Midnight the Black Stallion
  6. 5. ["General Larkin, U.S. army, never suspects that..."]
    Lightning
  7. 6. The Horrible Hands
  8. 7. ["It takes quick wits and fast shooting to..."]
    Inspector Dayton
  9. 8. ["The famous international agent goes to school again..."]
    ZX-5 Spies In Action
  10. 9. ["They's two things in life I hate an'..."]
    Pee Wee
  11. 10. [pantomime gag strip]
    Uncle Otto
  12. 11. ["Tom Devlin and Dick Swenson, American aces in..."]
    Tom, Dick, And Harry
  13. 12. ["But I tell you, madame, I am not..."]
    Jumbo Laffs
  14. 13. ["Up and down the Carolinas roam vicious buccaneers..."]
    The Hawk
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