(August 1942)

Fiction House, 1940 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Every other month
On-sale Date
1942-05-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fight Stories Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

Scourge of the Yellow Gestapo (Table of Contents)

Rip Carson / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Zolnerowich [as Zolnerowich] (signed)
Inks
Dan Zolnerowich [as Zolnerowich] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Characters
Rip Carson
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Fight Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #20
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Sensational! Up-To-The-Minute! (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

House ad for Rangers Comics, with repros of the cover and splash pages.
The inside-front cover.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Al Bryant
Inks
Al Bryant
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A swash-buckling, free lance adventurer, Shark Brodie roams...
Genre
war
Characters
Shark Brodie
Reprints

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

Senorita Rio / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Morgan Hawkins]
Pencils
Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Inks
Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
With her glittering Hollywood successes a dream of...
Genre
spy
Characters
Senorita Rio [Consuela Maria Ascencion De Las Vegas]
Reprints

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

Dusty Rhodes / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lee Ames
Inks
Seymour Reit ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you think you've got troubles, you ain't...
Genre
war
Characters
Dusty Rhodes

Indexer Notes

Lee Ames actual name is Lee Abramowitz.

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

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

Script
? [as Ted Torrence]
Pencils
Alex Blum
Inks
Alex Blum; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
After distinguishing himself as one of the most daring...
Genre
war
Characters
Chip Collins

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Blackout / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Not tonight, General -- I've got to attend to...
Genre
humor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cardy's voluptuous and scantily clad women - part of an ongoing series - are very distinctive.

Bataan's One-Man Army (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Walter T. Grant]
Pencils
Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed)
Inks
Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Signature hidden in the bushes on the middle-right section of the splash page.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Gene Fawcette?
Inks
Gene Fawcette?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Reserved 'specially for you army guys, gobs, and...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

Two full pages "reserved" for reader-submitted gags and cartoons. Three cute pin-up girls.

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

Kayo Kirby / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Chuck Walker]
Pencils
Lee Ames
Inks
Lee Ames
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A slugging champion at all times, Kayo and...
Genre
sports
Characters
Kayo Kirby

Indexer Notes

Lee Ames actual name is Lee Abramowitz.

End of the Feud (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as James Harrie]
Pencils
Seymour Reit ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Long John Simmons; Lucy Bryant

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

Hooks Devlin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as John Campbell]
Pencils
Rafael Astarita
Inks
Rafael Astarita
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
And so, Armitage X. Devlin, private investigator, goes...
Genre
spy
Characters
Hooks Devlin

Scourge of the Yellow Gestapo (Table of Contents: 12)

Rip Carson / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Rollin W. Bell]
Pencils
Rudy Palais
Inks
Rudy Palais; John Cassone ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Yankees' toughest sky-devil, Rip Carson, plunges down...
Genre
war
Characters
Rip Carson

Why Guess? Get the Best! (Table of Contents: 13)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

House ad for the "Big 6" Fiction House comics, with cover repros.
The inside-back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Scourge of the Yellow Gestapo
    Rip Carson
  2. 1. Sensational! Up-To-The-Minute!
  3. 2. ["A swash-buckling, free lance adventurer, Shark Brodie roams..."]
    Shark Brodie
  4. 3. ["With her glittering Hollywood successes a dream of..."]
    Senorita Rio
  5. 4. ["If you think you've got troubles, you ain't..."]
    Dusty Rhodes
  6. 5. ["After distinguishing himself as one of the most daring..."]
    Chip Collins
  7. 6. ["Not tonight, General -- I've got to attend to..."]
    Blackout
  8. 7. Bataan's One-Man Army
  9. 8. ["Reserved 'specially for you army guys, gobs, and..."]
  10. 9. ["A slugging champion at all times, Kayo and..."]
    Kayo Kirby
  11. 10. End of the Feud
  12. 11. ["And so, Armitage X. Devlin, private investigator, goes..."]
    Hooks Devlin
  13. 12. Scourge of the Yellow Gestapo
    Rip Carson
  14. 13. Why Guess? Get the Best!
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