(September 1942)

Fiction House, 1938 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-07-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.

Beasts of the Devil-Queen (Table of Contents)

Sheena / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Celardo ?
Inks
John Celardo ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena
Reprints
Keywords
cooking; lions; spears

Indexer Notes

Celardo seems to be only cover artist who poses Sheena full-figure in the foreground as seen from ground-level. See issues #20 & 27 covers for similar approaches and review all the other covers between #21 and #42 and NOT see this approach.

Beasts of the Devil-Queen (Table of Contents: 1)

Sheena / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
? [as W. Morgan Thomas] (credited)
Pencils
Bob Webb
Inks
Bob Webb
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From the lofty jungle mountain peaks, a new...
Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena; Bob Reynolds; Mulag; Tuana, Queen of the Amazons; Chim
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover.

Murder At Midnight (Table of Contents: 2)

Ghost Gallery / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Drew Murdoch] (credited)
Pencils
Bob Hebberd
Inks
Bob Hebberd
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rare in America, were wolves have for ages plagued eastern Europe...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Dr. Edmond Sharp; Naomi Hunt; Mr. Fogg; Mr. Burnham; Luther Fogg (a werewolf)
Reprints

[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
Gosh! I'll get the very dickens for breaking...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Bobby
Reprints

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

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

Script
? [as West Erner] (credited)
Pencils
Alex Blum
Inks
Alex Blum
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The western range is wild and tough...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Rick; Helen; Buckeye Wilton

Raid Assignment (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
? [as S. T. Harrie] (credited)
Pencils
Gene Fawcette ? (2 spot illustrations)
Inks
Gene Fawcette ? (2 spot illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was only an hour since dawn...
Genre
aviation; war
Characters
Hudson

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

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

Script
? [as Curt Davis] (credited)
Pencils
Murphy Anderson ?
Inks
Murphy Anderson ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah..A woman's beauty.. for which kings have...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Stuart Taylor; Laura; Dr. Hayward; Helen of Troy; Paris; Menelaus

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

Uncle Otto / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Heck]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say, Uncle Otto, why don'tcha toos out yer...
Genre
humor

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

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

Script
? [as George Thatcher] (credited)
Pencils
Rafael Astarita
Inks
Rafael Astarita
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Everything happens to America's ace sleuth, Inspector Dayton...
Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Inspector Dayton; Mr. Baring; Phineas Z. Alliburton; Miss Throckmorton

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

ZX-5 Spies In Action / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Major Thorpe] (credited)
Pencils
Mort Leav
Inks
Mort Leav; ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The bloody hand of Hitler's gangsters brings death...
Genre
spy
Characters
ZX-5; Doris

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

Pee Wee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as S. M. Iger]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You know, Pee Wee, my cousin was over...
Genre
humor; children

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

Tom, Dick, and Harry / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Charles Tansul] (credited)
Pencils
Alex Blum
Inks
Alex Blum
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A trio of dauntless pilots spell death in...
Genre
war
Characters
Tom Devlin; Dick Swenson; Harry Carson

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

Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Willis Rensie] (credited)
Pencils
Will Eisner (credited as Willis Rensie); Iger shop
Inks
Iger shop
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With the salt of the seven seas flowing...
Genre
adventure; historical
Characters
The Hawk; Tonga; Ricardo Duanna; Boxton; Ricardo's sister

Indexer Notes

Eisner and others have been collaged together with new inking and some fill-in art. Any Eisner art here has been traced by shop personnel and used to tell a different story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Beasts of the Devil-Queen
    Sheena
  2. 1. Beasts of the Devil-Queen
    Sheena
  3. 2. Murder At Midnight
    Ghost Gallery
  4. 3. ["Gosh! I'll get the very dickens for breaking..."]
    Bobby
  5. 4. ["The western range is wild and tough..."]
    Midnight The Wild Black Stallion
  6. 5. Raid Assignment
  7. 6. ["Ah..A woman's beauty.. for which kings have..."]
    Stuart Taylor
  8. 7. ["Say, Uncle Otto, why don'tcha toos out yer..."]
    Uncle Otto
  9. 8. ["Everything happens to America's ace sleuth, Inspector Dayton..."]
    Inspector Dayton
  10. 9. ["The bloody hand of Hitler's gangsters brings death..."]
    ZX-5 Spies In Action
  11. 10. ["You know, Pee Wee, my cousin was over..."]
    Pee Wee
  12. 11. ["A trio of dauntless pilots spell death in..."]
    Tom, Dick, and Harry
  13. 12. ["With the salt of the seven seas flowing..."]
    Hawks of the Seas / The Hawk
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Keith Chandler
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Patrick Shaughnessy
  • Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky