(February 1946)

Fiction House, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
every other month
On-sale Date
1945-12-05
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Flying Stories, Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
Jean M. Press (Editor); Jack Byrne (Managing Editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the previous issue.

The Black-Dragon Fire-Raiders (Table of Contents)

U.S. Rangers / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Doolin
Inks
Joe Doolin
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
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Wings Over the World (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
H. H. Arnold; Henrietta St. Clair
Synopsis
The good work done by the U. S. Army Air Force's Air Transport Command.

Indexer Notes

On inside front and back covers.

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

Firehair / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Pierre La Rue]
Pencils
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
For long months, Firehair toiled over dull ledgers...
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Firehair [Lynn Cabot]; Sam; Little Ax; Devil-Eye; Rose; Bess; Scarlet; Maizy; Zeke; Walker; Cookie; Luke; Abe
Synopsis
Firehair learns of a plan to ambush a wagon train.
Reprints

[The Black-Dragon Fire-Raiders] (Table of Contents: 3)

U.S. Rangers / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Capt. R. W. Colt]
Pencils
Howard Larsen
Inks
Howard Larsen
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Anybody could foresee it--anybody not so deliriously...
Genre
war
Characters
U.S. Rangers [Captain Morgan; Peter]; Nan
Synopsis
A rogue group of Japanese soldiers are fighting on despite Japan's surrender.

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

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

Kazanda / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Archie E. Martin [as Peter Amos]
Pencils
Ted Brodie-Mack [as Brodie Mack]
Inks
Ted Brodie-Mack [as Brodie Mack]
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sylf, the Subtle, must find an otherworlder to...
Genre
adventure; jungle
Characters
Kazanda; Professor; Talmar; Sylf; Paul; Aileen
Synopsis
The time of sacrifice has come.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This episode is actually signed on the last panel.

Page 1, panel 1 takes the tigers from page 6, panels 5 and 6, and Kazanda comes from page 27, page 8 of the original publication. Panel 2 is from page 6, panel 7. Panel 3 is from page 2, panel 7.
Page 2, panels 1 and 2 are from 26, panels 3 and 4. Panel 3 is Sylf and Talmar from page 19, panel 5 and Paul and Aileen from page 21, page 7. Panels 4, 5 and 6 are from page 26, panels 9, 10 and 11.
Page 3, panel 1 is from page 2, panel 11. Panel 2 is from page 16, panel 8. Panels 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are from page 28, panels 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Page 4, panels 1, 2 and 3 are from page 28, panels 7, 8 and 10. Panels 4, 5, 6 and 7 are from page 29, panels 2, 3, 5 and 8.
Page 5, panels 1 and 2 are from page 29, panels 4 and 9. Panel 3 is from page 29, panel 7 with some redrawing. Panel 4 might be new. Panels 5 and 6 are from page 30, panels 3 and 4.
Page 6, panels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 are from page 30, panels 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. Panel 5 is from page 11, panel 7.

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

Glory Forbes / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Bob Hickok]
Pencils
Fran Hopper (signed)
Inks
Fran Hopper (signed); Marcia Snyder ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
She never does anything unless it's the hard way, and nothing ever happens to her unless it's violent!
Genre
adventure
Characters
Glory Forbes; Hoiby; Pinky Schultz; Mitzi; Tony
Synopsis
Glory sees a man beating a woman and drags a cop and a cabbie into the case.

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

The Werewolf Hunter / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Armand Broussard]
Pencils
Lily Renée (signed)
Inks
Lily Renée (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We were passing through Rockton, a tiny New England town where the most exclusive boy's school in the country is located.
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Professor Broussard [the Werewolf Hunter]; Jackie; Charles; Margo
Synopsis
Professor Broussard helps a young man who dreamed his father was in danger.

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

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

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Black-Dragon Fire-Raiders
    U.S. Rangers
  2. 1. Wings Over the World
  3. 2. ["For long months, Firehair toiled over dull ledgers..."]
    Firehair
  4. 3. [The Black-Dragon Fire-Raiders]
    U.S. Rangers
  5. 4. ["Sylf, the Subtle, must find an otherworlder to..."]
    Kazanda
  6. 5. ["She never does anything unless it's the hard way, and nothing ever happens to her unless it's violent!"]
    Glory Forbes
  7. 6. ["We were passing through Rockton, a tiny New England town where the most exclusive boy's school in the country is located."]
    The Werewolf Hunter
  8. 7. ["The big 6 of the comics!"]
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