(December 1946)

Fiction House, 1938 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1946-10-11
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Fiction House Magazines
Editing
Claude E. Lapham; S. M. Iger (art director)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 1, Part 2, Nos. 1&2, Periodicals, 1946-1947.

The Wheel of a Thousand Deaths! (Table of Contents)

Sheena / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena
Keywords
African natives; falconry; falcons; leopards

Indexer Notes

Title on the cover is different from the title in the comic; also, the cover art is unrelated to the story

Cover Thumbnail for Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #94
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Death of the Water Demons! (Table of Contents: 1)

Sheena / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Webb
Inks
Bob Webb
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
jungle
Characters
Sheena; Konga (a name of Evil)

The Glutton! (Table of Contents: 2)

ZX-5 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mort Leav
Pencils
Jack Kamen
Inks
Jack Kamen
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
spy
Characters
Betsy (ZX's secretary); Glutton's daughter (nameless; a worthy offspring of evil)

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

Patsy Pinup / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Swing Sista]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Seven, eight... no, that's a button...
Genre
humor
Characters
Waldo Hitz (actor)

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

The Hawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner (signed as Willis Rensie)
Pencils
Bob Webb
Inks
Bob Webb
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Through seas that were red with the blood of honest seamen...
Characters
Cap'n Hawk
Reprints

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

Sky Girl / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Gibson (signed)
Pencils
Matt Baker
Inks
Matt Baker
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ginger married! We don't know how it will work...
Characters
Sky Girl [Ginger Maguire]

Sheena and the Glittering Torture (Table of Contents: 6)

Sheena / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
W. Morgan Thomas (house name)
Letters
typeset
Genre
jungle

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

Hateful Herman / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
? [as Happy Larke]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Circus, bah!
Genre
humor

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

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

Script
Curt Davis (signed)
Pencils
Jack Kamen
Inks
Jack Kamen
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Never was the sea too rough nor a port too distant...
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Stuart Taylor
Synopsis
Stuart Taylor travels through time to witness the Vikings arrival in North America.

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

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

Script
Drew Murdoch
Pencils
Jack Kamen
Inks
Jack Kamen
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here is the most terrifying experience I ever encountered...
Genre
crime; horror-suspense
Characters
Drew Murdoch
Synopsis
Drew is aided by ghosts to put an end to the murderous schemes of Clover Babcock and her brother Bogan.

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

Toyland Comics; Movie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

What Does Baby Ruth Stand For? (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Curtiss Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Wheel of a Thousand Deaths!
    Sheena
  2. 1. Death of the Water Demons!
    Sheena
  3. 2. The Glutton!
    ZX-5
  4. 3. ["Seven, eight... no, that's a button..."]
    Patsy Pinup
  5. 4. ["Through seas that were red with the blood of honest seamen..."]
    The Hawk
  6. 5. ["Ginger married! We don't know how it will work..."]
    Sky Girl
  7. 6. Sheena and the Glittering Torture
    Sheena
  8. 7. ["Circus, bah!"]
    Hateful Herman
  9. 8. ["Never was the sea too rough nor a port too distant..."]
    Stuart Taylor
  10. 9. ["Here is the most terrifying experience I ever encountered..."]
    The Ghost Gallery
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Toyland Comics; Movie Comics
  12. 11. What Does Baby Ruth Stand For?
    Curtiss Baby Ruth
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