Another popular heroine at #FictionHouse was #SkyGirl, first appearing in #JumboComics #90 in 1946 by #AlexBlum. Described as a 'gallon of trouble in a half pint glass', she was mostly drawn by #MattBaker, one of the great 'good girl artists' of the time.
Another notable female artist at #FictionHouse was #LilyRenee, who soon became one of its most popular when she helped revitalize the #WerewolfHunters feature in #RangerComics, one of the first regular horror stories and soon the publisher's most popular.
One of the many talented female artists at #FictionHouse was #AnnBrewster, who was so good with female form they put her on their most popular character, #SheenaQueenoftheJungle.
Something notable about #FictionHouse was that it employed numerous female artists, such as #NinaAlbright, #JeanAlipe & #AnneBrewster, which was reflected in it strong female characters.
It would be #ThurmanT.Scott, #JohnGlenister's son-in-law, who took #FictionHouse into comics with #JumboComics #1 on Sept. of 1938. Much of the content was produced by Eisner & Iger Studios, #WillEisner & #JerryIger's legendary comics packaging company.
#FictionHouse was founded on April of 1921 by #JohnW.Glenister, originally publishing pulp magazines like #ActionStories & #AirStories, which featured works by #RaymondBradbury, #PhillipK.Deck & #GardnerFox.
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Fight Comics #19 Shark Brodie splash page 1 original art by Chuck Winter (1942)
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Planet Comics #28 (Jan 1944). Cover art by Joe Doolin. The cover shows an alien world where a human woman in chains sitting on an alien horse. A red alien brute in scale armour swings a ball and chain weapon. A human male stabs at the alien with his sword that produces a shock at its tip.
Planet Comics #28 (Jan 1944). Cover art by Joe Doolin
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#OnThisDay in 1969 #Firehair debuted in @dc.com #ShowcaseComics #85 #genderswapped reboot of 1940s #FictionHouse character with #JoeKubert’s #greatGraphics #ginger #infant #soleSurvivor of stagecoach massacre by #Blackfoot natives of #theOldWest #raisedByTheTribe & becomes #oneOfTheirMostSkilled
The 1942 debut of the Sheena series from Fiction House features a cover by underappreciated Golden Age artist Dan Zolnerowich. #Sheena #FictionHouse / bleedingcool.com/comics/sheen...
#55YearsAgoToday #Firehair debuted in #ShowcaseComics #85 #genderSwapped reboot of 40s #FictionHouse character reinterpreted with #JoeKubert’s #greatGraphics #ginger #infant #soleSurvivor of stagecoach massacre by #Blackfoot natives of #theOldWest #raisedByTheTribe & becomes #oneOfTheirMostSkilled
