Underappreciated comic book artist Maurice Whitman created dozens of covers for Fiction House during 1950-1954, most of them stand-outs.
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Little-remembered artist Dan Zolnerowich contributed over 100 spectacular covers to a variety of Fiction House comic book titles.
The female heroes fighting World War II in Fight Comics from Fiction House share a historical legacy with Wonder Woman.
Jungle Comics, published by Fiction House from 1940 to 1954, has one of the best cover runs of the Golden Age of comic books.
The saga of Fiction House's Tiger Man in Rangers Comics took a strange turn with issue #31 of the title in 1946.
Matt Baker would draw 60 Sky Girl stories for Jumbo Comics 1944-1948, and the feature is essential to understanding his artistic evolution.
Kazanda the Wild Girl of the Lost Continent is a little-remembered comic book saga that ran in the U.S. in Rangers Comics #23-28.
The St. John titles Nightmare and Amazing Ghost Stories feature rare examples of Matt Baker comic book horror covers.
Jungle Comics #2 features the first appearance of Fantomah, a significant early female superhero from the Golden Age of comic books.
Sheena didn't always wear her now-iconic plunging neckline leopard skin outfit, and the story of Jumbo Comics #10 explains how she got it.
Is Rangers Comics #2 the toughest-to-get Fiction House comic book? The data suggests that it just might be.
The Fiction House story can't be told without distribution pioneer, anti-Prohibition activist, and champion swimmer John W. Glenister.
The feature Spy Fighter in 1940's Fight Comics #1 from Fiction House divided the world of 1997 into three warring superpowers.
Identified as the publication containing Matt Baker's first published comic work, Jumbo Comics #69 features his art on jungle girl Sheena.
Fiction House's Ranger Comics launched featuring the Rangers of Freedom, a costumed hero-centric group who faced the villain SuperBrain.
Fight Comics #15 introduces its fictional patriotic superhero Super-American with a cover blurb explaining his arrival from the future.
The tough-to-get Kaanga Comics series features some spectacular art and covers from the likes of Maurice Whitman and Jack Kamen.
Kaanga Comics #8 appears to be one of the toughest Fiction House comics in high grade, and features a spectacular cover by Maurice Whitman.
The early Golden Age era of Fox Feature Syndicate includes a large number of surprisingly rare comic books.
Shortly after the Jack Kamen era of Blue Beetle began in 1947, the title showed up on comic book ban lists in cities around the country.
Fox Feature Syndicate's Green Mask was in reality rebooted into three vastly different characters from 1939-1946.
After his debut in Mystery Men Comics #1, Blue Beetle finally gets his origin moment in his series debut in Blue Beetle #1.
Mystery Men Comics #1 featuring the debut of the Blue Beetle remains one of the most overlooked yet important Golden Age comic book keys.
The legendary Will Eisner liked calling characters "The Flame", and his best-known character of that name debuted in Wonderworld Comics #3.
After successfully suing Victor Fox over Superman similarities, DC Comics did it again over copying Batman & Robin in Mystery Men Comics.
In Fox Feature Syndicate's Mystery Men Comics #28, Blue Beetle was shown using the power of flight throughout his adventure that issue.
Weird Comics #5 from Fox Feature Syndicate saw the debut of a weird character indeed. The Dart has his origin in the Roman era of Sulla.
Secret Service agent Paul Landis has told his JFK bullet discovery story twice before, with each account differing in important details.
After launching in 1939, 1940 became Blue Beetle's year. He received a newspaper strip, radio show, his own series -- and an origin.
With covers and art by Lou Fine, Joe Simon, Bob Powell and many others, Mystery Men Comics is one of the stand-out series of its era.