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| The Fiction House comics were pretty obviously aimed at a more "adult" audience than most in this era, and the "Blackout" pinups in this issue are blatant proof of that (as well as the 2 pages set aside for contributions from military men)--as if the general level of cheesecake art in the regular stories wasn't enough.
One thing that amuses me is how none of the main characters have actual first names: we've got Rip, Hooks, Shark, Dusty, Chip, Kayo (and "Senorita" Rio). |
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| Shouldn't this be marked, version 2? This is a 100% improvement on the previous version. |
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| Rio's full name was Rita Farrar; Elasti Girl of the Doom Patrol may have been named after her. Admittedly, she doesn't seem to have used her 'real' name that often! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Every other month |
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| Cover | Scourge of the Yellow Gestapo |
| Featuring | Rip Carson |
| Credits | Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich [as Zolnerowich] (signed) | Inks: Dan Zolnerowich [as Zolnerowich] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Rip Carson |
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| Publisher advertisement | Sensational! Up-To-The-Minute! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | House ad for Rangers Comics, with repros of the cover and splash pages.
The inside-front cover. |
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| Featuring | Shark Brodie |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Bryant | Inks: Al Bryant |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Shark Brodie |
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| Featuring | Senorita Rio |
| Credits | Script:? [as Morgan Hawkins] | Pencils: Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed) | Inks: Nick Cardy [as N. Viscardi] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Senorita Rio [Consuela Maria Ascencion De Las Vegas] |
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| Featuring | Dusty Rhodes |
| Credits | Pencils: Lee Ames | Inks: Seymour Reit? |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Dusty Rhodes |
| Notes | Lee Ames actual name is Lee Abramowitz. |
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| Featuring | Chip Collins |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ted Torrence] | Pencils: Alex Blum | Inks: Alex Blum;? |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Chip Collins |
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| Featuring | Blackout |
| Credits | Pencils: Nick Cardy | Inks: Nick Cardy |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Cardy's voluptuous and scantily clad women - part of an ongoing series - are very distinctive. |
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| Comic Story | Bataan's One-Man Army (4 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as Walter T. Grant] | Pencils: Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed) | Inks: Pagsilang Rey Isip (signed) |
| Content | Genre: War |
| Notes | Signature hidden in the bushes on the middle-right section of the splash page. |
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| Credits | Pencils: Gene Fawcette? | Inks: Gene Fawcette? |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Two full pages "reserved" for reader-submitted gags and cartoons. Three cute pin-up girls. |
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| Featuring | Kayo Kirby |
| Credits | Script:? [as Chuck Walker] | Pencils: Lee Ames | Inks: Lee Ames |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Kayo Kirby |
| Notes | Lee Ames actual name is Lee Abramowitz. |
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| Text Story | End of the Feud (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script:? [as James Harrie] | Pencils: Seymour Reit? | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Long John Simmons; Lucy Bryant |
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| Featuring | Hooks Devlin |
| Credits | Script:? [as John Campbell] | Pencils: Rafael Astarita | Inks: Rafael Astarita |
| Content | Genre: Spy | Characters: Hooks Devlin |
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| Comic Story | Scourge of the Yellow Gestapo (10 pages) |
| Featuring | Rip Carson |
| Credits | Script:? [as Rollin W. Bell] | Pencils: Rudy Palais | Inks: Rudy Palais; John Cassone? |
| Content | Genre: War | Characters: Rip Carson |
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| Publisher advertisement | Why Guess? Get the Best! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | House ad for the "Big 6" Fiction House comics, with cover repros.
The inside-back cover. |
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