| FICTION HOUSE COMICS - covers galleries |
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For many years the backbone of the
Fiction House line was the six titles illustrated in the mid-Forties
advertisement at left - Wings Comics, Jumbo Comics,
Jungle Comics, Rangers Comics, Planet Comics
and Fight Comics. Occasionally the publisher would
change these advertisements to become the Big 7 or Big 8 as
short-lived new titles like Movie Comics or Toyland
Comics were added to the Fiction House catalogue. These
publications did not catch on and are largely unknown, except
to avid specialists. Consequently, they are not generally
popular with collectors today.
As Sheena is the principal focus of this section of my website,
I have decided to include every one of the 167 Jumbo Comics
covers published between September 1938 and April 1953.
I have also decided to include every one of the 163 Jungle Comics
covers published between January 1940 and the summer of 1954,
for two reasons. Firstly, the wild and primitive covers
of Jungle Comics are directly related to the Sheena
covers of Jumbo Comics, in that both publications used
similar themes and both titles were usually illustrated by the
same artist. Secondly, they are very sexy. While
Ann was sometimes portrayed taking the offensive in battle,
a la Sheena, more frequently she was a passive victim in need
of rescuing. In other words, she is to Kaanga what Bob
is to Sheena. The fact that the bondage situations she
finds herself in border on the fetishistic merely adds to their
appeal.
Also included, for the sake of completeness, are the 18 Sheena
Queen of the Jungle covers and the 20 Ka'a'nga Jungle
King covers.
Lastly, I have included samples of the kinds of artwork to be
found on the other Fiction House titles so that readers can
get a better sense of the Fiction House approach. I have
decided to include 21 covers each of Wings Comics, Rangers
Comics, Planet Comics and Fight Comics, as
well as some of the less popular FH titles. Covers from
the whole history of each publication are included, as is the
publication date and the name of the cover artist. |
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THE COVERS GALLERIES
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| JUMBO COMICS COVER GALLERY |
| Click on the image below to view a complete set
of Jumbo Comics covers: |
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| JUNGLE COMICS COVER
GALLERY |
| Click on the image below to view a complete set
of Jungle Comics covers: |
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| SHEENA AND KA'A'NGA
COVER GALLERY |
| Click on the image below to view a complete set
of covers from both Sheena and Ka'a'nga comics: |
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| WINGS COMICS, RANGERS
COMICS, PLANET COMICS AND FIGHT COMICS COVER GALLERY |
| Click on the image below to view examples of
the other Fiction House comic title covers: |
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IMAGES
• The advertisement for the Fiction House
"Big 6" was taken from the inside front cover of Jumbo Comics
No. 77, Jul 45 - private collection
• The four banner montages of Fiction House covers were created from
a CD-Rom of comic covers in my private collection |
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SHEENA
© is the property of Sony Pictures Corporation
This independent, fan-based analysis of the Sheena material is copyright
© 2006 Paul Wickham
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