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Fiction House was an American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. It was founded by John B. "Jack" Kelly and John W. Glenister. By the late 1930s, the publisher was Thurman T. Scott. Its comics division was best known for its pinup-style good girl art, as epitomized by the company's most popular character, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.

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  • Fiction House was an American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. It was founded by John B. "Jack" Kelly and John W. Glenister. By the late 1930s, the publisher was Thurman T. Scott. Its comics division was best known for its pinup-style good girl art, as epitomized by the company's most popular character, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. (en)
  • Fiction House est une maison d'édition américaine de pulps et de comic books fondée dans les années 1920 et disparue en 1954. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Fiction House est la maison d'édition qui a employé le plus de femmes. Entre autres y travaille Lily Renée qui est la dessinatrice vedette de la maison. Comme elle signe L. Renée, les lecteurs pensent le plus souvent qu'elle est un homme. La version bande dessinée de Sheena, reine de la jungle est apparue dans la série de comic books en 1938. (fr)
  • Fiction House foi uma editora norte-americana existente entre as décadas de 1920 e 1950, especializada em publicações populares como as chamadas revistas pulp e revistas em quadrinhos (durante a chamada Era de Ouro das histórias em quadrinhos). Destas últimas, a personagem mais conhecida foi Sheena, a Rainha das Selvas, que difundiu o estilo da editora de criar good girl arts, personagens com aparência de "pin-up girls". No Brasil, os quadrinhos foram publicados pela Ebal, que dedicou vários números da revista Álbum Gigante e também em O Heroi surgida em 1947, aos personagens da editora: Além de Sheena, Wambi e Kaanga (traduzido para Kionga nas revistas da EBAL) ao lado de sua companheira Luana (no original Ann Mason). Anteriormente, a revista O Guri reproduziu em seu primeiro número uma edição de Planet Comics, outra publicação da Fiction House. (pt)
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  • 1921-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • House ad for "The Big 6 of the Comics!" advises, "Look for the Bull's-Eye..... Fiction House Magazines". (en)
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  • 1955 (xsd:integer)
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  • (Fiction House pulp titles.) (en)
  • (Typical cover art from Fiction House.) (en)
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  • John B. Kelly and John W. Glenister (en)
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  • Aviation, detective, jungle, sports, Western, science fiction (en)
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  • DetectiveBook pulp v5n10.jpg (en)
  • FightStories pulp v2n4.jpg (en)
  • Planet Comics 53.jpg (en)
  • Planet stories 1944spr.jpg (en)
  • Planet stories 1947fal.jpg (en)
  • Sheena, Queen of the Jungle 18.jpg (en)
  • WingsComics69.jpg (en)
  • Two complete science adventure books 1952sum n6.jpg (en)
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  • Love Romances Publishing (en)
  • Real Adventures Publishing Company (en)
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  • Thurman T. Scott (en)
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  • Fiction House (en)
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  • Fiction House (en)
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  • Fiction House was an American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. It was founded by John B. "Jack" Kelly and John W. Glenister. By the late 1930s, the publisher was Thurman T. Scott. Its comics division was best known for its pinup-style good girl art, as epitomized by the company's most popular character, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. (en)
  • Fiction House est une maison d'édition américaine de pulps et de comic books fondée dans les années 1920 et disparue en 1954. Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Fiction House est la maison d'édition qui a employé le plus de femmes. Entre autres y travaille Lily Renée qui est la dessinatrice vedette de la maison. Comme elle signe L. Renée, les lecteurs pensent le plus souvent qu'elle est un homme. La version bande dessinée de Sheena, reine de la jungle est apparue dans la série de comic books en 1938. (fr)
  • Fiction House foi uma editora norte-americana existente entre as décadas de 1920 e 1950, especializada em publicações populares como as chamadas revistas pulp e revistas em quadrinhos (durante a chamada Era de Ouro das histórias em quadrinhos). Destas últimas, a personagem mais conhecida foi Sheena, a Rainha das Selvas, que difundiu o estilo da editora de criar good girl arts, personagens com aparência de "pin-up girls". No Brasil, os quadrinhos foram publicados pela Ebal, que dedicou vários números da revista Álbum Gigante e também em O Heroi surgida em 1947, aos personagens da editora: Além de Sheena, Wambi e Kaanga (traduzido para Kionga nas revistas da EBAL) ao lado de sua companheira Luana (no original Ann Mason). Anteriormente, a revista O Guri reproduziu em seu primeiro número uma e (pt)
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  • Fiction House (en)
  • Fiction House (fr)
  • Fiction House (pt)
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