Auctions: comic books published by Fiction House, graded by CGC

Fight Comics (1940) 49 CGC 5.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4066599006

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jack Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Alex Blum, Lily Renee, Robert Webb, and Matt Baker. A combat-themed anthology from Fiction House that featured early work from many future comics legends (often uncredited) in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Slavers target the native population, but not if Tiger Girl has anything to say about it; Good-girl art aplenty as Senorita Rio tracks a mad scientist experimenting on natives in the Amazon jungle; Meg and Black Hart conspire to swindle Captain Fight's ship away from him. The first of many covers featuring Tiger Girl in action. Tiger Girl; Risks, Unlimited starring Rip Carson; Kayo Kirby; Puzzle For a Murderer; Hateful Herman; Hooks Devlin; Senorita Rio; Captain Fight. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 26 CGC 6.0

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: Chipped/broken bracket

Label #4646286001

Cover by Nick Cardy. Edited by Malcolm Reiss and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, Art Saaf, Sy Reit, Robert Webb, and Bob Powell. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. Sheena battles Mahatma Khan, master of tigers; Inspector Dayton tries to catch Carlson Meene, a modern Bluebeard with a suspiciously high number of dead wives; Midnight the colt is adopted by Rick, but then Red Martin shows up. The Hawk; Weird Stories of the Supernatural; Bobby; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Garden of Death; Pee Wee; Midnight the Black Stallion; Tom Dick and Harry; ZX-5 Spies In Action; Inspector Dayton; Lightning. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Jumbo Comics (1938) 91 CGC 8.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4487763006

In order of appearance: "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle" and "The Hawk" art by Robert Webb; "ZX-5" art by Jack Kamen; "Sky Girl" art by Matt Baker, reprinted in Good Girl Art Quarterly (1990) #11 and Men of Mystery Comics (1996- AC Comics) #82; and "Stuart Taylor in Weird Stories of the Supernatural" and "The Ghost Gallery", reprinted in Ghost Comics (1951 Fiction House) #3, art by Jack Kamen. "Sheena and the Cliff Devils" text story. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 52 CGC 7.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4345765007

"Feast for The River Devils," art by Jim Mooney; Murderous con men lead a pair of archaeologists to the Khufu Temple where they plan to kill them; Kaänga, Ann, and N'geeso rescue the archaeologists and the con men are killed in the fight. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; A forest fire threatens the lives of all the jungle animals; Simba rescues an orphaned leopard kitten and then battle crocodiles to enable the animals to cross the river to safety. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi and his jungle friends recover a sacred treasure for the Karen-laos people. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; On an errand to invite Arab chiefs to a feast, Andy is framed for murder. Untitled story, art by Ruth Atkinson; Despite Tabu's warnings of the danger, two American scientists search for the white ape men. "Hunger Makes the Kill" text story. Untitled story, pencils by George Tuska; Three hunters meet with bad luck. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 59 CGC 8.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4361812002

Cover art by Joe Doolin. Untitled story, art by Marcia Snyder; Kaänga is tricked by the leader of a band of pearl thieves into freeing two of her accomplices from the lake dwellers. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; Wambi's friend, Lari, is expelled from his tribe because he will not participate in a ritual devised by the witch doctor Gwanda, in which an elephant is tortured to death; Wambi helps him return to his village and exposes the witch doctor as a coward. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; A witch resurrects the body of the recently dead chief Ma Wali and sends him on a murderous rampage through the village. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; During a drought, Simba drinks all the contents of a small pool of water in order to have the strength to defeat the rhinoceros that has claimed a larger pool. "The Tribes from Nowhere" text story. "The Antelope"; Brief natural histories of the waterbuck, the white tailed gnu, the klipspringer, the red fronted gazelle, the sable antelope, Grant's antelope, the beisa oryx, and the kudu. Untitled story, art by Richard Case; Terry rescues the kidnapped daughter of a sultan. Untitled Camilla, Queen of the Jungle Empire story, art by Marcia Snyder; Trader Swartz's nephew, von Weil, plots to murder him in order to inherit his trading station. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 84 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #3796072001

Cover pencils by Joe Doolin. "Blood Spoor of the Faceless Monster," art by John Celardo; Lansing, a trader scarred by a rifle accident for which he blames Kaänga, is collecting slaves from among the pygmies for his gold mining operation; Kaänga, N'geeso, and Ann ride to the rescue of the slaves and Lansing is killed. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Two big game hunters bet 20,000 pounds on the outcome of a battle between Simba and a Bengal tiger; Despite being drugged, Simba defeats the tiger, which devours the poisoner. Jungle Justice; A brief description of some African legal customs. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; Keeto concocts a plan to infiltrate a group of bandits and take their leader, Marsden. Animal identification quiz. Untitled story; Jewel thieves steal a sacred gem; Wambi pursues them but is not in time to prevent their death from python attack. "Seeds of Death" text story. Untitled story, art by Howard Larsen; Wahili begins to collect tribute from his fellows, invoking Tabu's name; Tabu confronts Wahili and conjurers animate skeletons to chase him into a snake pit. Jungle Lore; A brief description of some manhood rituals. Untitled story, art by Fran Hopper; A white fire priestess promises her followers immortality if they will pay her tribute and then walk into a fire-filled chamber; Camilla exposes her offer as a fraud and see the priestess burned to death in the fire. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 98 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4085558010

Cover art by John Celardo. "Ten Tusks of Zulu Ivory," art by John Celardo; Station manager Markham spreads word that the station personnel are suffering from fever and the natives give it a wide berth, enabling Markham to steal ten tusks of ivory; When Lindstrom, the station owner arrives, Markham convinces him to sign over the local mines to him; Kaänga rescues the party that Markham had taken hostage and Markham is killed by a captive gorilla. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba is wounded by a rhinoceros that proclaims himself king of the jungle; Simba's wounds are treated by a doctor on safari; When the rhinoceros attacks Simba's family, Simba stands his ground and defeats him. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; Congo Lil and her men, disguised as ape cultists, raid the T'bongas and make them slaves in Lil's diamond mine; Terry leads the real ape cultists in attack on Lil and her men and Lil is killed in the battle. Jungle Quiz, art by Mike Peppe. Untitled story, Frank Doyle; After Wambi rescues an orphaned lion from a hunter's trap, the boy becomes jealous of the attention given to the cub by his jungle friends; He plays a series of practical jokes on them that almost results in his own death when he falls into the hunter's tiger trap and they don't believe his cries for help. "Lions at Large" text story. "Zazenda Ghost Goddess of Lost Souls!", art by Maurice Whitman; Tabu and the district commissioner travel by astral projection to the land of the witch Zazenda where Tabu bests her in a magic duel. Untitled story, art by Bob Lubbers; A trio of con men, hoping to extract tribute from a local tribe, use a double of Camilla to warn the tribe against dis-obeying the white men. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Jungle Comics (1940 Fiction House) 100 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4367437007

Cover art by John Celardo. "Hate Has a Thousand Claws!", art by John Celardo; Kongola, seeking revenge for the loss of his hands and the scarring of his face at the hands of Kaänga, doses Ann with mind control drugs and has her lead Kaänga to him; Tying Kaänga, he plans to have Ann behead him, but Kaänga breaks free and Kongola is devoured by leopards. Ann, however, remains in a drugged state. Untitled story, art by August Froehlich; Simba and his cub become trapped on a canoe that is bearing medical supplies for a safari; When they wash ashore, they are threatened by the safari but the cub carries the medical package which is recognized by the safari leader who then lets the lions leave. Untitled story, art by Charles Sultan; A fake lancer steals a tribal treasure map; Terry pursues him and demonstrates to the Balongas that the lancers were not guilty of betrayal. Jungle Killers, art by George Evans; A brief look at dangerous jungle animals. Untitled story, art by Frank Doyle; When Tawn and Ogg have a falling out, Wambi decides to pretend to leave the jungle in order to bring his friends back together in pursuit of him. Untitled story, art by Maurice Whitman; Trader Graw makes a deal to provide witch doctor M'pogi with rifles in exchange for the Tanakis' sacred diamonds; They frame an innocent young woman for the theft and execute her; Tabu uses his magic to make it appear that the woman has come back to life and M'pogi and Graw, in terror, leap into a crocodile pool. Denizens from Down-Under Jungle Lore, art by P. Dring. Untitled story, pencils by Matt Baker; Jewel thieves use Camilla's friendly reception at the village of the B'togis as an opportunity to get inside the walled village; They escape with the tribe's gold and Camilla and the chief's daughter as captives. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Rangers Comics (1941) 41 CGC 8.0

Paper: White

Label #4418746002

Cover by Bob Lubbers. Edited by Jack Byrne. Stories and art by Bob Lubbers, Ruben Moreira, Charles Sultan, and George Evans. Tales of adventure from pioneering comics publisher Fiction House. Firehair must stop tribal boys from betting the tribe's gold on a bear fight - but first, she fights a mountain lion while wearing nothing but a towel; Department store mannequins aid a cleaning woman who stumbles on would-be arsonists; Killers wracked by guilt reveal their stories to a radio-show host in "I Confess." Action-packed Firehair cover by Bob Lubbers. Firehair; I Confess; World Adventurers; Glory Forbes; The Werewolf Hunter; Sky Rangers; Tiger Man. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Sheena Queen of the Jungle (1942 Fiction House) 12 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2055807015

Art by Robert Webb. Cover by Maurice Whitman. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior Sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own title. Sheena tries to prevent war between hunters and Wasuti warriors; Sheena encounters the Beast-Women of Zarga, who are almost as fierce and beautiful as she is; Sheena tries to rescue passengers from a doomed riverboat before it is destroyed. Terrific cover by Maurice Whitman is the very definition of good-girl art. Also featuring vintage ads for products that both increase the figure and reduce it. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; The Gorilla; Devil-Drum of Naaga-Bor; Stamps: Georgia; The Beasts That Dawn Begot. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.