Publishers / Fiction House / Fight Comics (1940) / #39
39August 1945
$0.10

Fight Comics #39

Fiction House · August 1945 · on sale 1945

First appearance: BenzaliFirst appearance: Abdola
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Identification plate

Series
Fight Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#39
Publication date
August 1945
Key date
1945-08-00
On-sale date
1945
Indicia publisher
Fight Stories Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Benzali - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Abdola - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Slave Brand of the Spider Cultcover1pencils: Joe Doolin, Lily Renée; inks: Joe DoolinSeñorita Rio, Rita Farrar
1The Case of the Guilty Clockcomic story10pencils: Lily Renée; inks: Lily RenéeSeñorita Rio, Rita Farrar
2-comic story8script: Rollin W. Bell; pencils: Bob Webb; inks: Ann BrewsterRip Carson
3-comic story6script: John Campbell; pencils: Alex Blum, Matt Baker; inks: Matt Baker, Iger ShopHooks Devlin
4-comic story5script: Chuck Walker; pencils: Alex Blum, Arnold Hicks; inks: Matt Baker, Iger ShopKayo Kirby
5Death Cut the Cardstext story2script: ? [as George Tracy] (credited); letters: typeset
6-comic story7script: Tom Tracy; pencils: Alex Blum; inks: Alex Blum, Matt BakerShark Brodie
7-comic story10pencils: Matt Baker; inks: Matt BakerTiger Girl, Abdola First, Benzali First, Princess Vishnu

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Jungle Girls #71992On eBay ›
Babes in Arms: Women in the Comics During the Second World War #[nn]
ISBN 9781613450956		2017On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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