Publishers / Fiction House / Jumbo Comics (1938) / #164
164October 1952
$0.10

Jumbo Comics #164

Fiction House · October 1952

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Identification plate

Series
Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series)
Issue
#164
Publication date
October 1952
Key date
1952-10-00
Indicia publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Death Bars the Doorcover1
1The Big Six of the Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2Death Bars the Doorcomic story8script: Drew Murdoch; pencils: Bob Webb; inks: Bob Webb
3Red Thirteencomic story4
4The Sure Thingtext story2letters: typeset
5Stampstext article1script: Sidney M. Elias
6-comic story4
7-comic story4script: Len Dodson; pencils: Murphy Anderson; inks: Murphy AndersonStar Pirate; Blackbeard; A lady pirate (introduction); D'wargans (introduction)
8-comic story6pencils: Bob Webb; inks: Bob Webb

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CollectionYear
Golden Age Sheena Queen of the Jungle #[nn]
ISBN 1-56225-024-8
1999On eBay ›
Ghosts and Girls of Fiction House
ISBN 978-1631404047
2015On eBay ›

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