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.
House ad for "The Big 6 of the Comics!" advises, "Look for the Bull's-Eye..... Fiction House Magazines".
Jumbo Comics #1 (Sept 1938). Cover artist(s) unknown.
Image: Fight Stories pulp v 2n 4
Image: Detective Book pulp v 5n 10
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, is a fictional American comic book jungle girl heroine, originally published primarily by Fiction House during the Golden Age of Comic Books. She was the first female comic book character with her own title, with her 1941 premiere issue preceding Wonder Woman #1. Sheena inspired a wealth of similar comic book jungle queens. She was predated in literature by Rima, the Jungle Girl, introduced in the 1904 William Henry Hudson novel Green Mansions.
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle #18 (Winter 1952-53). Cover art by Maurice Whitman.
Sheena #4 (Fall 1948). Cover art by Joe Doolin
Irish McCalla in 1950s publicity photograph as TV's Sheena.
