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Issue: Firehair #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1951
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Issues: #9 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Flying Stories Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia at the bottom of page 1 reads:
"FIREHAIR, No. 9. Fall, 1951. Published quarterly by Flying Stories, Inc., 130 West 12 Street, New York 18, N.Y. T.T. Scott, Pres.; Jerry Iger, Art Director. Application for second class entry pending at the Post Office, New York, N.Y. Contents copyrighted by Flying Stories, Inc. yearly subscription in U.S., 40c, Foreign, 55c. For advertising rates: Advertising Director, Fiction House, Inc., 130 West 42 Street, New York 18, N.Y. Printed in U.S.A."
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Firehair [Lynn Cabot]
First Line: Warrior-Maid of the Dakotas!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Probably Whitman. Face and figure of Firehair match his art in Jungle Comics #132, and also the horses. He is credited on covers for Fiction House by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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Ro-Bert Fashions

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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The Big Six of the Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo ad in color showing the covers of Fight Comics #76; Jungle Comics #141; Indians #8; Jumbo Comics #151; Wings Comics #114; Planet Comics #65
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Riders of the Red Wind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Firehair [Lynn Cabot]; Little Ax; Thunder Wind; Jeff; Elaine; Duke de Guise (trader); Marquis Moreau (his lieutenant)
First Line: No mysteries on Heaven or Earth were hidden from Thunder Wind, the ancient one.
Synopsis: Elaine is regarded by her duke uncle as too good to marry a commoner like Jeff and is taken back to the trading post by force.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: title from cover

Webb and Heames are credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and art is like their work on several Classics Illustrated stories. Probably them.

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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Frontier Knife

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Colonel Jim Bowie
First Line: Undoubtedly the most famous knife of frontier days was the Bowie.
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Pages: 1
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The Fort Is Ours

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Mitchell [as John Starr] (byline)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, western
Character(s): Mad Anthony Wayne
Synopsis: General Wayne and his soldiers attack and take the fort at Stony Point on the Hudson River in 1779.
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Pages: 2
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Annie Oakley

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
First Line: She was the greatest markswoman of all time!
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Pages: 1
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Hey, You Skinny Bag of Bones!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Jowett Institute of Physical Training
Character(s): George Jowett; John Sill; Larry Campbell; Rex Ferrus
Synopsis: Ad for a body-building course.
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Pages: 1
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Chinchilla

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sidney Elias
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamps
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Classified ad page for stamp collectors.
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French Flags and Tomahawks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Firehair [Lynn Cabot]; Little Ax; Dove Song; Painted Pony; VILLAINS: Yellow Fang; Dawn Star Raiders
First Line: The setting sun cast strange shadows on the river...
Synopsis: The Dawn Star Raiders have taken a Dakota maid to sacrifice as a bride to their god in the clouds.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: title from cover

Webb and Heames are credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and art is like their work on several Classics Illustrated stories. Probably them.

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Capt. Stuart Kerrigan] (byline)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Long Bow
Character(s): Long Bow; Painted Lance; Running Deer; Gray Elk
First Line: The buffalo have been sighted.
Synopsis: Painted Lance disappears into the gorge when trying to leap across, and his brother gets unfit in trapping buffalos. He is branded a coward, but will prove his courage by leaping the gorge, where he finds Painted Lance alive on a ledge, surrounded by vultures.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Probably the work of Webb and Heames, as it is very similar to their work in Classics Illustrated titles, and also to the Firehair stories.
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Terrific Price Smash

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Consumers Mart
Synopsis: Select any article on our 10-day free trial, watches, rings etc.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.
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How to Fix Any Part of Any Car

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Motor Book Dept.
Synopsis: Books on free 7-day trial.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe; Charles Atlas (photo)
First Line: Hey skinny! ...Yer ribs are showing!
Synopsis: Joe gets pushed around so he enrolls in Charles Atlas body-building training.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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