The Long-Running Tiger Girl Saga from Fiction House, Up for Auction

Fight Comics #32 is the primary look of Tiger Girl, a long-running jungle woman character from writer Fiction House. Tiger Girl was created by artist Robert Webb with an unknown author and her tales ran constantly from 1944 to the tip of Fiction House in 1954, first in Fight Comics after which in Jungle Comics. It ought to be no shock that the writer whose hottest character was Sheena would try and duplicate that success with different jungle woman characters, and Tiger Girl was some of the fashionable of those.  An underappreciated and long-lived Fiction House character, there is a copy of Tiger Girl’s first look in Fight Comics #32 and a number of other different points that includes the character up for public sale within the 2022 October 13 The Fiction House Showcase Auction #40199 at Heritage Auctions.

As defined in Fight Comics #32, Tiger Girl was a princess of a misplaced civilization from India who lived in a hidden kingdom in Africa. She was a superb chief and fighter and who had management over a pair of tiger companions. The character sometimes spent her adventures defending her area from outsiders and others who meant hurt.  Fight Comics #33 elaborated on Tiger Girl’s background, because it was found that her father, Rajah Vishnu, had introduced her to Africa after the demise of her Irish mom.

Tiger Girl creator Robert Hayward Webb was born in 1915 in New York. He was a 1939 graduate of the Pratt Institute within the space of Pictorial Illustration. Webb was a long-time member of the Iger Studio, and have become finest recognized for his work at Fiction House on characters together with Sheena, Kayo Kirby and Tiger Girl. He died in 2000 on the age of 85.

In later years, Fiction House mainstay Maurice Whitman produced a lot of memorable Tiger Girl covers. Readers have been clearly drawn to the continuing saga of this jungle adventurer, as she in the end turned one in all Fiction House’s longest-lived characters. Her tales continued to be revealed for over a decade till the corporate ceased operations in 1954. You can take a look at a variety of comics that includes her adventures together with Tiger Girl’s first look in Fight Comics #32 and a number of other different points that includes the character up for public sale within the 2022 October 13 The Fiction House Showcase Auction #40199 at Heritage Auctions. In addition to the objects listed on this submit, you’ll be able to take a look at Fiction House titles resembling Planet Comics, Jumbo Comics, Jungle Comics, Fight Comics, Rangers Comics, Wings Comics and way more. New to amassing Fiction House or need to study extra?  Bleeding Cool is doing an ongoing deep dive into the historical past behind Fiction House within the run-up to this public sale. If you have by no means bid at Heritage Auctions earlier than, you may get additional data, you’ll be able to take a look at their FAQ on the bidding course of and associated issues.

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