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Jumbo Comics #69

Fiction House ⋅ 1944
Jumbo Comics #69
 
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Key Facts

First published interior art in the comic book industry by Matt Baker, the first known black artist in comics

Baker is credited as having illustrated the first graphic novel "It Rhymes With Lust"

Baker's name is synonymous with the term "Good Girl Art" which referred to stimulating illustrations of women

Baker defined the classic Phantom Lady imagery which caused him to be a target of Dr. Frederic Wertham, author of "Seduction of the Innocent"

Issue Details

Publisher

Fiction House
Artist

Matt Baker
Published

November 1944

Synopsis

Cover by Joe Doolin. Edited by Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Matt Baker, Alex Blum, Gus Schrotter and Robert Webb. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A dying friend tries to get a treasure to Sheena before his killer claims it; Three people reveal how their old school teacher's ghost spoke to them at critical times in their lives. This issue features the first comics work of legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker, on the women in the Sheena story, along with Baker's first Sky Girl strip.

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