Ruth Roche (comics)
Encyclopedia
Ruth Ann Roche also credited as R. A. Roche and Rod Roche, was a writer and editor in the Golden Age of Comic Books
. She was also the business partner of Jerry Iger
.
-Iger studio, a packager for Fiction House
, in 1940. She wrote such features as "Phantom Lady
", "Senorita Rio", "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
", "Kaanga", and "Camilla". She also wrote the female-led adventure newspaper strip "Flamingo", drawn by Matt Baker
and syndicated by Iger's Universal Phoenix Features Syndicate. She soon became Iger's associate editor; later they became business partners, and the studio became the Roche-Iger studio.
She stayed with the Roche-Iger studio until it ceased operations in 1961.
She later married a man named Schaffer (or possibly "Schaefer"). She died in 1983.
and Catherine Yronwode
dedicated their 1985 book, Women in the Comics, to Roche.
Golden Age of Comic Books
The Golden Age of Comic Books was a period in the history of American comic books, generally thought of as lasting from the late 1930s until the late 1940s or early 1950s...
. She was also the business partner of Jerry Iger
Jerry Iger
Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger was an American cartoonist. With business partner Will Eisner he co-founder of Eisner & Iger, a comic book packager that produced comics on demand for new publishers during the late-1930s and 1940s period known to fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic...
.
Life and Career
Roche started as a writer at the EisnerWill Eisner
William Erwin "Will" Eisner was an American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the most important contributors to the development of the medium and is known for the cartooning studio he founded; for his highly influential series The Spirit; for his use of comics as an...
-Iger studio, a packager for Fiction House
Fiction House
Fiction House is an American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. 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.-History:-Jumbo and Jack...
, in 1940. She wrote such features as "Phantom Lady
Phantom Lady
Phantom Lady is a fictional superheroine, one of the first female superhero characters to debut in the 1940s Golden Age of Comic Books. Originally published by Quality Comics, the character was subsequently published by a series of now-defunct comic book companies, and a new version of the...
", "Senorita Rio", "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle is a fictional, American comic book jungle girl heroine, published originally by Fiction House. The female counterpart to Tarzan, Sheena had two things in common with Edgar Rice Burrough's Jungle Lord: Both possessed the ability to communicate with wild animals and were...
", "Kaanga", and "Camilla". She also wrote the female-led adventure newspaper strip "Flamingo", drawn by Matt Baker
Matt Baker
Matthew James Baker is an English television presenter who co-hosts the Monday-Thursday editions of BBC One's The One Show and co-presents Countryfile on the same channel.-Early life:...
and syndicated by Iger's Universal Phoenix Features Syndicate. She soon became Iger's associate editor; later they became business partners, and the studio became the Roche-Iger studio.
She stayed with the Roche-Iger studio until it ceased operations in 1961.
She later married a man named Schaffer (or possibly "Schaefer"). She died in 1983.
Legacy
Trina RobbinsTrina Robbins
Trina Robbins is an American comics artist and writer. She was an early and influential participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the few female artists in underground comix when she started. Both as a cartoonist and historian, Robbins has long been involved in creating outlets for...
and Catherine Yronwode
Catherine yronwode
Catherine "Cat" Yronwode is an American writer, editor, graphic designer, typesetter, publisher, and practitioner of folk magic with an extensive career in the comic book industry....
dedicated their 1985 book, Women in the Comics, to Roche.
Writer
- America In Action (1945) #1
- Bomber Comics (1944) #2
- "Pixie" story
- Classic Comics (1941) #32
- Lorna Doone
- Classics Illustrated (1947) #26, 31-32
- Frankenstein
- The Black Arrow
- Lorna Doone
- Fight Comics (1940) #53
- Haunted Thrills (1952) #11
- Out of the Grave
- Jumbo Comics (1938) #44, 152
- Phantom Lady (1947) #13-23
- Phantom Lady (1954) #5 [1]-4
- The Rider (1957) #3
- Seven Seas Comics (1946) #1-4, 6
- The Ol' Skipper
Editor
- Aggie Mack (1948) #8
- All True Romance (1955) #23-24, 27, 30
- Battle Report (1952) #1-3
- Black Cobra (1954) #6
- Bomber Comics (1944) #3
- Bride's Secrets (1954) #9-10, 19
- Ellery Queen (1949) #2
- Fantastic Comics (1954) #11
- The Fighting Man (1952) #1-8
- The Flame (1954) #5 [1]
- G-I in Battle (1952) #8
- Gunsmoke Trail (1957) #2-3
- Haunted Thrills (1952) #3, 10, 12, 17-18
- Lone Eagle (1954) #4
- The Lone Rider (1951) #3, 11, 15, 18, 20
- Lonely Heart (1955) #12
- Men in Action (1957) #1-2, 6
- Midnight (1957) #1-2, 4
- Phantom Lady (1954) #5 [1]-4
- The Rider (1957) #3
- Samson (1955) #12-14
- Secret Love (1957) #2
- Seven Seas Comics (1946) #1-4
- Spitfire Comics (1944) #132
- Spunky the Smiling Spook (1957) #1
- Strange (1957) #1-6
- Strange Fantasy (1952) #2, 4-7, 9-14
- Super Cat (1957) #1
- Swift Arrow (1954) #1-2
- Today's Brides (1955) #4
- Voodoo (1952) #1-6, 8, 10-15, 17, 19