Fran Hopper

Fran Hopper, née Frances Deitrick, also credited as France, was an American comic book artists active during the Golden Age of Comic Books. She was one of the comic artists working for publisher Fiction House, drawing many of their prominent titles, including Jane Martin, Glory Forbes, Camilla, Mysta of the Moon and Gale Allen and Her All Girl Squadron. She started working for Fiction House in 1943. She married in 1944 and started signing her name as "Fran Hopper."

Her last credited work appeared in 1948, and her subsequent life is unknown.^[1]

Awards

In 2000, Hopper was nominated to the Friends of Lulu Hall of Fame.

Bibliography

• Dime Comics (1946) #1
  • The Looting of Atlantis (Green Dragon story)
• Jungle Comics (1940) #53-55, 58-62, 64, 66-68, 70-92
  • Monkey Business - The Tree-Folk of Africa
  • Jungle Raiders
  • Lore of the Jungle Giants
  • African Wild Life
  • Jungle Facts
  • Camilla
  • Captain Terry Thunder
• Kaänga Comics (1949) #12
  • Camilla

• Movie Comics (1946) #1
  • Mitzi of the Movies

• Planet Comics (1940) #23-26, 28-42, 48-49, 68
  • Life On Venus
  • Gale Allen and the Girl Squadron
  • First Earthman On Mars
  • Murder In the Stars
  • The Victory of Klon
  • Doorway To Destruction
  • Mysta of the Moon

• Rangers of Freedom/Ranger Comics (1941) #11-18, 25-27, 31
  • Private Elmer Pippin and the Colonel's Daughter
  • Glory Forbes

• Wings Comics (1940) #41-44, 46-47, 49, 67-84
  • Jane Martin
  • Yank Aces of World War II

References

External links

• Fran Hopper at the Comic Book DB
• Fran Hopper @ the Grand Comics Database
• Lambiek.net entry