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Issue: Fight Comics #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #2 of 86 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Fight Stories Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/05/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 440633.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Renegades' Lair

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation, sports, war
Feature(s): Shark Brodie; Kayo Kirby; Chip Collins
Character(s): Shark Brodie; Kayo Kirby; Chip Collins
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Pages: 1
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Renegades' Lair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Shark Brodie; Mr. Cannin (intro); Jane Cannin (intro); VILLAINS: Skinny (intro; dies); Skinny's gang (intro; some die); Toans; Sandy
First Line: Shark Brodie meets plenty of trouble on an island...
Synopsis: Shark and crew take harbor on a nearby island to restock on food, only to stumble into a hornet's nest of thugs that are after an old pirate treasure.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Aksut is Tuska backwards.
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The Life Story of Joe Louis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, sports
Feature(s): Joe Louis
Character(s): Joe Louis; Joe Bauer; John Roxborough; Larry Udell; Lee Ramage; Mike Jacobs; Jack Sharkey; Primo Carnera; King Levinsky; Max Baer; Max Schmeling; Bob Pastor; Jim Braddock; Tommy Farr; Nathan Mann; Harry Thomas
First Line: He was born in a shack in the Buckalew Mountains near Lexington, Alabama.
Synopsis: A short biography, covering important events in the life of Joe Louis, is presented.
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Pages: 3.75
Disclose Notes: One quarter of the last page is occupied by a Fiction House ad for Fight Comics.
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Pedro Montanez

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): The Boxing Hall of Fame
Character(s): Pedro Montanez; Lou Ambers
First Line: On April 5th he fought an overweight bout with the champ, Lou Ambers, and beat him.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Spy Fighter
Character(s): Saber [Spy Fighter]; VILLAINS: The Antarcticans (intro)
First Line: Starring Saber, the man with the keenest mind...
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby]: Willy (intro)
First Line: A gang of crooked managers is anxious to get...
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Wills signs in the final panel.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Steve Broder] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Kinks Mason
Character(s): Kinks Mason; VILLAINS: The Weed People and their Queen (intro; all die)
First Line: The News. Another ship sinks in Gulf!
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Big Red McLane
Character(s): Big Red McLane; Mr. Farlow; The Red River Lumber Co. (villain)
First Line: "Big Red" is a loyal lumberjack for the Great Bend Limber Company...
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Oran of the Jungle
Character(s): Oran; VILLAINS: Jim Murphy and a gang of crooks (intro for all)
First Line: Oran, who won fame in America...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Al Tener] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Terry O'Brien Gang Smasher
Character(s): Terry O'Brien (last appearance); K.O. O'Brien (Terry's father; intro); VILLAINS: Jake Kelly (intro); Silk (intro); Killer Casey (intro)
First Line: Terry O'Brien, gang smasher, plays a new role...
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Strut Warren
Character(s): Cpl. Strut Warren; VILLAINS: The Japanese
First Line: Corporal! Hey...Corporal Warren!
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Chip Collins; VILLAIN: Chung Hang (intro)
First Line: Chip Collins and the Skull Squad fly to the Orient...
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Pages: 5

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