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Issue: Fight Comics #2

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Publication Date: February 1940

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Issues: #2 of 86 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Fiction House

Brand: Fiction House Magazines

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): Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)

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. Second class permit. Copyright number 440633.

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Format

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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- [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

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Content Items (12 total)

Renegades' Lair

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Will Eisner

Inker(s): Will Eisner

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Shark Brodie; Kayo Kirby; Chip Collins

Character(s): Shark Brodie; Kayo Kirby; Chip Collins

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Pages: 1

Renegades' Lair

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Will Eisner

Penciller(s): George Tuska [as George Aksut] (signed)

Inker(s): George Tuska [as George Aksut] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Shark Brodie

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 hornets nest of thugs that are after an old pirate treasure.

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Pages: 10

Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Aksut is Tuska backwards.

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: 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

Notes: One quarter of the last page is occupied by a Fiction House ad for Fight Comics.

Pedro Montanez

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Jim Topp (signed)

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: 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

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Will Eisner?

Penciller(s): Leonard Frank (signed)

Inker(s): Leonard Frank (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

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

Notes: A previous indexer listed Eisner as Scripter. We assume they knew something we don't.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Chuck Walker]

Penciller(s): William Wills [as Wm Wills] (signed)

Inker(s): William Wills [as Wm Wills] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: sports

Feature(s): Kayo Kirby

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

Notes: Wills signs in the final panel.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Steve Broder]

Penciller(s): Steve Broder (signed)

Inker(s): Steve Broder (signed)

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! Navy sends...

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Pages: 8

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Fletcher Hanks

Penciller(s): Fletcher Hanks

Inker(s): Fletcher Hanks

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Fletcher Hanks

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...

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I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! #[nn] published June 2007
as The Red River Gang [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 5

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Hugh Bartlett]

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

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 as a...

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Pages: 5

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Al Tener]

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

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'Brian, gang smasher, plays a new role...

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Pages: 5

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Klaus Nordling [as Ed Norris]

Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling

Inker(s): Klaus Nordling

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

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

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? [as Ted Torrence]

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: war

Feature(s): Chip Collins

Character(s): Chip Collins; VILLAIN: Chung Hang (intro)

First Line: Chip Collins and the Skull Squad fly to the...

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Pages: 5