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Issue: Fight Comics #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1940
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Issues: #3 of 86 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Fight Stories Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/21/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
Disclose Notes: Contents of this magazine are copyrighted, 1940, by Fight Stories, Inc.

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 444545.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Will Eisner
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover possibly intended for PLANET COMICS
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bull's-Eye Bannon
First Line: Calling all manhunters!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Advertisement by Fiction House to solve a case that will be presented with four separate clues which will be individually found in the February 1940 issues of Jumbo Comics, Jungle Comics, Fight Comics and Planet Comics.
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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; Ford Kennedy (Intro); Matey (Intro); Boss Bullard and his gang (Villains, Intro, Dies)
First Line: Shark clashes with a treacherous band of desperados, in...
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Previous indexer listed script as by Eisner. We can't corroborate.

Aksut is Tuska backwards.
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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]; A gang of traitors (Villain, Intro)
First Line: Starring Saber, the spy fighter, the mightiest and...
Synopsis: Story now set in 1998.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Previous indexer assigned script to Eisner. We are unable to corroborate.
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The Life of Tony Galento

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Tony Galento
Character(s): Tony Galento; Jim Frain; Elmer Flynn; Henry Breitenkamp; Tommy Blare; Babe Farmer; Joe Jacobs; Gene Mickens; Mary Graso; Lou Nova
First Line: The two-ton Newark "Nightstick" climbed the pugilistic ladder the hard way...
Synopsis: A biography of major fights and important life events in Tony Galento's life.
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Pages: 3
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Chuck Walker]
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Kayo Kirby
Character(s): Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby]; The Kid (Intro); Bendelli (Villain, Intro); Slam Deman (Villain, Intro); Bob Benton (Villain, Intro)
First Line: At his camp in the country, Kayo is...
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Pages: 7.75
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The Case of the Diamond Death: Case 1, File-A: Clue No. 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Joe Dugan; Joe Bonse; Peerce's ex-wife; Bull's-Eye Bannon
First Line: Now, each of you account for yourselves!
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Pages: 0.25
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The Graveyard of Forgotten Ships

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; Amphibians (Villain, Intro)
First Line: There has been a noticeable shortage of salt...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
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Fight Tips For Students

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Kid McCoy; Tom O'Rourke; Dick Cook; Steve O'Donnell; Frank Bosworth
First Line: A fighter steps into the ring, his sleek, slim body a perfect harmony of suppleness and steely strength.
Synopsis: The training routine of a boxer named Kid McCoy is detailed.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Story includes two panels of art.
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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. Farr (Intro)
First Line: 'Big Red' is wandering along through the togging (sic) country.
Synopsis: After stopping a group of thieves Big Red is made Mr. Farr's partner.
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as The Timber Thieves [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Hugh Bartlett]
Penciller(s): August Froehlich?
Inker(s): Edd Ashe?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Oran of the Jungle
Character(s): Oran; The Malengas (Villain, Intro); Two crooks (Villain, Intro)
First Line: Oran, who won world-wide fame in the ring...
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Herman Bolstein [as Herm Bolstein] (signed)
Penciller(s): John Celardo (signed)
Inker(s): John Celardo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rip Regan the Power-Man
Character(s): Rip Regan (the Power-Man) (Intro, Origin); Dr. Austin (Intro); Punchy Bogart (Intro); The Skull (Villain, Intro)
First Line: Come on, ya' big lug, have you forgotten...
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Pages: 5
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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; A mad scientist (Villain, Intro, Death)
First Line: Okay, Corporal Warren, you can knock off for...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Previous indexer assigned script to Nordling. We cannot corraborate.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab [as Fred Ricks]
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab [as Fred Ricks]
Inker(s): Fred Schwab [as Fred Ricks]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slug-Nutty Sam
Character(s): Slug-Nutty Sam [formerly Slap-Happy Sam]
First Line: Look, Sam! I just dug up a fight...
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ted Torrence]
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan
Inker(s): Leo Morey?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Chip Collins
Character(s): Chip Collins; The Japanese (Villains)
First Line: Chip and his Skull Squad have flown to...
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Pages: 5

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