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Issue: Fight Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1940
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Issues: #5 of 86 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Fight Stories Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/14/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date, publisher, and volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 449461.
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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; shop
Inker(s): Lou Fine ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rip Regan the Power-Man
Character(s): Rip Regan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Herman Bolstein
Penciller(s): John Celardo (signed)
Inker(s): John Celardo (signed); Sid Greene ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rip Regan the Power-Man
Character(s): Rip Regan; Professor Mori (Villain, Intro); Professor Mori's hireling (Villain, Intro); A gorilla (Villain, Intro)
First Line: Dr. Austin, a famous chemist, and a very...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Either early Celardo has similarities to Sid Greene or he is assisting Celardo here.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Tuska [as George Aksut]
Inker(s): George Tuska [as George Aksut]; ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Shark Brodie
Character(s): Shark Brodie; Govenor Blane (Intro); Kuloff (Villain, Intro); The Sibonians (Villain, Intro)
First Line: An ambitious military power makes a desperate attempt...
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Very fine line inks here.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Franklin Harding]
Penciller(s): Don Rico ?
Inker(s): Leonard Frank ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Spy Fighter
Character(s): Saber [Spy Fighter]; The Prussanians (Villain, Intro)
First Line: A foreign power plans to shoot armed troop units...
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Pages: 5
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The True Life Story of John L.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): John L.
Character(s): John L.
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Pages: 3.75
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Case 3: File 1: Clue 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
Feature(s): The Strange Case of Ezra Ark
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Pages: 0.25
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ted Torrence]
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan ?; Nick Cardy ?
Inker(s): Charles Sultan ?; Nick Cardy ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Chip Collins
Character(s): Chip Collins; A priestess (Villain, Intro, Death); Wong (Villain, Intro, Death); other Orientals (Villain, Intro, Death)
First Line: In a hidden Malayan temple, Chip Collins encounters...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Possibility of Nick Cardy artwork from The Art of Nick Cardy.
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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; The Link People (Villain, Intro)
First Line: A group of scientists is persuading Kinks to...
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Pages: 8
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Trainer]
Penciller(s): ? (2 panels art)
Inker(s): ? (2 panels art)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Keeping Fit
First Line: All right, fist fans, you are now ready....
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Penciller(s): Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Inker(s): Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fletcher Hanks
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Big Red McLane
Character(s): Big Red McLane; Tom Farr
First Line: Big Red's partner Tom Farr has hired a husky city man.
Synopsis: When Tom Farr's new hire turns out to be a member of a gang out to wreck his business, he must be stopped by Big Red McLane.
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In Content Item: FlagYou Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn] published June 2009
as The Sinister Stranger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Hugh Bartlett]
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich ?
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Oran of the Jungle
Character(s): Oran; Goliath (Villain, Intro); Pete Winch (Villain, Intro)
First Line: The scheming Goliath, circus strong man, and all...
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Pages: 5
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In the Virgin Islands

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
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab [as Fred Rick]
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab [as Fred Rick]
Inker(s): Fred Schwab [as Fred Rick]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slug-Nutty Sam
Character(s): Slug-Nutty Sam
First Line: We ain't been offered a fight for six months...
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Chuck Walker]
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Kayo Kirby
Character(s): Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby]; Zingo Catrez (Villain, Intro); Pedro (Villain, Intro); Gregorio (Villain, Intro); Alexio (Villain, Intro); Dominico (Villain, Intro)
First Line: Kayo Kirby and the Kid are leaving the...
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Pages: 8

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