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Issue: Fight Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #8 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: 06/11/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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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Lair of the Vulture

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Chip Collins
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rip Regan the Power-Man
Character(s): Rip Regan the Power-Man; The Termite-Men (Villain, Intro, Death)
First Line: Again the Power-man pits his strength against great...
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In Content Item: FlagFlaming Carrot Comics #16 published June 1987
as Versus the Termite Men [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Headhunters of New Hebrides

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Shark Brodie; Mogo and other headhunters (Villain, Intro)
First Line: A short distance off Uvea Island...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Lair of the Vulture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Chip Collins; Pierre Villon (Villain, Intro, Death)
First Line: In the waking dawn of early morning, a...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
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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; Battler (Kink's fighting seal partner, Intro)
First Line: Kinks is on his way to dive for...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Battler is featured in the previous story by name, so this episode is out of sequence and should have preceded the story in issue #7.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ed Norris] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Strut Warren
Character(s): Cpl. Strut Warren; A gang of spies (Villain, Intro)
First Line: Here's the man for the job, sir ...
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Pages: 5
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Tamer of the Wild

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ? [Iger/Eisner shop]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Oran of the Jungle
Character(s): Oran; Bolo (Intro); Tony Siro (Villain, Intro)
First Line: A criminal's greed forces Oran into combat with...
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (7 spot illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (7 spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Keeping Fit
First Line: An important problem in boxing is getting out...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Probably Cardy solo on the six smaller illustrations.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Slug-Nutty Sam
Character(s): Slug-Nutty Sam
First Line: Hey, Bill! Your fighter is in the ring...
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Dennis Colebrook] (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Spencer Steel; Ratty Morone (Villain, Intro); Junior Steel; Nora Steel
First Line: Fresh air and sunshine! Boy, can I stand...
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In Content Item: FlagPulp Fiction #5 published July 1998
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Big Red McLane King of the Northwoods
Character(s): Big Red McLane; Tom Farr; The Monk (Villain, Introduction, Death)
First Line: "Big Red" McLane wanders into a new lumber district and steps into a strange death trap..
Synopsis: Big Red is taken prisoner in order to be used in one of The Monk's rocket tests.
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In Content Item: FlagYou Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn] published June 2009
as The Monk's War Rockets [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Dumbells for Hire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Heza Knutt]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): How Not To Keep Fit!
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Pages: 1
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Kid McCoy, the Lone Wolf of Fistiana

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, sports
Character(s): Charles "Kid" McCoy
First Line: A hard boiled killer of the ring...
Synopsis: Life story of world middleweight boxing champion Charles "Kid" McCoy.
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Pages: 4
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Secret Legion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): The Spy Fighter
Character(s): Saber [Spy Fighter]; Garr Storm (Villain, Intro)
First Line: Early in the twenty-first century, the southwestern states...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Character(s): Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby]; Clip Davis (Villain, Intro); J. B. Van Gilt (Villain, Intro)
First Line: Kayo Kirby looks down upon the private boxing ring...
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Pages: 8

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