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Issue: Fight Comics #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1940
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Issues: #9 of 86 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand: Fiction House MagazinesView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Fight Stories Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/15/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
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. 4.
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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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The Power Man Smashes the Steel-Clad Invaders

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Nick Cardy
Inker(s): Nick Cardy
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rip Regan the Power-Man
Character(s): Rip Regan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art attribution by John Coates, confirmed by the artist (August 2010). Previous indexer had "Nick Cardy ? John Celardo ?" for pencils only.
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Prey of the War-Eagle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ted Torrence]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Chip Collins
Character(s): Chip Collins; A Chinese man (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: After circling the globe in thrilling adventure, Chip...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Herman Bolstein ? (credited)
Penciller(s): John Celardo ? (credited); Witmer Williams ?
Inker(s): Witmer Williams ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rip Regan, the Power-Man
Character(s): Rip Regan
First Line: In response to an urgent plea for help...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Although by-lined 'by John Celardo $ Herm Bolstein' this is only faintly similar to previous strips and the presence of Celardo has to be taken on faith - if he's here at all.
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[untitled]

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): Prof. Gustoff (villain, introduction); Basil (villain, introduction)
First Line: Come! Swallow this! It's better than a bullet...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: This story appears to have been 'padded' to extend the page count. Two pages consist of four panels each that appear to be printed at twice the size of the rest of the story. Inks are not typical for Tuska.
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The True Life Story of Fitzsimmons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Dennis Colebrook]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Spencer Steel
Character(s): Shivers Mayo (villain, introduction); the Jinxes (villain, introduction); Joe Stag (villain, introduction); his gang (villains, introductions)
First Line: Spencer Steel takes Nora to the 77 Club...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Art is reminiscent of one particular Timely artist who drew a few Whizzer strips.
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The Louis-Braddock Fight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jim Topps]
Penciller(s): Jim Topps (signed)
Inker(s): Jim Topps (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Remember When?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: We have no reason NOT to believe that 'Jim Topps' is a real person.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (1 panel art)
Inker(s): ? (1 panel art)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Keeping Fit
First Line: The fighter without a punch--either a knockout...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Escape From Reality

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab [as Fist E. Cuffs]
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab [as Fist E. Cuffs]
Inker(s): Fred Schwab [as Fist E. Cuffs]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Slug-Nutty Sam
Character(s): Joe the Shrimp (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Steve Broder
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Kinks Mason
First Line: Some vacation! Away two days, and ...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The art in this story is collaged from previous episodes. Highly unlikely that Broder is still involved in such a travesty.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fletcher Hanks [as Chas Netcher] (signed)
Penciller(s): Fletcher Hanks [as Chas Netcher] (signed)
Inker(s): Fletcher Hanks [as Chas Netcher] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fletcher Hanks
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Big Red McLane
Character(s): Big Red McLane (last appearance); Tom Farr; Sally Breen (introduction); Bulldog Brice (introduction); Battling Gatzo (introduction); Mike Stone (introduction)
First Line: 'Big Red' leaves the northwoods to spend a few days in Frisco.. he hopes to find Sally Breen.
Synopsis: Big Red travels to Frisco to search for his one-time fiancee Sally Breen. While there, he is substituted into a boxing match when he breaks the jaw of one of the boxers in a sparring session.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGreat Comics #2 published December 1941
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]revised reprint
In Content Item: FlagYou Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! #[nn] published June 2009
as Searching for Sally Breen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Hugh Bartlett]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Oran of the Jungle
First Line: Whatsa matter, Oran, you sick? You haven't said...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling [as Ed North]
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): "Strut" Warren
First Line: Due to rebellious disorders in a part of...
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Chuck Walker]
Penciller(s): Ray Burley
Inker(s): Ray Burley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Kayo Kirby
Character(s): Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby]; GUEST STARS: John L. Sullivan; Jim Corbett; Bob Fitzsimmons (in a dream; all beat Kayo Kirby)
First Line: Kayo dreams of the great champions of the past...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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): An inventor (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: One day, early in the twenty-first century, the...
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The bull's eye on the cover means top-flight quality...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Jumbo Comics #19, Jungle Comics #9, and Planet Comics #8.

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