Fighting American #v1#6 (6)
(February-March 1955)

Prize, 1954 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Headline Publications Inc.
Brand
Prize Group
Editing
Joe Simon (editor); Jack Kirby (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fighting American / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
Jack Kirby
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Zoot! Fighting American and Speedboy are putty in the hands of the great Ali Ghazam!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Johnny Flagg; Nelson Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Ali Ghazam
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008).

Deadly Doolittle (Table of Contents: 1)

Fighting American / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon ?
Pencils
Joe Simon
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Johnny Flagg; Nelson Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Icy-Fingers McTouch; Stumblebaum; Stickpin; Iggy; Marilyn Biltrite; Deadly Doolittle; Munneybelt; Hooley
Synopsis
Marilyn Biltrite steals Munneybelt's diamonds but the mob is on her tail. Fighting American saves her and gives her a chance to turn her life around.
Reprints
Keywords
diamonds; mob; organized crime

Indexer Notes

pencil credit from Harry Mendryk's blog at the Kirby Museum. Script is swiped from Adventure Comics #75

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Rube / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Art Gates (signed)
Pencils
Art Gates (signed)
Inks
Art Gates (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

The Making of Fighting American (Table of Contents: 3)

Fighting American / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American; Speedboy

One Error (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Rube / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Art Gates (signed)
Pencils
Art Gates (signed)
Inks
Art Gates (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Super-Khakalovitch (Table of Contents: 6)

Fighting American / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (pages 1,2,4,5,6,7); ? (pages 3,8,9,10)
Inks
Joe Simon; ?
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Johnny Flagg; Nelson Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Super Khakalovitch; Charity Bizarre
Synopsis
Communists send their "superman", Super Khakalovitch, to America to kill Fighting American but once he arrives in America he decides he likes it better than his homeland.
Reprints
Keywords
body odor; Cold War; Communist; Turkish Bath

Indexer Notes

Credits from Harry Mendryk's blog at the Kirby Museum.

Celebration (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Zoot! Fighting American and Speedboy are putty in the hands of the great Ali Ghazam!"]
    Fighting American
  2. 1. Deadly Doolittle
    Fighting American
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Rube
  4. 3. The Making of Fighting American
    Fighting American
  5. 4. One Error
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Rube
  7. 6. Super-Khakalovitch
    Fighting American
  8. 7. Celebration
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Jim Van Dore