(October 1966)

Harvey, 1966 Series
 
Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1966-07-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Illustrated Humor Inc.
Brand
Giant Size Harvey Thriller
Editing
Joe Simon (editor); Leon Harvey (editor)

Issue Notes

Only Leon Harvey is credited in the indicia as editor. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Fighting American / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look out! It's Round Robin!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Johnny Flagg; Nelson Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Round Robin
Reprints

Round Robin! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fighting American / comic story / 5.25 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby; Joe Simon (see notes)
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson; Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Johnny Flagg; Nelson Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Round Robin (introduction); Yakima Fuldoon; Floyd Dragnet
Synopsis
Police chief Floyd Dragnet calls on Fighting American and Speedboy to help capture the crook Round Robin.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story begins on the first two pages with Fighting American and Speedboy "interrupting" the story to introduce new readers to his origin, retitled "Peter Piper's Red Vipers".

Fighting American and Speedboy last appeared in Fighting American #7 (Prize)

Peter Piper's Red Vipers (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Johnny Flagg; Nelson Flagg]; Martha Von Lohded; Mary Stewart; Peter Piper
Synopsis
Nelson Flagg's older brother, Johnny, is killed by enemies of America. The Army transfers Nelson's brain into Johnny's body to create the Fighting American, who tracks down and captures Peter Piper and his gang.
Reprints
Keywords
Cold War

Indexer Notes

New art on page one, likely by Joe Simon, has Fighting American and Speedboy interrupting the Round Robin story to present Fighting American's origin story.

Meet Speedboy (Table of Contents: 3)

Fighting American / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Joe Simon ?
Pencils
Joe Simon ?
Inks
Joe Simon ?
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Recap of Speedboy's origin follows Fighting American's origin. Round Robin story continues on bottom portion of page.

Roman Scoundrels (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Johnny Flagg; Nelson Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Commissar Yutz (villain, introduction, death); Shepard Shoestring (introduction); Rupert Blatzbier (introduction); Theda Barracuda (introduction); Eric Von Junkheap (introduction)
Synopsis
Fighting American and Speedboy travel to Hollywood to be in a motion picture but the movie is being directed by communists who want to kill them.
Reprints
Keywords
communist; Hollywood; movie set

Duel to the Finish Line! (Table of Contents: 5)

Fighting American / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Johnny Flagg; Nelson Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Mary Grady; Gnortz; Bohltz; Dan Grady
Synopsis
Enemy agents kill race car driver Dan Grady before the big European race but the Fighting American takes his place and wins the auto race.
Reprints
Keywords
auto racing; Cold War; Eiffel Tower; France

Fighting American: The Hero Who Laughed at Himself (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Steve Perrin
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks
Joe Simon (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Reprint of a fanzine article on Fighting American, accompanied by illustrations.

Find the King of the Crime Syndicate (Table of Contents: 7)

Fighting American / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Nelson Flagg; Johnny Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Doubleheader [Casper Dewberry] (first appearance, villain); Mary Stewart
Synopsis
Doubleheader has created a device to fling energy which he uses to fix various sporting events and to help him win at gambling. The Fighting American and Speedboy put an end to his criminal enterprise.
Reprints
Keywords
gambling

The League of the Handsome Devils! (Table of Contents: 8)

Fighting American / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Simon
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; Ben Oda (page 1)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Nelson Flagg; Johnny Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Big Deal [Sleppinger] (first appearance, villain); the Handsome Devils (first appearance, villains); Mike Malone; Adam Sanfield
Synopsis
The Fighting American and Speedboy battle a group of muggers who kill their victims and are only identified as "handsome devils" by eye witnesses.
Reprints
Keywords
mugging

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Flash Farrell Gets the Picture at Goodyear Aerospace (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

You'll Never See The Likes of Them Again! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Secret of Yafata's Moustache (Table of Contents: 12)

Fighting American / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Fighting American [Johnny Flagg; Nelson Flagg]; Speedboy [Dan Sprite]; Viva Yafata [Harvey Nibble] (villain, introduction); Bosworth Nibble; La Mombo; El Ropo (villain, introduction); Jispers
Synopsis
Bosworth Nibble contacts the Fighting American to ask him to go to Mexico to find his son, Harvey Nibble, who he believes has been captured by bandits.
Reprints
Keywords
bandits; firing squad; Mexico

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in Fighting American (Marvel, 1989 series).

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Look out! It's Round Robin!"]
    Fighting American
  2. 1. Round Robin!
    Fighting American
  3. 2. Peter Piper's Red Vipers
    Fighting American
  4. 3. Meet Speedboy
    Fighting American
  5. 4. Roman Scoundrels
    Fighting American
  6. 5. Duel to the Finish Line!
    Fighting American
  7. 6. Fighting American: The Hero Who Laughed at Himself
  8. 7. Find the King of the Crime Syndicate
    Fighting American
  9. 8. The League of the Handsome Devils!
    Fighting American
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
  11. 10. Flash Farrell Gets the Picture at Goodyear Aerospace
  12. 11. You'll Never See The Likes of Them Again!
  13. 12. The Secret of Yafata's Moustache
    Fighting American
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jim Walls
  • James Zieff