Fight Comics #1

(January 1940)

The Island of Stolen Pearls ["The toughest two-fisted adventurer in the South Seas..."] (Table of Contents)

Shark Brodie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

George Tuska?; ?

Inks:

George Tuska?; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Shark Brodie (intro); Banu (intro); Manaii (intro); Chief Koa (intro); VILLAIN: Nemo (intro; dies)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

True Life Story of Jack Dempsey (Table of Contents)

Jack Dempsey / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alex Blum

Inks:

Alex Blum; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fact; sports

Characters:

Jack Dempsey

["We'll moider de palooka!"] (Table of Contents)

Slaphappy Sam / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Schwab [as Fred Ricks]

Pencils:

Fred Schwab [as Fred Ricks]

Inks:

Fred Schwab [as Fred Ricks]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Slaphappy Sam (a boxer; intro); his manager; Butch the Butcher (intro)

["The year is l997...only three nations have..."] (Table of Contents)

The Spy Fighter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner?

Pencils:

? [as Lee]

Inks:

? [as Lee]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy

Characters:

Saber [Spy Fighter] (intro; origin); President Delano (intro); Secretary of State Cornell (intro); VILLAINS: Major Duncan (intro); Russmanians (intro)

Synopsis:

Strip set in 1997! The origin of Spy Fighter.

["That's the last fight Harden will lose in my..."] (Table of Contents)

Kayo Kirby / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner?

Pencils:

Will Eisner?; Chuck Winter?; George Tuska?

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich?; ? [shop]

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby] (intro; origin); Chris Harden (intro); Mary Harden (intro); Patsy Fink (intro); Mauler Martin (intro); Joe Harkey (intro); VILLAINS: Carver and other gangsters (intro)

1000 Fathoms Under the Sea (Table of Contents)

Kinks Mason / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Steve Broder]

Pencils:

Steve Broder (signed)

Inks:

Steve Broder (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Kinks Mason (intro); Proconians (intro); VILLAIN: Goors (intro)

["The Great Bend lumber company has a very valuable..."] (Table of Contents)

Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fletcher Hanks [as Chris Fletcher] (signed)

Pencils:

Fletcher Hanks [as Chris Fletcher] (signed)

Inks:

Fletcher Hanks [as Chris Fletcher] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Fletcher Hanks

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Big Red McLane (intro); Mr. Farlow (intro); VILLAIN: Red River Lumber Co. (intro)

Synopsis:

Big Red signs on to work for the Great Bend Lumber Co., where he is immediately put to work stopping employees of the Red River company from destroying the Great Bend operation.

Reprints:

• in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #[nn] (June 2009)

["The great Oran! Positively the greatest strong man..."] (Table of Contents)

Oran of the Jungle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Hugh Bartlett]

Pencils:

Ed Ashe?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Oran (intro; origin); Zack Temson (intro); Oran's father (intro); VILLAINS: Faro Farly (intro); Torpedo Ribula (intro)

["A vicious gang is terrorizing the whole southern..."] (Table of Contents)

Terry O'Brien / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Inks:

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Terry O'Brien (intro); VILLAINS: Martin and his gang (intro)

[Stationed in war-torn China, a company of marines..."] (Table of Contents)

Strut Warren / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling [as Ed Norris]

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Klaus Nordling

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Cpl. Strut Warren (intro)

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer listed Nordling as Script, so we assume additional knowledge on his part.

["Steaming majestically over the calm Malay straits, the..."] (Table of Contents)

Chip Collins Sky Fighter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Ted Torrence]

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska?; ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

war

Characters:

Chip Collins (intro); The Skull Squadron [Jinx Jordan; others] (intro); Rodney Dawes (intro); Wendy Dawes (intro)