Fight Comics
#4
(April 1940)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-02-14
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fight Stories Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (editor); Will Eisner [as William E. Eisner] (art director); S. M. Iger (feature editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 443883.
in 
[no title indexed]
Shark Brodie / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Tuska (signed as George Aksut)
- Inks
- George Tuska (signed as George Aksut)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Shark meets a strange opponent on the far-off...
- Genre
- adventure; military; war
- Characters
- Shark Brodie; Stubby (Intro); Fritz (Intro); Blackie and his gang (Villain, Introduction); Snooky; Dolly; Susie
- Synopsis
- Fritz tricks Brodie into boxing with a kangaroo. Brodie knocks Stubby's and Fritz's heads together for getting him in the fight and takes their winnings.
Indexer Notes
Note that Aksut is Tuska in reverse.
[no title indexed]
Kinks Mason / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ? [as Steve Broder] (credited)
- Pencils
- Steve Broder (credited)
- Inks
- Steve Broder (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kinks and friends are cruising about on a...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Kinks Mason; Sneely (Villain, Intro)
[no title indexed]
The Spy Fighter / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Leonard Frank (signed)
- Inks
- Leonard Frank (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Starring Saber The mightiest and most intelligent man...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Saber [Spy Fighter]; A group of spies (Villain, Intro, Death)
[no title indexed]
Slug-Nutty Sam / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Fred Schwab (credited as Fred Ricks)
- Pencils
- Fred Schwab (credited as Fred Ricks)
- Inks
- Fred Schwab (credited as Fred Ricks)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Haw!! - This guy, that you're fighting tonight...
- Genre
- humor; sports
- Characters
- Slug-Nutty Sam
Indexer Notes
Previous indexer assigned script also to Schwab. We cannot corraborate.
[no title indexed]
Chip Collins / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Chip and his brave Skull Squad fight their way out...
- Genre
- adventure; military; war
- Characters
- Chip Collins; Wang Chi (Villain, Intro, Death); Chin Lo and his daughter (Intro)
[no title indexed]
Rip Regan the Power-Man / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Herman Bolstein (credited as Herm Bolstein)
- Pencils
- John Celardo (signed)
- Inks
- John Celardo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll get behind this market racket if it's...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Rip Regan the Power-Man; Big John (Intro, Death); Racketeers (Villain, Intro)
Indexer Notes
Signs of Sid Greene in the inks seen by all three indexers. Could be coincidence, but seems consistent in early Celardo stories.
[no title indexed]
Keeping Fit / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In this article we give the novice champ...
- Genre
- sports
[no title indexed]
Big Red McLane King of the Northwoods / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fletcher Hanks (signed as Charles Netcher)
- Pencils
- Fletcher Hanks (signed as Charles Netcher)
- Inks
- Fletcher Hanks (signed as Charles Netcher)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fletcher Hanks (signed as Charles Netcher)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Big Red", as Tom Farr's new partner, has discovered...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Big Red McLane; Tom Farr
- Synopsis
- Big Red stops a group of lumber raiders who turn out to be wanted murderers.
- Reprints
in 
in [no title indexed]
Kayo Kirby / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Chuck Walker (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich ?; Art Peddy ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The kid is great, Mary! A mere youngster too!
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Kayo Kirby; The Kid (Guest-Star); Sidney Snowden (Villain, Intro); Buck (Villain, Intro); assorted gangsters (Villain, Intro)
The True Life Story of Tony Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri / comic story / 3.75 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Twice champioon of the world...
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Tony Canzoneri
Case 2: File-A: Clue-3
The Case of the Frightened Killer / comic story / 0.25 page
- Genre
- crime
Indexer Notes
Keith Chandler : A previous indexer gave credit to Bob Powell, but this looks far more like Eisner.
[no title indexed]
Oran of the Jungle / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Born to defend himself in the Dark Continent...
- Genre
- jungle
- Characters
- Oran; The Champ (Villain, Intro); Boss Murphy (Villain, Intro); Mike (Villain, Intro, Death)
[no title indexed]
Strut Warren in the Phillipines / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Klaus Nordling (credited as Ed. Norris)
- Pencils
- Klaus Nordling (credited as Ed. Norris)
- Inks
- Klaus Nordling (credited as Ed. Norris)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Returning to the marine barracks from an evening...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cpl. Strut Warren; Karawai (Villain, Intro)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Rip Regan the Power-Man -
1.
["Shark meets a strange opponent on the far-off..."]
Shark Brodie -
2.
["Kinks and friends are cruising about on a..."]
Kinks Mason -
3.
["Starring Saber The mightiest and most intelligent man..."]
The Spy Fighter -
4.
["Haw!! - This guy, that you're fighting tonight..."]
Slug-Nutty Sam -
5.
["Chip and his brave Skull Squad fight their way out..."]
Chip Collins -
6.
["I'll get behind this market racket if it's..."]
Rip Regan the Power-Man -
7.
["In this article we give the novice champ..."]
Keeping Fit -
8.
[""Big Red", as Tom Farr's new partner, has discovered..."]
Big Red McLane King of the Northwoods -
9.
["The kid is great, Mary! A mere youngster too!"]
Kayo Kirby -
10.
The True Life Story of Tony Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri -
11.
Case 2: File-A: Clue-3
The Case of the Frightened Killer -
12.
["Born to defend himself in the Dark Continent..."]
Oran of the Jungle -
13.
["Returning to the marine barracks from an evening..."]
Strut Warren in the Phillipines
This issue was modified by, among others
- Darci
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Patrick Shaughnessy
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. (R.I.P.)
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