Fight Comics #7

(July 1940)

Easy Money for You! (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jumbo Jim (credited)

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Includes indicia at the bottom of the page. States issue #8 will be on-sale July 10th.

A contest for the reader to create a slogan for the 'Bulls-eye Brand'.

Blood Money (Table of Contents: 2)

Rip Regan the Power-Man / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Herman Bolstein (credited as Herm. Bolstein)

Pencils

John Celardo (credited)

Inks

John Celardo (credited); Sid Greene ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rackets...the easy way for the smart guys...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Rip Regan; Moronie (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Shark Brodie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Tuska (credited as George Aksut)

Inks

George Tuska ?; Art Saaf ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Good thing you came by, Shark! I've been...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Shark Brodie; Rocky and his gang (villain, introduction); Mr. Allen (introduction); Pat Allen (introduction); Joey Allen (introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Spy Fighter / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Leonard Frank (credited)

Inks

Leonard Frank (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A peace conference of all the nations of...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Saber [Spy Fighter]

Luis Angel Firpo, the Wild Bull of the Pampas (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

sports

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Ted Torrence (credited)

Pencils

Charles Sultan

Inks

Charles Sultan

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a bungalow in Kabul, Chip Collins is...

Genre

war

Characters

Chip Collins; Prince Bara (introduction); Abdulla (villain, introduction, death)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Spencer Steel / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Edwin Loughlin ? (credited as Dennis Colebrook) (see notes)

Inks

Edwin Loughlin ? (credited as Dennis Colebrook) (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Looks like my best detective on my squad...

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Spencer Steel (last appeared in Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #14 (April 1940)); Spencer Steel, Jr. (introduction, born in this story); The Berge gang (villain, introduction)

Reprints

• in Pulp Fiction (A List Comics, 1997 series) #5 (July 1998)

Indexer Notes

Dennis Colebrook is a pen name of Ed Loughlin, but it appears that the name eventually turns into a 'house name' and becomes disassociated with Loughlin. Uncertain if this story is actually Loughlin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Keeping Fit / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (two panels illustration art)

Inks

? (two panels illustration art)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The following are the words of a trainer...

Genre

sports

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

Kinks Mason / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Broder (credited)

Pencils

Steve Broder (credited)

Inks

Steve Broder (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The government is worried over continued poaching under...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Kinks Mason; Battler (introduction, Kinks's trained seal); A gang of poachers (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

The continuity of this story out of sequence. It should have followed the story in issue #8.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Slug-Nutty Sam / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab (credited as Fist E. Cuffs)

Pencils

Fred Schwab (credited as Fist E. Cuffs)

Inks

Fred Schwab (credited as Fist E. Cuffs)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Are youse de Slug-Nutty outfit?

Genre

humor

Characters

Slug-Nutty Sam

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Fletcher Hanks (credited as Chas Netcher)

Pencils

Fletcher Hanks (credited as Chas Netcher)

Inks

Fletcher Hanks (credited as Chas Netcher)

Colors

?

Letters

Fletcher Hanks (credited as Chas Netcher)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

'Big Red' and his partner have bought a tract of timber in a district controlled by a gang of cut-throat lumber hijackers.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Big Red McLane; Tom Farr; Sledge Sloan (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Having bought a tract of land in territory controlled by lumber hijackers, Big Red must protect his investment from Sledge Sloan.

Reprints

• in Witty Comics (Irwin H. Rubin, 1945 series) #1 ([circa 1945]) [Reprinted with changes from Big Red McLane story in Fight Comics. Changes include:
  Pseudonym of writer changed. Red wears a hat in the original story, it's been doctored out in Ted's story.
  All of the speech balloons have been expanded to give the text more breathing room.
  
  Page 2 has some interesting detail added in the trees and path at the bottom of the page, as well as speech balloons added for the attackers. There are speech balloons added in a number of places.
  
  In the last panel the text "We better get that timber cut before another war starts!" is replaced with "We better get that timber cut before we tangle with another gang!". The difference of course is that Fight 7 came out just before WWII and Witty 1 came out just as it was ending.]
• in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) (June 2009)
• in Fletcher Hanks : œuvres complètes (Actes Sud, 2018 series) (mai 2018)

Indexer Notes

Reprinted with changes as a Ted Kane story in Fight Comics. See reprint note and the index for Witty Comics (Irwin H. Rubin, 1945 series) #1 ([circa 1945]) for the outline of changes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Fight Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Watt A. Socker (credited)

Pencils

?

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?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Joe Louis - The youngest heavyweight champion...

Genre

non-fiction; sports

Characters

Joe Louis; Jim Braddock; Rameses II; two unnamed lumberjacks; Tommy Farr

Synopsis

Four boxing fact cartoons concerning Joe Louis being the youngest heavyweight boxing champion, Rameses II fighting for his father at the age of ten, two lumberjacks from Moosejaw, Saskatchewan who decided to fight with spikes in their gloves, and Tommy Farr who used to take on all comers as a circus sideshow act in England.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Oran of the Jungle / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Hugh Bartlett (credited)

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich ?; Art Peddy ?

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich ?; ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Maddened beasts of the jungle meet their match...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Oran

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Ed Norris (credited)

Pencils

Klaus Nordling

Inks

Klaus Nordling

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Corporal Warren is stationed with his company in...

Genre

humor

Characters

Corporal Strut Warren; Muipo (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Splash panel has a Strut Warren paper doll.

Dr. Dynamite (Table of Contents: 15)

Kayo Kirby / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Chuck Walker (credited)

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich; ?

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kayo's training camp is located in the wilderness...

Genre

sports

Characters

Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby]; Bull (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

If You Want Quality Comic Magazines--Look for the Bull's-Eye When You Buy! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

Act Now! On This Bargain Offer. (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Remington Rand / advertisement / 1 page (report information)