Fight Comics
#85
(Spring 1953)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fight Stories, Inc.
- Brand
- Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J. F. Byrne (Managing Editor); Jerry Iger (Art Director)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Golden Age US
- Paper Stock
- newsprint
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Takusan Tough!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Maurice Whitman
- Inks
- Maurice Whitman
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
-
in Fight Comics (Superior Publishers Limited, 1953 series) #85 ([Spring] 1953)
-
Takusan Tough
comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell]
- Inks
- John Belcastro [as Johnny Bell]
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- American paratroopers drop into Korea and sail an ancient ship against guerrilas.
- Reprints
- in Fight Comics (Superior Publishers Limited, 1953 series) #85 ([Spring] 1953)
-
Retreat!
comic story / 4.67 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (Iger Shop)
- Inks
- ? (Iger Shop)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Marines begin a retreat from Sawtooth Ridge.
- Reprints
- in Fight Comics (Superior Publishers Limited, 1953 series) #85 ([Spring] 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
One third of last page has statement of ownership.
Prison Break
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- A soldier named Buck escapes from the Reds.
- Reprints
- in Fight Comics (Superior Publishers Limited, 1953 series) #85 ([Spring] 1953)
-
Attila
Famous Fighters / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Beck ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- historical; war
- Characters
- Attila the Hun; Pope Leo
- Synopsis
- Attila attacks Rome, but is driven away by Pope Leo.
- Reprints
- in Fight Comics (Superior Publishers Limited, 1953 series) #85 ([Spring] 1953)
-
in Seriemagasinet (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1951 series) #17/1954 (September 1954)
-
Teamwork
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Robert Webb ?; ? (Iger Shop)
- Inks
- ? (Iger Shop)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- The Navy has trouble with the morale aboard a new ship.
- Reprints
- in Fight Comics (Superior Publishers Limited, 1953 series) #85 ([Spring] 1953)
-
[no title indexed]
Rip Carson / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Robert Webb ?; ? (Iger Shop)
- Inks
- ? (Iger Shop)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho Wang, the Flying Red, had sworn he...
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Rip Carson; Ho Wang (introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Rip Carson defeats Ho Wang in a dogfight.
- Reprints
- in Fight Comics (Superior Publishers Limited, 1953 series) #85 ([Spring] 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Last appearance of Rip Carson.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Takusan Tough!
-
1.
Takusan Tough
-
2.
Retreat!
-
3.
Prison Break
-
4.
Attila
Famous Fighters -
5.
Teamwork
-
6.
["Ho Wang, the Flying Red, had sworn he..."]
Rip Carson
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Peter Croome
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Lou Mougin
- Peter Croome
- Henry Steele, Hames Ware, Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.