Fight Comics
#8
(August 1940)
Fiction House,
1940 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- every month
- On-sale Date
- 1940-06-11
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fight Stories, Inc.
- Brand
-
Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- Malcolm Reiss (Editor); Will Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
Lair of the Vulture
Chip Collins / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Chip Collins
- Keywords
- fighter planes; machine guns; parachuting
[no title indexed]
Rip Regan the Power-Man / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Again the Power-man pits his strength against great...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Rip Regan; The Termite-Men (Villain, Intro, Death)
- Reprints
-
in Flaming Carrot Comics (Renegade Press, 1985 series) #16 (June 1987)
-
The Headhunters of New Hebrides
Shark Brodie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Tuska [as George Aksut]
- Inks
- George Tuska [as George Aksut]; ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Shark Brodie; Mogo and other headhunters (Villain, Intro)
Lair of the Vulture
Chip Collins / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the waking dawn of early morning, a...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Chip Collins; Pierre Villon (Villain, Intro, Death)
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[no title indexed]
Kinks Mason / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Kinks is on his way to dive for...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Kinks Mason; Battler (Kink's fighting seal partner, Intro)
Indexer Notes
Battler is featured in the previous story by name, so this episode is out of sequence and should have preceded the story in issue #7.
[no title indexed]
Strut Warren / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's the man for the job, sir ...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Cpl. Strut Warren; A gang of spies (Villain, Intro)
Tamer of the Wild
Oran of the Jungle / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Hugh Bartlett]
- Pencils
- Dan Zolnerowich ?; Arthur Peddy ?; Alex Blum ?
- Inks
- Dan Zolnerowich ?; ? [shop]
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A criminal's greed forces Oran into combat with...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Oran; Bolo (Intro); Tony Siro (Villain, Intro)
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
[no title indexed]
Keeping Fit / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An important problem in boxing is getting out...
- Genre
- sports
Indexer Notes
Probably Cardy solo on smaller illustrations.
[no title indexed]
Slug-Nutty Sam / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Fred Schwab [as Fist E. Cuffs]
- Pencils
- Fred Schwab [as Fist E. Cuffs]
- Inks
- Fred Schwab [as Fist E. Cuffs]
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Bill! Your fighter is in the ring...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Slug-Nutty Sam
[no title indexed]
Spencer Steel / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fresh air and sunshine! Boy, can I stand...
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Spencer Steel; Ratty Morone (Villain, Intro)
- Reprints
- in Pulp Fiction (A List Comics, 1997 series) #5 (July 1998)
-
[no title indexed]
Big Red McLane / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
- Pencils
- Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
- Inks
- Fletcher Hanks [as Charles Netcher] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Fletcher Hanks
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Big Red" McLane wanders into a new lumber district and steps into a strange death trap..
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Big Red McLane; Tom Farr; The Monk (Villain, Introduction, Death)
- Synopsis
- Big Red is taken prisoner in order to be used in one of The Monk's rocket tests.
- Reprints
in Kid McCoy, the Lone Wolf of Fistiana
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography; sports
- Synopsis
- Life story of world middleweight boxing champion Charles "Kid" McCoy.
Secret Legion
The Spy Fighter / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Early in the twenty-first century the southwestern states...
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Saber [Spy Fighter]; Garr Storm (Villain, Intro)
Indexer Notes
The story title is taken from the cover blurb.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Lair of the Vulture
Chip Collins -
1.
["Again the Power-man pits his strength against great..."]
Rip Regan the Power-Man -
2.
The Headhunters of New Hebrides
Shark Brodie -
3.
Lair of the Vulture
Chip Collins -
4.
["Kinks is on his way to dive for..."]
Kinks Mason -
5.
["Here's the man for the job, sir ..."]
Strut Warren -
6.
Tamer of the Wild
Oran of the Jungle -
7.
["An important problem in boxing is getting out..."]
Keeping Fit -
8.
["Hey, Bill! Your fighter is in the ring..."]
Slug-Nutty Sam -
9.
["Fresh air and sunshine! Boy, can I stand..."]
Spencer Steel -
10.
["Big Red" McLane wanders into a new lumber district and steps into a strange death trap.."]
Big Red McLane -
11.
Dumbells for Hire
How Not To Keep Fit! -
12.
Kid McCoy, the Lone Wolf of Fistiana
-
13.
Secret Legion
The Spy Fighter -
14.
["Kayo Kirby looks down upon the private boxing ring..."]
Kayo Kirby
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