Fight Comics, #4

Published: April 1940

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Fight Comics #4

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Issue Contents:
1 page adventure
Characters
  • Rip Regan the Power-Man
Credits
Story 1 9 pages adventure

"Shark meets a strange opponent on the far-off..."

Storyline

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.

Characters
  • Shark Brodie
  • Stubby (Intro)
  • Fritz (Intro)
  • Blackie and his gang (Villain, Introduction)
  • Snooky
  • Dolly
  • Susie
Credits
Story Notes

Note that Aksut is Tuska in reverse.

Story 2 8 pages science fiction

"Kinks and friends are cruising about on a..."

Characters
  • Kinks Mason
  • Sneely (Villain, Intro)
Credits
Story 3 5 pages science fiction

"Starring Saber The mightiest and most intelligent man..."

Characters
  • Saber [Spy Fighter]
  • A group of spies (Villain, Intro, Death)
Credits
Story 4 2 pages humor; sports

"Haw!! - This guy, that you're fighting tonight..."

Characters
  • Slug-Nutty Sam
Story Notes

Previous indexer assigned script also to Schwab. We cannot corraborate.

Story 5 6 pages adventure

"Chip and his brave Skull Squad fight their way out..."

Characters
  • Chip Collins
  • Wang Chi (Villain, Intro, Death)
  • Chin Lo and his daughter (Intro)
Credits
Story 6 5 pages adventure

"I'll get behind this market racket if it's..."

Characters
  • Rip Regan the Power-Man
  • Big John (Intro, Death)
  • Racketeers (Villain, Intro)
Story Notes

Signs of Sid Greene in the inks seen by all three indexers. Could be coincidence, but seems consistent in early Celardo stories.

Featuring Keeping Fit

Story 7 2 pages sports

"In this article we give the novice champ..."

Story 8 5 pages adventure

""Big Red", as Tom Farr's new partner, has discovered..."

Storyline

Big Red stops a group of lumber raiders who turn out to be wanted murderers.

Characters
  • Big Red McLane
  • Tom Farr
Story 9 8 pages sports

"The kid is great, Mary! A mere youngster too!"

Characters
  • Kayo Kirby
  • The Kid (Guest-Star)
  • Sidney Snowden (Villain, Intro)
  • Buck (Villain, Intro)
  • assorted gangsters (Villain, Intro)
Credits
The True Life Story of Tony Canzoneri
Story 10 4 pages sports

"Twice champioon of the world..."

Characters
  • Tony Canzoneri
Case 2: File-A: Clue-3

Featuring The Case of the Frightened Killer

Story 11 0 pages crime
Credits
Story Notes

Keith Chandler : A previous indexer gave credit to Bob Powell, but this looks far more like Eisner.

Story 12 5 pages jungle

"Born to defend himself in the Dark Continent..."

Characters
  • Oran
  • The Champ (Villain, Intro)
  • Boss Murphy (Villain, Intro)
  • Mike (Villain, Intro, Death)
Credits
Story 13 5 pages humor

"Returning to the marine barracks from an evening..."

Characters
  • Cpl. Strut Warren
  • Karawai (Villain, Intro)
Story Notes

For this story only, the Feature Logo is "Strut Warren in the Phillipines"[sic]