Fight Comics, #7

Published: July 1940

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Fight Comics #7

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Issue Contents:
1 page jungle
Credits
Easy Money for You!
Story 1 1 page
Credits
  • Script:
Story 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
Story 2 5 pages adventure

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

Characters
  • Rip Regan
  • Moronie (villain, introduction)
Credits
Story Notes

The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

Story 3 5 pages adventure

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

Characters
  • Shark Brodie
  • Rocky and his gang (villain, introduction)
  • Mr. Allen (introduction)
  • Pat Allen (introduction)
  • Joey Allen (introduction)
Credits
Story 4 5 pages science fiction

"A peace conference of all the nations of..."

Characters
  • Saber [Spy Fighter]
Credits
Luis Angel Firpo, the Wild Bull of the Pampas
Story 5 4 pages sports
Story 6 6 pages war

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

Characters
  • Chip Collins
  • Prince Bara (introduction)
  • Abdulla (villain, introduction, death)
Story 7 4 pages detective-mystery

"Looks like my best detective on my squad..."

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)
Credits
Story 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.

Featuring Keeping Fit

Story 8 2 pages sports

"The following are the words of a trainer..."

Story 9 7 pages science fiction

"The government is worried over continued poaching under..."

Characters
  • Kinks Mason
  • Battler (introduction, Kinks's trained seal)
  • A gang of poachers (villain, introduction)
Credits
Story Notes

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

Story 10 2 pages humor

"Are youse de Slug-Nutty outfit?"

Characters
  • Slug-Nutty Sam
Credits
Story 11 5 pages adventure

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

Storyline

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

Characters
  • Big Red McLane
  • Tom Farr
  • Sledge Sloan (villain, introduction)
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Story 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.

Story 12 1 page non-fiction; sports

"Joe Louis - The youngest heavyweight champion..."

Storyline

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.

Characters
  • Joe Louis
  • Jim Braddock
  • Rameses II
  • two unnamed lumberjacks
  • Tommy Farr
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Story 13 5 pages adventure

"Maddened beasts of the jungle meet their match..."

Characters
  • Oran
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Story 14 5 pages humor

"Corporal Warren is stationed with his company in..."

Characters
  • Corporal Strut Warren
  • Muipo (villain, introduction)
Credits
Story Notes

Splash panel has a Strut Warren paper doll.

Dr. Dynamite
Story 15 8 pages sports

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

Characters
  • Kayo Kirby [Red Kirby]
  • Bull (villain, introduction)
Credits
Story 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!
Story 16 1 page
Credits
Story Notes

Inside back cover. Promotional advertisement for Fiction House comic books, Jungle Comics (1940 series) #7 (July 1940), Planet Comics (1940 series) #7 (July 1940), and Jumbo Comics (1938 series) #17 (July 1940). States that the newsstand on-sale days each month was the First for Jumbo Comics, the Fifth for Jungle Comics, Tenth for Fight Comics, and the Fifteenth for Planet Comics.

Act Now! On This Bargain Offer.

Featuring Remington Rand

Story 17 1 page
Story Notes

Back cover. Illustrated advertisement from Remington Rand, Inc. of Buffalo, New York, offering readers a desk for $1 when they purchase a portable typewriter. The offer also includes a 24-page booklet on how to type plus a carrying case for the typewriter.