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Issue: Fighting American #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1989
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Entertainment Group Inc.
On Sale Date: 1989
Volume:
Pages: 200
ISBN: 0871356007
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $43.50 CAD
$35.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 36 (26 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: Glossy
Binding: Hardcover
Publishing Format: Collected Edition
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reprinted 32 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

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First Came the Pants

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Fighting American -- Innovation and Quality

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[untitled]

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #1 [1] published April 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Break the Spy Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Martha Von Lohded; Mary Stewart; Peter Piper
Synopsis: Nelson Flagg's older brother, Johnny, is killed by enemies of America. The Army transfers Nelson's brain into Johnny's body to create the Fighting American, who tracks down and captures Peter Piper and his gang.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #1 [1] published April 1954
was Break the Spy Ring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Track Down the Baby Buzz Bombs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Von Feygel
Synopsis: Speedboy helps the Fighting American stop Von Feygel from attacking Johnny Flagg with miniaturized remote controlled buzz-bombs.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #1 [1] published April 1954
was Track Down the Baby Buzz Bombs [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Duel to the Finish Line

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mary Grady; Gnortz; Bohltz; Dan Grady
Synopsis: Enemy agents kill race car driver Dan Grady before the big European race but the Fighting American takes his place and wins the auto race.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #1 [1] published April 1954
was Duel to the Finish Line! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #2 [2] published June 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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The League of the Handsome Devils!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): Big Deal [Sleppinger] (first appearance, villain); the Handsome Devils (first appearance, villains); Mike Malone; Adam Sanfield
Synopsis: The Fighting American and Speedboy battle a group of muggers who kill their victims and are only identified as "handsome devils" by eye witnesses.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #2 [2] published June 1954
was The League of the Handsome Devils! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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The King of the Crime Syndicate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doubleheader [Casper Dewberry] (first appearance, villain); Mary Stewart
Synopsis: Doubleheader has created a device to fling energy which he uses to fix various sporting events and to help him win at gambling. The Fighting American and Speedboy put an end to his criminal enterprise.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #2 [2] published June 1954
was Find the King of the Crime Syndicate [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The City of Ghouls

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mary Stewart; Gen. Dragonin (first appearance, villain, death); Blaggart (first appearance, villain, death); Ghosts of Shasta (first appearance, villain, death)
Synopsis: The Fighting American and Speedboy, along with Mary, are captured by Reds and taken to Mount Shasta where a battle ensues between the Reds and the Ghosts of Shasta. Both sides are destroyed when Fighting American calls in an air strike.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #2 [2] published June 1954
was Investigate the City of Ghouls [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Hotsky Trotsky; Poison Ivan
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #3 [3] published August 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Square Hair Malloy, the Man Who Sold Out Liberty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): Square-Hair Malloy (first appearance, villain, death)
Synopsis: The Fighting American and Speedboy battle Square-Hair Malloy on top of the Statue of Liberty.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #3 [3] published August 1954
was "Square Hair" Malloy The Man Who Sold Out Liberty! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Stranger from Paradise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Speedboy
Character(s): Vladimir and his family (first appearance)
Synopsis: A boy in a communist country writes Speedboy a letter.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #3 [3] published August 1954
was Stranger from Paradise [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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Poison Ivan and Hotsky Trotski

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Poison Ivan (villain); Hotski Trotski (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis: Poison Ivan and his companion Hotski Trotski spread anti-American propaganda to neighborhood children.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #3 [3] published August 1954
was Poison Ivan and Hotsky Trotski [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Title comes from the cover of the original issue.
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Z Food

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): John (first appearance, villain); Marsha (first appearance, villain); Rammerhead (first appearance, villain); Schwartz; Fodrick; Nutwelder J. Cloudball; Crawlby Wormwood; Comrade Farkriminisch
Synopsis: Scientists have created "Z Food" which turns the eater into what they think they are. The Fighting American and Speedboy must keep it out of communist hands.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #3 [3] published August 1954
was Z Food [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Rhode Island Red; Yuscha Liffso
First Line: Listen, Rhode Island Red!
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #4 [4] published October 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Tokyo Run Around!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Ginza Goniff (first appearance, villain, death); Massamuttin (first appearance, villain); Madame Butterscotch (first appearance); Togo (first appearance); Uncle Samurai (first appearance)
Synopsis: An American pilot is shot down in the ocean by a communist submarine. The pilot makes his way to Tokyo where he is caught between Japanese mobsters and communist secret agents, but the Fighting American and Speedboy are there to rescue him.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #4 [4] published October 1954
was Tokyo Run-Around! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Home-Coming Year 3000

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Starman Zero; Kleeter
Synopsis: Johnny Flagg goes to sleep and dreams of the future, when Starman Zero returns from a distant planet telling tales of the strange aliens he met there.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #4 [4] published October 1954
was Home-Coming Year 3000 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Johnny and Dan do not appear as the Fighting American or Speedboy in this story but only as their civilian selves.
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Operation Wolf!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rimsky (first appearance, villain); Korsakoff (first appearance, villain); Doraymirio Wolfirosoff (first appearance, villain); Rhode Island Red (first appearance, villain); Count Yuscha (first appearance, villain); Sawdoff (first appearance, villain); Geegee La Swill
Synopsis: Rhode Island Red and her gang use Doraymirio Wolfirosoff to swindle rich single females out of their money to help fund their communist plots.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #4 [4] published October 1954
was Operation Wolf! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #5 (5) published December 1954
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Jiseppi the Jungle Boy

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): Jiseppi (first appearance); Sir Cedric Hardwhack; Pamela Hardwhack; Pastrami (tiger); Fat Maria
Synopsis: Fighting American and Speedboy travel to India to find a jungle boy who has stolen a hydrogen bomb from the communists.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #5 (5) published December 1954
was Jiseppi the Jungle Boy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Year Bender

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): Prof. Dyle Twister (first appearance); Gregory
Synopsis: Speedboy rescues Gregory, a scrawny kid who is being picked on by bullies. Gregory's grandfather has invented a time machine that accidentally takes them all 3000 years in the past.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #5 (5) published December 1954
was The Year Bender [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Invisible Irving the Great Nothing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Invisible Irving (first appearance; villain); Freddy Fowlup
Synopsis: Invisible Irving escapes from Alcatraz and sets up a racket brainwashing people and getting them to steal from their employers.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #5 (5) published December 1954
was Invisible Irving, the Great Nothing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story swiped from Starman story in Adventure Comics #77, per Harry Mendryk's blog at the Kirby Museum.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Ali Ghazam
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #6 (6) published February 1955
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Deadly Doolittle

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Icy-Fingers McTouch; Stumblebaum; Stickpin; Iggy; Marilyn Biltrite; Deadly Doolittle; Munneybelt; Hooley
Synopsis: Marilyn Biltrite steals Munneybelt's diamonds but the mob is on her tail. Fighting American saves her and gives her a chance to turn her life around.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #6 (6) published February 1955
was Deadly Doolittle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Super Khakalovitch .... Boy "Has-Been"

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): Super Khakalovitch; Charity Bizarre
Synopsis: Communists send their "superman", Super Khakalovitch, to America to kill Fighting American but once he arrives in America he decides he likes it better than his homeland.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v1 #6 (6) published February 1955
was Super-Khakalovitch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Professor
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v2 #1 (7) published April 1955
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Sneak of Araby

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Little Abdul (first appearance, villain); Col. Flopkin (first appearance, villain); Scarlet O'Haircut (first appearance, villain); Ali Bubu; Shishkabob the Sorcerer; Shashlik; Alikhan
Synopsis: A genie takes Fighting American and Speedboy to Kishmir on the Desert, in the Middle East, to stop the communists from getting the oil owned by Little Abdul.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v2 #1 (7) published April 1955
was Sneak of Araby [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Three Coins in the Pushcart

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): Skudnik; Yakfoot; Grummel; Gorgeous Georgia [Gloria Swandive]
Synopsis: Communists send three agents, dressed as the Fighting American, to sabotage his reputation.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v2 #1 (7) published April 1955
was Three Coins in the Pushcart [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Greg Theakson, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008), challenged traditional crediting of the pencils to Jack Kirby. John Prentice pencils per Harry Mendryk's Simon and Kirby blog. Carl Wessler script per Robin Snyder, via Wessler's record books. Title is a parody of the 1954 movie "Three Coins in the Fountain."
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Space-Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): 20-20 (first appearance, villain); Skurvee (first appearance, villain); Space-Face (first appearance, an alien); Mister Sharp; Lucy Liverwurst
Synopsis: Someone is stealing government secrets and the prime suspect is the alien Space-Face.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American v2 #1 (7) published April 1955
was About Space-Face [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Wessler script per Robin Snyder, via Wessler's record books. Originally titled "Out of This World".
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): Round Robin
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1966
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Round Robin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): Round Robin (introduction); Yakima Fuldoon; Floyd Dragnet
Synopsis: Police chief Floyd Dragnet calls on Fighting American and Speedboy to help capture the crook Round Robin.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1966
was Round Robin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Roman Scoundrels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): Commissar Yutz (villain, introduction, death); Shepard Shoestring (introduction); Rupert Blatzbier (introduction); Theda Barracuda (introduction); Eric Von Junkheap (introduction)
Synopsis: Fighting American and Speedboy travel to Hollywood to be in a motion picture but the movie is being directed by communists who want to kill them.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1966
was Roman Scoundrels [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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The Secret of Yafata's Moustache

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Viva Yafata [Harvey Nibble] (villain, introduction); Bosworth Nibble; La Mombo; El Ropo (villain, introduction); Jispers
Synopsis: Bosworth Nibble contacts the Fighting American to ask him to go to Mexico to find his son, Harvey Nibble, who he believes has been captured by bandits.
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From Content Item: FlagFighting American #1 [unnamed variant] published October 1966
was The Secret of Yafata's Moustache [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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The Beef Box

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Fighting American and Speedboy
Character(s): Allan Pain; Gulnik; Transmittor Man
Synopsis: Gulnik, an alien from Mars, comes to Earth to stop the TV signals that are polluting the Martian airwaves.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Originally intended for Fighting American (Harvey, 1966 series) #2. Tuska pencils per Ed Erkes via the Comic Book Historians Facebook page. Previous indexer credited Jack Kirby.

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