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28October 1943
$0.10

Fight Comics #28

Fiction House · October 1943 · on sale 1943-07-26

First appearance: Rip Carson
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Identification plate

Series
Fight Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
October 1943
Key date
1943-10-00
On-sale date
1943-07-26
Indicia publisher
Fight Stories Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
60

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Rip Carson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Blood Vengeance of the Lightning Legioncover1pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben MoreiraRip Carson First
1Who is Commando Ranger?promo (ad from the publisher)1
2-comic story10script: Rollin W. Bell; pencils: Ruben Moreira; inks: Ruben MoreiraRip Carson First
3Viva, Gauchocomic story10script: Morgan Hawkins; pencils: Nick Cardy, Art Saaf; inks: Nick Cardy, Art SaafSeñorita Rio, Rita Farrar
4-comic story7script: John Campbell; pencils: Robert WebbHooks Devlin
5-comic story5script: Chuck Walker; inks: Jack KamenKayo Kirby
6The Bright Blade of Couragecomic story2pencils: Karen Karol; inks: Karen Karol
7-comic story6script: Ted Torrence; pencils: John Cassone; inks: John Cassone, Al FeldsteinChip Collins
8Comrade Hellcattext story2script: ? [as George Tracy]; letters: typeset
9-comic story6script: ? [as Bob Bristol]; inks: ? (shop)Dusty Rhodes
10-comic story8script: ? [as Tom Tracy]Shark Brodie

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn]
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Series context

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Sources

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