Originally published in Fight Stories, January 1931.
Published as “Leather Lightning” in Fight Stories, Winter 1940, attributed to Mark Adam.
Fists of Iron Round 2
Stories
The Bull Dog Breed
Originally published in Fight Stories, February 1930.
The Champion of the Forecastle
Originally published as “Champ of the Forecastle” in Fight Stories, November 1930.
College Socks
Cultured Cauliflowers
First published in Boxing Stories (University of Nebraska Press, 2005).
An edited version of this story was published as “In High Society” in The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan (FAX Collectors Editions, 1974) with the names of the characters changed (Steve Costigan changed to Dennis Dorgan, etc). The version published in Boxing Stories is taken from Howard’s original typescript.
The Fightin’est Pair
Originally published as “Breed of Battle” in Action Stories, November 1931.
Fist and Fang
Originally published in Fight Stories, May 1930.
Published as “Cannibal Fists” in Fight Stories, Winter 1938-1939, attributed to Mark Adam.
Hard-Fisted Sentiment
First published in Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #4, October 1996.
By the Law of the Shark
First published in French in Steve Costigan Le Champion (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, March 1987). First published in English in REH Fight Magazine #4 (Necronomicon Press, October 1996).
The Pit of the Serpent
Originally published in Fight Stories, July 1929.
Sailors’ Grudge
Originally published in Fight Stories, March 1930.
Texas Fists
Originally published in Fight Stories, May 1931.
Waterfront Fists
Originally published in Fight Stories, September 1930.
Published as “Stand Up and Slug!” in Fight Stories, Summer 1940, attributed to Mark Adam.
Waterfront Law
Originally published as “The TNT Punch” in Action Stories, January 1931.
Winner Take All
Originally published in Fight Stories, July 1930.
Published as “Sucker” in Fight Stories, Winter 1939-1940, attributed to Mark Adam.
The Yellow Cobra
First published in The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan (FAX, 1974).
Fists of Iron Round 3 (REH Foundation Press, November 2014) contains the original Steve Costigan version of the story.
Miscellanea
The Battling Sailor (incomplete)
First published in French in Dennis Dorgan (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, July 1987). First published in English in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Entertainment, March 2007).
Blue River Blues
First published in French in Steve Costigan Le Champion, (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, March 1987). First published in English in The Last of the Trunk Och Brev I Urval (Paradox Enertainment, March 2007).
Sailor’s Grudge (outline)
First published in Fists of Iron Round 2 (REH Foundation Press, February 2014).
Untitled story (“It was the end of the fourth round…”)
First published as part of “The Perils of Sailor Costigan” in The Howard Review #2, March 1975.
Untitled story (“Help! Help! They’re murderin’ me!”)
First published in Pirate Adventures (REH Foundation Press, February 2013). Unfinished.
Untitled story (“The night Sailor Steve Costigan fought Battling O’Rourke…”)
First published as part of “The Perils of Sailor Costigan” in The Howard Review #2, March 1975.