Originally published in Fight Stories, January 1931.
Published as “Leather Lightning” in Fight Stories, Winter 1940, attributed to Mark Adam.
Steve Costigan
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.
Circus Fists
Originally published in Fight Stories, December 1931.
Published as “Slugger Bait” in Fight Stories, Summer 1942, attributed to Mark Adam.
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 Destiny Gorilla
First published in The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan (FAX, 1974).
Original Steve Costigan version published as “Sailor Costigan and the Destiny Gorilla” in Fists of Iron Round 3 (REH Foundation Press, November 20140.
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.
Flying Knuckles
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).
General Ironfist
Originally published in Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine, June 1934.
Hard-Fisted Sentiment
First published in Robert E. Howard’s Fight Magazine #4, October 1996.
The Honor of the Ship
First published in French in Dennis Dorgan (Nouvelles Editions Oswald, July 1987). First published in English in REH Fight Magazine #4 (Necronomicon Press, October 1996).
The House of Peril
First published as “Blow the Chinks Down!” in Action Stories, October 1931.
Howard’s original version of this story was edited to change the name of the main character to Steve Costigan when it was first published in 1931. The original, unedited version is published for the first time in Fists of Iron Round 4 (REH Foundation Press, 2015).
The Jade Monkey
First published as “Sailor Dorgan and the Jade Monkey” in The Howard Collector #14 (Glenn Lord, Spring 1971).
Original Steve Costigan version appears as “Sailor Costigan and the Jade Monkey” in Fists of Iron Round 3 (REH Foundation Press, November 2014).
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).
A New Game For Costigan
First published as “Playing Journalist” in The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan (FAX Collectors Editions, 1974), as a Dennis Dorgan story.
The Steve Costigan version was published in Boxing Stories (University of Nebraska Press, 2005) and Fists of Iron Round 3 (REH Foundation Press, November 2014) as “A New Game for Costigan.”
Night of Battle
Originally published in Fight Stories, March 1932.
Published as “Shore Leave for a Slugger” in Fight Stories, Fall 1942, attributed to Mark Adam.
One Shanghai Night
Originally published as “Dark Shanghai” in Action Stories, January 1932.
Howard’s original version of this story was edited to change the name of the main character to Steve Costigan when it was first published in 1931. The original, unedited version is published for the first time in Fists of Iron Round 4 (REH Foundation Press, 2015).
The Pit of the Serpent
Originally published in Fight Stories, July 1929.
Sailor Costigan and the Swami
First published in The Howard Review #7 (Dennis McHaney, April 1977).
Sailors’ Grudge
Originally published in Fight Stories, March 1930.
The Sign of the Snake
Originally published in Action Stories, June 1931.
The Slugger’s Game
Originally published in Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine, May 1934.
Sluggers of the Beach
Originally published in Jack Dempsey’s Fight Magazine, August 1934.
Texas Fists
Originally published in Fight Stories, May 1931.
Vikings of the Gloves
Originally published in Fight Stories, February 1932.
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).
The Turkish Menace (fragment)
First published in The Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dorgan (FAX, 1974).
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.