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The Waterfront Wallop

THE WATERFRONT WALLOP. Published in Fight Stories Fall 1941 under the name Mark Adam. First published as THE TNT PUNCH in Action Stories, volume 10, number 5 January 1931. Featuring Steve Costigan. 

The TNT Punch

The TNT Punch. Featuring Steve Costigan. First published in Action Stories, volume 10, number 5 January 1931. 

Alternate titles: WATERFRONT LAW and THE WATERFRONT WALLOP

Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace

Step into the mysterious Shanghai waterfront where Sailor Steve Costigan finds himself unwittingly entangled in a violent robbery, a gritty underground fight, and a dangerous mix-up with the law in “Sailor Costigan and the Turkish Menace.” The story was received by Howard’s agent, Kline, on April 29, 1933.

Tallyho!

“Tallyho!” is an unfinished fragment (about 1000 words) of a story set in the rugged and lawless world of sea tramps and beachcombers.

Night of Battle

“Night of Battle,” also published as “Shore Leave for a Slugger,” thrusts Steve Costigan into a whirlwind of adventure and misadventure in Singapore. First published in Fight Stories in March 1932. Howard earned  $60.00 for the story. Published again with the byline Mark Adam in the same magazine in the Fall 1942 issue and the title was changed to “Shore Leave for a Slugger”.

Fists of Iron Round 2

The Collected Boxing Fiction of Robert E. Howard: Fists of Iron Round 2.

The REH Foundation have made a beautiful four-volume series that presents the Collected Boxing Fiction of Robert E. Howard. This volume features the first half of the collected Sailor Steve Costigan yarns and measures in at 330 pages (plus introductory material). Introduction by Mark Finn.