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One Shanghai Night

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Introduction

One Shanghai Night originally featured Mike Dorgan and Bill McGlory. It was submitted to Fiction House on June 7, 1931 and later accepted. When published in Action Stories in January 1932 as Dark Shanghai, Mike Dorgan had been changed to Steve Costigan.

Howard wrote three stories featuring Mike Dorgan and Bill McGlory; One Shanghai Night was the second.

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Ace BarlowAce Barlow — Shanghai saloon man/crookOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 143Big BessBig Bess — Ace Barlow’s associateOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 143Bill McGloryBill McGloryOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 143Cap’n HurleyCap’n Hurley — captain who previously described John BainMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 154Catherine DealCatherine Deal — woman crookOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 143John BainJohn Bain — adventurer/crookOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 144Mike DorganMike Dorgan — Costigan-world sailor, friend of Steve and Bill McGlory in Turkish MenaceOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 143Tung ChinTung Chin — apothecaryOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 157Yuen KiangYuen Kiang — chemist in backstoryMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 153Yut LaoYut Lao — Shanghai Chinese figureOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Four UE p. 146

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Fists of Iron, Volume 4 — Ultimate Edition (supplied prepublication PDF)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

Supplied Fists of Iron Volume 4 Ultimate Edition prepublication PDF