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A Two-Fisted Santa Claus

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Introduction

A Two-Fisted Santa Claus is a Steve Costigan Christmas story in which the sailor is drawn into playing Santa Claus for children at a mission and into the violence surrounding it. Kline received the story on October 27, 1933. Cross Plains Library also preserves a Dennis Dorgan reworking credited to Patrick Ervin.

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Ebenezer TwilligerEbenezer TwilligerOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 135Kwang TzuKwang TzuOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 135MikeMike — Steve Costigan’s white bulldog and constant animal companionOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 135Sea GirlSea Girl — merchant ship associated with Sailor Steve CostiganMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 135Spike HanrahanSpike HanrahanOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 135Steve CostiganSteve Costigan — sailor-boxer brought in to face Snake Wamberson in The Trail of the SnakeOn Pagefirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 135WangWangMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 135Young ReynoldsYoung ReynoldsMentionedfirst: Fists of Iron Round Three UE p. 135

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