WritingPermanent catalogue Work
Manila Manslaughter
3textual states19Characters
Introduction
Published under the name Mark Adam. First published in Fight Stories volume 5, number 5, Fall 1937. See the original publication in Fight Stories Volume 2, number 2 as "The Pit of the Serpent".
Textual states
Shown in a practical developmental order where possible: synopsis/outline, numbered drafts, submission states, then published or posthumous states. This display order does not itself assert exact chronology or textual authority.
Characters in this Work
Counts are across exact Textual Versions currently represented. They are not assumed exhaustive until the underlying texts have been analyzed.
Bat SladeLeviathan boxer and champion of the serpent pit1 textual stateBlue Whalevessel whose boxer is Mike Leary1 textual stateBoatswain Hagneychampion of the British Asiatic naval fleet, mentioned in boxing comparison1 textual stateDauntlessmerchant vessel whose crew feud with the Sea Girl1 textual stateFlat-Face O’TooleSea Girl crewman1 textual stateJuanserpent-pit timekeeper1 textual stateLeviathanmerchant vessel whose boxer is Bat Slade1 textual stateMike LearyBlue Whale boxer mentioned in comparison1 textual stateMushy Hansenpoetical Sea Girl sailor and recurring shipmate1 textual stateOld Mancaptain of the Sea Girl in the Sailor Steve Costigan stories1 textual stateOne-Round GranniganSea Girl fighter and former champion slugger1 textual stateRaquel La CostaSpanish woman Steve and Bat Slade court in Manila1 textual stateSailor Handlerlarge sailor boxer previously fought by Slade1 textual stateSea Girlmerchant ship associated with Sailor Steve Costigan1 textual stateSteve Costigansailor-boxer brought in to face Snake Wamberson in The Trail of the Snake1 textual stateSwede HjonningSea Girl crewman1 textual statethe dipunnamed pickpocket acquaintance who seconds Steve in the serpent pit1 textual statethe Oily Birdunnamed oily promoter/referee who stages the serpent-pit fight1 textual stateYoung Griffohistorical boxer referenced as a ring wizard1 textual state
Publication appearances
Fight Stories - July 1929Fight Stories, Inc. (Fiction House)July 1929↗
Fight Stories - Fall 1937Fight Stories, Inc. (Fiction House)March 1932↗
The Book of Robert E. HowardZebraFebruary 1976 (First edition) February 1976 (Second edition)↗
The Book of Robert E. HowardBerkleyFebruary 1980↗
Steve CostiganNeONovember 1986↗
Robert E. Howard's Fight Magazine #1Necronomicon PressMarch 1990↗
Железный кулак (Zheleznyj kulak) (Iron Fist) P ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)1998↗
Cобрания Cочинений Том 3. Честь корабля (Cobraniia Cochinenii Tom 3. Chest- korablia) (Collected Works Volume 3. Honor of the Ship) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Терра — Книжный клуб (Terra - Book Club) Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)2003↗
Waterfront Fists and OthersWildside PressMay 2003 (hardcover); December 2004 (trade paperback)↗
Boxing StoriesUniversity of Nebraska Press - Bison BooksApril 2005↗
Dark Shanghai, and The Pit of the SerpentDodo PressFebruary 2008↗
The Collected Boxing Stories of Robert E. HowardHalcyon Press, Ltd.December 2009↗
The Robert E. Howard Omnibus: 99 Collected StoriesHalcyon Press, Ltd.May 2010↗
Fists of Foolishness: The Tales of Sea-Faring Boxing Champ Steve CostiganNuelow GamesOctober 2011↗
The Sailor Steve Costigan StoriesJame-BooksAugust 2012↗
Robert E. Howard's Collected WorksJame-BooksFebruary 2013↗
Fists of Iron Round 2REH Foundation PressFebruary 2014↗
Providence Tales n.1Providence PressFall 2017↗
Robert E. Howard's Sailor Steve CostiganPulp-Lit Press & Audible AudioJuly 2019↗
Стальной к улак (Stal-noi kulak) (Iron Fist) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Подсолнухи (Sunflowers)2020↗
Black Dog BooksContentsApril 2022↗
O Fosso da Serpente e Outras Histórias (The Pit of the Serpent and Other Stories)Red Dragon PublisherJuly 2023↗
Steve Costigan. Chi Trova Un'Amica, Trova Un Cazzotto (Steve Costigan. He Who Finds a Friend, Finds a Punch)Providence PressSeptember 2025↗
Steve Costigan. Chi Trova Un'Amica, Trova Un Cazzotto (Steve Costigan. He Who Finds a Friend, Finds a Punch)Providence PressOctober 2025↗
Fists of Iron Round Two - UEREH Foundation PressApril 2026↗