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The Slugger's Game
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Introduction
The Slugger's Game is a Sailor Steve Costigan short story by Robert E. Howard. It was originally published in the May 1934 issue of Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine. Sold for $35.
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.
Publication appearances
Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine May 1934Champion Associates, Inc.May 1934↗
Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine May 1934 (Canada)Champion Associates, Inc.June 1934↗
Steve Costigan le champion (Steve Costigan - The Champion)NeOMarch 1987↗
Robert E. Howard's Fight Magazine #3Necronomicon PressSeptember 1991↗
Лик смерча (Lik smercha) (The Face of a Tornado) 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)↗
Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine Volume 1 Number 1Adventure HouseSeptember 2005↗
The Robert E. Howard Foundation Newsletter v1 #2Robert E. Howard FoundationFall 2007↗
The Slugger's Game, and Vikings of the GloveDodo PressFebruary 2008↗
The Battles of Sailor Steve CostiganFrancis DiPietroAugust 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↗
Shanghaied Mitts: More Tales of Sea-Faring Boxing Champ Steve CostiganNuelow GamesNovember 2011↗
The Sailor Steve Costigan StoriesJame-BooksAugust 2012↗
Robert E. Howard's Collected WorksJame-BooksFebruary 2013↗
Fists of Iron Round 3REH Foundation PressNovember 2014↗
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↗
El rey del pulp: Relatos de Robert E. Howard (The King of Pulp: Stories by Robert E. Howard)Walden Editora (Argentina)April 2026↗