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The Slugger's Game

5textual states8Characters
PublishedMay 1934Sale amount$35Recorded income$35
Genre
Boxing

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

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Draft 1The Slugger's Game — Draft 1
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Draft 3The Slugger's Game — Draft 3
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Characters in this Work

Counts are across exact Textual Versions currently represented. Additional textual research may add further appearances.

Battler Pembroke1 textual stateBisly1 textual stateLi Yun1 textual stateMikeSteve Costigan’s white bulldog and constant animal companion2 textual statesSmoky Jones2 textual statesSteve Costigansailor-boxer brought in to face Snake Wamberson in The Trail of the Snake2 textual statesTorpedo Willoughby1 textual stateWells1 textual state

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 кулак (Stal-noi kulak) (Iron Fist) Cover and publication 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↗