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Vikings of the Gloves

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PublishedFebruary 1932Sale amount$65Recorded income$65
Genre
Boxing

Introduction

Published in Fight Stories Fall 1940. Published under the name of Mark Adam. "Includin' the Scandinavian" previously appeared in Fight Stories V4N9, February 1932 as Vikings of the Gloves

Textual states

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Draft 1Vikings of the Gloves — Draft 1
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Includin' the Scandinavian!Primary Text
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Characters in this Work

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Bill O’Brienrangy Irish Sea Girl sailor and Steve Costigan’s close friend/second1 textual stateCaptain Gid Jessup1 textual stateDirck Jacobsen1 textual stateGustavus Adolphushistorical Swedish king invoked by the announcer1 textual stateHakon Torkilsen1 textual stateJohn JonesNorwegian referee who reveals that his real name is John Jones1 textual stateJohn L. Sullivanhistorical boxer mentioned in Draft 21 textual stateMikeSteve Costigan’s white bulldog and constant animal companion1 textual stateMushy Hansenpoetical Sea Girl sailor and recurring shipmate1 textual stateNeimann1 textual stateNigger KingCaptain Gid Jessup’s condemned vessel; offensive historical name preserved from source1 textual stateOld Mancaptain of the Sea Girl in the Sailor Steve Costigan stories1 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 stateSven Larsonhuge Swedish Sea Girl sailor who repeatedly challenges Steve1 textual stateSven Tortvigssen1 textual stateVikingCopenhagen vessel on which Hakon Torkilsen sails1 textual state

Publication appearances

Fight Stories - February 1932Fight Stories, Inc. (Fiction House)February 1932↗Fight Stories - February 1932 (Canada)Fight Stories, Inc. (Fiction House)February 1932↗Fight Stories - Fall 1940Fight Stories, Inc. (Fiction House)Fall 1940↗The Howard Review #2Dennis McHaneyMarch 1975↗The King-Size Howard ReviewDennis McHaney1987↗The Perils of Sailor CostiganDennis McHaneyChristmas 1987↗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)↗Boxing StoriesUniversity of Nebraska Press - Bison BooksApril 2005↗The Slugger's Game, and Vikings of the GloveDodo PressFebruary 2008↗The Book of The Howard ReviewDennis McHaneyJune 2009 (Proof edition) | December 2010↗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↗The Book of The Howard ReviewOld Tiger PressAugust 2021↗