WritingPermanent catalogue Work
Waterfront Fists
3textual states14Characters
Introduction
Stand Up and Slug! First published under the original title Waterfront Fists in Fight Stories September 1930. It was published again in Fight Stories Volume 6 in number 4, Summer of 1940 but then under the name, Mark Adam, and this new title.
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. Additional textual research may add further appearances.
Abe GoldTony Andrada’s manager1 textual stateBill O’Brienrangy Irish Sea Girl sailor and Steve Costigan’s close friend/second1 textual stateGloria FlynnStriped Cat dancer/con artist who manipulates Steve; not any other Gloria1 textual stateJack Dempseyhistorical heavyweight champion; the modern Dempsey distinguished from the Nonpareil1 textual stateJoe CromwellSalana associate who attacks Gloria1 textual stateMikeSteve Costigan’s white bulldog and constant animal companion1 textual stateMushy Hansenpoetical Sea Girl sailor and recurring shipmate1 textual stateRed Roachugly Ruffian boxer matched with Steve1 textual stateRuffianship whose fighting man is Red Roach1 textual stateSalanagym owner and criminal schemer1 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 stateTony Andradafighter involved in Salana’s scheme1 textual state
Publication appearances
Fight Stories - September 1930Fight Stories, Inc. (Fiction House)September 1930↗
Fight Stories - Summer 1940Fight Stories, Inc. (Fiction House)Summer 1940↗
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)↗The Adventures of Sailor Steve Costigan: Waterfront FistsViolet Crown Radio PlayersMay 2006↗
Waterfront Fists, and Winner Take AllDodo 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↗
Fight Stories Volume 3 Number 4Pulp Tales PressJune 2013↗
Fists of Iron Round 2REH Foundation PressFebruary 2014↗
Pulp Adventures #25Bold Venture PressSpring 2017 (On sale early June 2017)↗
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↗
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↗