{"product_id":"golden-age-classics-fight-comics-2-hardcover","title":"FIGHT COMICS Volume 2 Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003ePower Man cover by \u003cstrong\u003eLou Fine! \u003c\/strong\u003eFeaturing Power Man (aka Rip Regan) who is given a \"power suit\" by his friend and mentor Dr. Austin which gives him super-strength, a rare Fiction House superhero! Plus regular features Shark Brodie, Kinks Mason, Spy Fighter, Chip Collins, Big Red McLane by the notorious \u003cstrong\u003eFletcher Hanks\u003c\/strong\u003e, Kayo Kirby, Oran of the Jungle, and Strut Warren. All masterfully brought to life by Fine, the excellent \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Tuska, \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eunderrated fine artist\u003c\/span\u003e Charles Sultan, John Celardo \u003c\/strong\u003e(who later drew the Tarzan syndicated strip)\u003cstrong\u003e, Dan Zolnerowich,\u003c\/strong\u003e and 1940s icon, \u003cstrong\u003eBob Powell\u003c\/strong\u003e.\n\nAlso featuring artwork by \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Broder, Leonard Frank, Fred Schwab, \u003c\/strong\u003eand\u003cstrong\u003e Klaus Nordling, \u003c\/strong\u003ewho is best known for his sexy crime-fighter Lady Luck, the long-time backup story in Will Eisner's \u003cem\u003eThe Spirit\u003c\/em\u003e Sunday Supplements.\n\n\u003cem\u003eFight Comics \u003c\/em\u003estarted the same year and month as \u003cem\u003ePlanet Comics: \u003c\/em\u003eJanuary, 1940. And the line-up of artistic talent is pretty similar, though I see some names here lacking in \u003cem\u003ePlanet. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eFight\u003c\/em\u003e would soon feature many of the classic good-girl covers and bondage covers that have become extraordinarily collectible today. These early issues still show the influences, and the artwork, of Eisner and Lou Fine, whose Iger\/Eisner studio was putting these books together for Fiction House. Eisner may have been instrumental in creating several of the characters here, but much of that is lost to history now.\n\nFiction House only ran a couple super heroes ever in their titles, preferring two-fisted men and sexy women adventurers. Since their market was strongly young men, often in the armed forces, perhaps they thought superheroes were too far fetched for titles like \u003cem\u003eRangers, Fight \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWings. \u003c\/em\u003ePower Man is an interesting exception, having a lot in common with Quality heroes like The Ray, Hercules, the Black Condor and Stormy Foster, all strong men and occasional flying men, also probably created by Eisner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59640127324446,"sku":"GACFC02H","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/gacfc02h-golden-age-classics-fight-comics-vol-2-book.jpg?v=1784488614","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/golden-age-classics-fight-comics-2-hardcover","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}