Issue Details

Issue	#3
Published	August-September 1954
Frequency	bimonthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

Cover Details - "Don't laugh -- they're not funny -- "'

Characters	Fighting American; Speedboy; Hotsky Trotsky; Poison Ivan
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Jack Kirby (signed by Joe Simon)
Colors	Jack Kirby
Notes	Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston via the GCD Error List (5 APril 2008)
Reprinted	in Fighting American (Marvel, 1989 series) #nn

6 page Fighting American story "The Man Who Sold Out Liberty"

Characters	Square-Hair Malloy (first appearance, villain, death)
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Reprinted	in Fighting American (Marvel, 1989 series) #nn

2 page Speedboy story "Stranger from Paradise"

Characters	Speedboy; Fighting American; Vladimir and his family (first appearance)
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Reprinted	in Fighting American (Marvel, 1989 series) #nn

8 page Fighting American story "Poison Ivan and Hotsky Trotski"

Characters	Poison Ivan (villain); Hotski Trotski (first appearance, villain)
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Notes	Title from cover.
Reprinted	in Fighting American (Marvel, 1989 series) #nn

7 page Fighting American story "Z Food"

Characters	John (first appearance, villain); Marsha (first appearance, villain); Rammerhead (first appearance, villain)
Script	Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Reprinted	in Fighting American (Marvel, 1989 series) #nn