Sailor Steve Costigan is a merchant sailor on the Sea Girl and is also its champion boxer. His only true companion is a bulldog named Mike (after his brother and fellow boxer, "Iron" Mike Costigan). Costigan, one of Howard's humorous boxing pulp heroes, roamed the Asiatic seas with fists of steel, a will of iron, and a head of wood. A striking contrast between Howard's barbarians and swordsmen, Costigan was a modern-day character, written in a humorous, Texas tall tale style.
Table of Contents:
The 'Sailor Steve Costigan' Stories:
The Pit of the Serpent
The Bull-Dog Breed
Sailor's Grudge
Fist and Fang
The Iron Man
Winner Take All
Waterfront Fists
Champ of the Forecastle
Alleys of Peril
The TNT Punch
Texas Fists
The Sign of the Snake
Blow The Chinks Down!
Breed of Battle
Circus Fists
Dark Shanghai
Vikings of the Gloves
Night of Battle
The Slugger's Game
General Ironfist
Sluggers of the Beach
Other Boxing Stories:
The Apparition in the Prize Ring
Alleys of Darkness
Cupid vs. Pollux
The Iron Man
Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.