Finieous Fingers

Finieous Fingers (often misspelled "Fineous" even in Dragon magazine's own FAQ) was among the earliest comics that appeared in Dragon magazine. Finieous Fingers, the title character and self proclaimed "World's Greatest Thief", was a good-natured thief who was pestered by halflings (hobbits) and evil magic-users. He was generally found in the company of his two men-at-arms, Fred and Charly. The full-page comic was created by J. D. Webster, who was its sole author and illustrator.

The comic's appearances became sporadic, due to Webster's commitments as an A-7 pilot in the U.S. Navy. It appeared in issues 3, 4, 6,7, 9 through 22, 25 through 28, 30, 33, 35, 38 through 41, 43, 45, 49 through 51, 53 and 54. After the strip's final Dragon appearance in issue #54 (October 1981), Webster moved it to Adventure Gaming magazine, a publication which folded the following year. Finieous was next spotted in The Space Gamer and its sister publication Fantasy Gamer in 1984, but again this only lasted about a year. In the 1990s, Finieous Fingers was resurrected for a time in the pages of Shadis magazine, this time drawn by Jason Holmgren.

A compilation, The Finieous Treasury, was published by TSR in 1981. A series of miniature figures based on the comic was produced by Thunderbolt Mountain in 1982.

Partial Listing of Dragon Appearances

* Issue #3, p.17 "The Adventures of Finieous Fingers and Fred and Charly"
* Issue #4, p.30 "The Continuing Adventures of Finieous Fingers Minus Fred and Charly"
* Issue #6, p.27 "The Quickly Ending Adventures of Finieous Fingers And the Return of Fred and Charly"
* Issue #7, p.24 "Beginning a New Adventure of Finieous Fingers, Or One Day in the Marketplace"
* Issue #9, p.29 "Finieous Fingers in: The Trouble with Trifles Or!, Do Hobbits Make Bad Company?"
* Issue #10, p.29 "Finieous Fingers, Fred and Charly in: Hobbits Are Definitely Bad Company, Or, 002-1/2 in: You Only Get It Once"

Partial Listing of Adventure Gaming Appearances

* Issue #11, "The Adventures of Finieous Fingers: The Curse of the Liche"

References

* [http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Finieous_Fingers http://scifipedia.scifi.com/index.php/Finieous_Fingers]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A678071 http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A678071]
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