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  • Item #22912783
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    Published Jun 1951 by Ziff Davis.

    Baseball Thrills (1951) 2 GD/VG 3.0

    Ended Jun 14 2012
    Winning Bid $20

    Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Frank Bolle, Paul Parker, and Mario DeMarco. Sports comics from Ziff-Davis, featuring their eye-catching painted covers. A biography of baseball great Yogi Berra, with art by Bob Powell. Other baseball greats of yesteryear in this issue include Christy Mathewson, Rabbit Maranville, and Jim Konstanty. The story of the 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers-NY Yankees World Series. Plus a look at the All-American Girls' Baseball League, the inspiration for the film A League of Their Own 30 years later. Each story is "narrated" by another baseball legend, Bob Feller. Bob Feller's Questions and Answers; Yogi Catches On; The Fadeaway Kid; Run, Rabbit, Run!; Series Opener; The Jim Konstanty Story; A Dodger Grows Horns; How to Throw a Curve; The Girls Are Stars, Too! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10. Grade: GD/VG 3.0 explanation of grade Condition: Used (collectible)