| Issue | #180 |
| Published | February 1948 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | Indicia title is "OZARK IKE, No. 180." Code number is O.I.O.S. #180-482. Copyright 1945, 1946, 1947 by King Features Syndicate. Adapted from the "Ozark Ike" newspaper strip by Ray Gotto. |
| Characters | Ozark Ike; Dinah |
| Genre | sports |
| Pencils | Ray Gotto [as Gotto] (signed) |
| Inks | Ray Gotto [as Gotto] (signed) |
| Characters | Ozark Ike; Dinah |
| Synopsis | After singling to send the winning run to third base, Ike doesn't run to second when the next batter hits a single to score the winning run and is called out, negating the run. |
| Genre | sports |
| Script | Ray Gotto |
| Pencils | Ray Gotto |
| Inks | Ray Gotto |
| Letters | Ray Gotto ? |
| Notes | Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Based on the famous Fred Merkle "boner" play that contributed to the loss of a pennant for the New York Giants in 1908. First Sunday newspaper strip of the series. |
| Reprinted | from Ozark Ike's Whodunits (King Features Syndicate) 47.07.27 [Sunday] |
| Characters | Ozark Ike; Dinah; Penny |
| Synopsis | Ike plays in the farcical 47th annual Fatfield-McBatt Football Feud game, scoring the winning touchdown. He then goes to the city to seek his fortune. He becomes a prize fighter, but gets tricked out of his ring earnings by crooked promoters. |
| Genre | sports |
| Script | Ray Gotto |
| Pencils | Ray Gotto |
| Inks | Ray Gotto |
| Letters | Ray Gotto ? |
| Notes | Three tiers of panels per page. Two stories that segue into each other. |
| Reprinted | from Ozark Ike (King Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1945 and 1946. |
| Characters | Ozark Ike; Dinah |
| Synopsis | Ozark Ike makes a "mad dash" from first base to score on a routine single to left centerfield. |
| Genre | sports |
| Script | Ray Gotto |
| Pencils | Ray Gotto |
| Inks | Ray Gotto |
| Letters | Ray Gotto ? |
| Notes | Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Based on Enos Slaughter's identical feat for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1946 World Series. |
| Reprinted | from Ozark Ike's Whodunits (King Features Syndicate) 47.08.10 [Sunday] |
| Characters | Ozark Ike; Dinah |
| Synopsis | Leading a golf tournament by ten strokes going to the last hole, Ozark cards an 11 on the par 3 18th hole. |
| Genre | sports |
| Script | Ray Gotto |
| Pencils | Ray Gotto |
| Inks | Ray Gotto |
| Letters | Ray Gotto ? |
| Notes | Back cover. Based on Hall of Fame golfer Ben Hogan's 11 stroke hole in a 1947 tournament. |
| Reprinted | from Ozark Ike's Whodunits (King Features Syndicate) 47.08.03 [Sunday] |