Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	Spring 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Bill Cullough
Notes	cover states Spring Training Issue.

Cover Details

Characters	Rube Rooky
Genre	Sports
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	cover states Spring Training Issue.

1 page advertisement

Characters	Uncle Dan'l
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	ad for a variety of hardware for boys.

9 page Rube Rooky story "Rube Rooky Climbs Up From the Pit"

Characters	Rube Rooky; Pop Flye
Synopsis	origin of Rube and his game against the Badgers
Genre	Sports; Humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner

text article "Ok, How Would You Play It?/First Aid on the Ball Field"

Synopsis	contest of how to solve a baseball problem and the 1st lesson on first aid for a wrenched ankle
Genre	Sports
Letters	typeset

12 page Rube Rooky story "Rube Rooky Heads Down the Home Stretch"

Characters	Rube Rooky; Pop Flye; Lana Lash; Sunny
Synopsis	Lana Lash gets Rube into trouble and fined before the big game of the Badgers vs Iron City Nine
Genre	Sports; Humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner

1 page text article "Buddy Hassett tells you To Choose a Batting Order"

Genre	Sports
Script	Buddy Hassett
Letters	typeset

4 page story "The Sunday Ride of Babe Herman Dogers vs Braves"

Genre	Sports
Script	Jules Feiffer (signed)
Pencils	Jerry Grandenetti [as J. G.]
Inks	Jerry Grandenetti [as J.G.]

1 page advertisement

Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	inside back cover ad for soccer ball, ping pong balls and a Rube Rooky T-Shirt

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Genre	Sports; Humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	backcover ad for the next issue of Baseball Comics