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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published May-July 1963
Cover Price $0.12
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Based on the daily syndicated newspaper comic strip of the same name by Jack Berrill.

Cover Details

Characters Gil Thorp
Genre sports; teen
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
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Notes Based on the daily syndicated newspaper comic strip of the same name by Jack Berrill.

1 page filler "Baseball Records"

Synopsis Facts about major league baseball records. Short article surrounded by six illustrations.
Genre sports
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Entire page, including lettering, is white on black and appears to have been done on scratchboard.

32 page Gil Thorp story "Milford's New Baseball Coach"

Characters Gil Thorp
Synopsis Gil Thorp is the new coach for the Milford High School baseball team and faces many problems with players and their parents.
Genre sports; teen
Pencils Eddie Robbins
Notes Art is not by Jack Berrill, but is by Eddie Robbins trying to imitate his style. Art credit from Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999.

Half page filler "Baseball"

Synopsis Facts about the earliest forms of 19th Century baseball.
Genre sports; fact
Notes Inside back cover; black and white. Article with one illustration.

Half page advertisement "10 King-size Latex Toys"

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Notes Inside back cover; black and white.

1 page advertisement "100 Toy Soldiers"

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Notes Back cover. Ad for 100 piece plastic toy soldier set, illustrated with black and white photo and a monochrome drawing. $1.25 from an address in Carle Place, N.Y.