Issue Details

Issue	#37
Published	October 1949
Cover Price	$0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Leon Harvey

Cover Details

Characters	Joe Palooka
Genre	Sports; Humor
Pencils	Ham Fisher
Inks	Ham Fisher

13 page Joe Palooka story "The Joe Palooka Story: Joe as a Boy"

Characters	Joe Palooka
Genre	Sports; Humor
Pencils	Ham Fisher
Inks	Ham Fisher

1 page advertisement "Captain Tootsie to the Rescue!"

Synopsis	ad for Tootsie Rolls.
Pencils	C. C. Beck
Inks	C. C. Beck

2 page Joe Palooka story The Joe Palooka Story: Gregory, the Prize Dog"

Characters	Joe Palooka
Genre	Sports; Humor
Pencils	Ham Fisher
Inks	Ham Fisher

1 page advertisement "Beating the Best at the Fair"

Synopsis

ad for Gillette Bicycle Tires.

2 page Joe Palooka story "Little Max: Man of Distinction"

Characters	Little Max; Joe Palooka
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Ham Fisher
Inks	Ham Fisher

2 page Joe Palooka story "Humphrey: Shopping Daze"

Characters	Humphrey
Genre	Humor
Pencils	Ham Fisher
Inks	Ham Fisher

1 page Joe Palooka text story "Joe Palooka's Album"

Characters	Harold Whitlock; Billy Rogell; Patsy Donovan; Jack Dempsey; Joe Louis.
Synopsis	Subjects: Down Under (1956 Olympics); Wired Up (Harold Whitlock); Pay-Off (Billy Rogell & Patsy Donovan); Here and There (Jack Dempsey vs Joe Louis).
Genre	Sports; Fact
Letters	typeset

1 page story "Sportopics: America's Most Graceful Athletes are the Gymnasts"

Genre	Sports
Script	Tom Doerer
Pencils	Tom Doerer
Inks	Tom Doerer

2 page Joe Palooka story "Joe Palooka Short Story: Knobby's Game of Golf"

Characters	Knobby; Joe Palooka
Genre	Sports; Humor
Pencils	Ham Fisher
Inks	Ham Fisher

2 page story "True-Thrilling Sport Short: The Story of Lon Warneke"

Characters	Lon Warneke
Genre	Sports

1 page text story "Sportales"

Characters	Jack Onslow; Joe Kuhel
Synopsis	Subjects: Comeback (Yale vs Georgia); Mistaken Identity (Jack Onslow); Count 'em (How many dimples on a golf ball?); Partially Reimbursed (Joe Kuhel); There's Always a Chance (Philadelphia Phillies).
Genre	Sports
Letters	typeset

1 page story "Ring Champs of To-Day"

Characters	Kid Gavilan; Lee Savold
Synopsis	Background on current Boxers.
Genre	Sports

1 page Sad Sack advertisement "The Sad Sack: Learn Boxing!"

Characters	Sad Sack
Synopsis	ad for Sad Sack's own series.
Genre	Military; Humor
Pencils	George Baker
Inks	George Baker

1 page advertisement "The Insult That Turned a Chump into a Champ"

Synopsis	This is a Charles Atlas ad.
Notes	This is the back cover.