Joe Palooka (1942 Columbia) comic books

Add to cart PR 0.5 $170.00 View scans INCOMPLETE. Missing centerfold (affects art and story). Cover detached. 1" Spine split from bottom with splitting to interior wraps.

Untitled story, script and art by Ham Fisher; Joe enlists in the army and is put to work teaching boxing. Untitled story, script and art by Ham Fisher; Another boxer, Red Rodney, is drafted into the army and a match is set up between him and Joe Palooka. Untitled story, script and art by Ham Fisher; Joe turns down a promotion to sergeant; Another boxing match is set up with heavyweight Ruffy. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $35.00 View scans 3" cumulative spine split. Brittle. Centerfold detached. Water damage.

Cover by Ham Fisher. Stories and art by Ham Fisher. Columbia Comics presents the first comic-book collection of the classic Joe Palooka comic strip, about the adventures of a good-hearted boxer. This issue reprints the WWII strips in which Joe enlists in the military and infiltrates Nazi-held Europe before the Normandy Invasion. Introduction by Ham Fisher offers some behind-the-scenes info on Joe Palooka's entry into the war, and the response to the strip from Free France. Plus a vintage ad for a book on how to identify warplanes from the ground, a hot topic on the home front during WWII. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Glow in the Dark Necktie ("Girls Can't Resist!"). Final issue of the series. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.