Sports Action (1950) comic books 1951
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Issue #5
Published Sep 1951 by Marvel/Atlas.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Vernon Henkel. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Vernon Henkel, and Pete Riss. Profiles of famous athletes from early Marvel Comics, when it was still called Atlas. Nile Kinnick becomes a college football hero, then an aviation hero in the Pacific during WWII; A comics biography of Koi Motsai, one of Japan's greatest baseball players; A football player ruins his career by throwing a game - but he did it to help a fan in need. The Nile Kinnick Story; Koi Motsai; A Pair of Mitts; Harry Greb, The Pittsburgh Windmill; What Happened to Chris King? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #6
Published Jul 1951 by Marvel/Atlas.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories and art by Bill LaCava, Hank Chapman, Marion Sitton, Allen Bellman and Myron Fass. Profiles of famous athletes from early Marvel Comics, when it was still called Atlas. Hank Bauer, veteran of Okinawa in WWII, goes on to become a legendary hitter for the NY Yankees; Bronko Nagurski was a force to be reckoned with on the gridiron, even after six years in retirement; A Brazilian wrestler is told to throw a fight, but his sense of justice will not allow it. Includes a story illustrated by future comics publishing legend Myron Fass. Bronko Nagurski; Warren Gunn, King of the Courts; The Strangler; Benson Carries the Ball; Hank Bauer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #7
Published May 1951 by Marvel/Atlas.$11.00
Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories and art by George Tuska, Hank Chapman, Al Fass, Jay Scott Pike, Al Eadeh and John Buscema. Profiles of famous athletes from early Marvel Comics, when it was still called Atlas. A comics biography of baseball relief pitcher Casimir "Jim" Konstanty; Poor fisherman's son Jon Helso becomes the champion swimmer of Finland; Boxer Stanislaw Kiecal. Includes stories illustrated by future Marvel legends George Tuska and John Buscema. Konstanty the Constant; Stan Ketchel the Michigan Mauler; Sweat It Out; Sammy Urzetta: The Janitors Son Who Beat A Millionaire At A Rich Mans Game; The Great Swimming Ace Who Couldnt Be Beaten…Jon Helso. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #8
Published Aug 1951 by Marvel/Atlas.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover pencils by Joe Maneely. Ralph Kiner starring Kiner and Babe Ruth, pencils by Vern Henkel. Ezzard Charles, pencils by Morris Weiss. Killer In The Ring text story. Phil Rizzutto, pencils by Bill LaCava. The Story Of Warren Spahn, pencils by Morris Weiss. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #9
Published 1951 by Marvel/Atlas.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories and art by Bill LaCava and Morris Weiss. Profiles of famous athletes from early Marvel Comics, when it was still called Atlas. A comics biography of deaf African-American boxer Eugene Hairston; Red Sox player Dom DiMaggio, brother of the more famous Joe; Baseball legend Jackie Robinson breaks the color bar. Dom DiMaggio, Pride of the Boston Red Sox; Gridiron Ghost; Eugene (The Silent) Hairston; "Strangler" Lewis; Jackie Robinson. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
