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Roy Campanella, Baseball Hero (1950) comic books

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    Roy Campanella, Baseball Hero (1950) NN
    • 2" cumulative spine split. Cover detached.

    Stories and art by Roy Campanella and Charles Dexter. Fawcett followed up its Jackie Robinson comics with a one-shot based on the life of another pioneering Black baseball great, Roy Campanella. Campanella joins the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948 as a catcher, and becomes one of the first Black All-Stars in 1949. Includes a short message written by "Campy" himself. A Personal Message from Roy Campanella, Ace Backstop of the Brooklyn Dodgers; Roy Campanella, Baseball Hero. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.