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The most popular sports in the United States in 1946 were probably baseball, boxing and horse racing. But other sports were certainly present at the time and also represented on comic covers including: tennis, golf, football and numerous outdoor winter activities such as skiing, skating and sledding.
The Ohio pedigree gets its name in part because the actual original owner’s name is unknown. He or she chose to remain anonymous but resided in Ohio (comics…
Paul Terry goes all the way back to the Edison Studios silent film era. He got his animated shorts start in 1915 – 25 years prior to his biggest…
Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact was similar to True Comics in that it was aimed as a “healthy” alternative to standard comics of the day. It was…
From today’s perspective (based on comic superhero’s massive popularity in the movies) it might be surprising to know that True Comics was a relatively popular comic series. It…
Known as “The Bambino” and “The Sultan of Swat”, George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. created an incredible and lasting legacy playing in Major League Baseball for 19 years. …
Dick Cole was known as “America’s Number One School Star.” He was enjoyed enough in the 1940’s to get his own 30-minute radio program. Dick mainly appeared in…
Famous Funnies #15* from October 1935 is by far the oldest comic in my collection. I’ve covered Famous Funnies before (after all it did run from 1934 to…
Junior Miss (at least in its volume #2 Marvel, 1947 series from issues #24 to #34) was a vehicle for Marvel’s popular gal Cindy. The “Cindy and boy…
Bugs Bunny‘s Vacation Funnies #2 (1952) is one “like new book” – perhaps the glossiest cover I’ve owned to date (almost need shades to block the reflection). My old Man…
The wild success of Joe Palooka is already well documented. Harvey, a publisher not to let an opportunity pass, spun off Joe’s sidekick Humphrey to his own title….