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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.
Walter Lantz #152 (October 1949) from the “Jimmy Peterson Collection” features the anthropomorphic-funny animal Woody Woodpecker playing golf. Before Woody would rise to the top of Walter Lantz’s…
Wilbur Comics #29 on the left from Archie Comics was published February 1950. The cover gag, “Wilbur, when I say pay more attention to figures, I mean the ones on…
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories (WDC) was published by Dell and ran an amazing 264 issues from 1940 to 1962. The series was the continuation of Mickey Mouse…
School Day Romances #2 is from Star Publications, February 1950. Upon my first seeing it, it immediately became one of my top 20 covers. Yes, clearly another classic…
Oscar Comics #10 from Timely April 1949 is one of my favorite covers, and perfect for the football season kick off. Issue contains a public service announcement titled “A…
This fun football themed cover was printed January 1952 for issue Volume 7 #43 by Miss America Publications (which was part of Marvel/Atlas). Cover art is signed by Al…
Obscure Nation-Wide Publishing printed the first issue of Flat-Top on November 1953. Flat-Top was a spin-off from “Mazie,” Nation-Wide’s facsimile of the Archie Comics. Flat-Top was a “Reggie-Like” supporting…
Willie Comics was published by Timely for 15 issues from 1946 through 1949. The series was continued from Ideal Comics and continued as Li’l Willie Comics. What’s interesting…
World’s Finest Comics #19* was published by DC on January 1945. If fans of either Superman or Batman could part with just one small nickel more than the…