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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published Spring 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Bill Cullough
Notes cover states Spring Training Issue.

Cover Details

Characters Rube Rooky
Genre Sports
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes cover states Spring Training Issue.

1 page advertisement

Characters Uncle Dan'l
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes ad for a variety of hardware for boys.

9 page Rube Rooky story "Rube Rooky Climbs Up From the Pit"

Characters Rube Rooky; Pop Flye
Synopsis origin of Rube and his game against the Badgers
Genre Sports; Humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner

text article "Ok, How Would You Play It?/First Aid on the Ball Field"

Synopsis contest of how to solve a baseball problem and the 1st lesson on first aid for a wrenched ankle
Genre Sports
Letters typeset

12 page Rube Rooky story "Rube Rooky Heads Down the Home Stretch"

Characters Rube Rooky; Pop Flye; Lana Lash; Sunny
Synopsis Lana Lash gets Rube into trouble and fined before the big game of the Badgers vs Iron City Nine
Genre Sports; Humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner

1 page text article "Buddy Hassett tells you To Choose a Batting Order"

Genre Sports
Script Buddy Hassett
Letters typeset

4 page story "The Sunday Ride of Babe Herman Dogers vs Braves"

Genre Sports
Script Jules Feiffer (signed)
Pencils Jerry Grandenetti [as J. G.]
Inks Jerry Grandenetti [as J.G.]

1 page advertisement

Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes inside back cover ad for soccer ball, ping pong balls and a Rube Rooky T-Shirt

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Genre Sports; Humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes backcover ad for the next issue of Baseball Comics