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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published August 1953
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Judo Joe
Genre Kung Fu
Pencils Paul W. Stoddard [signed]
Inks Paul W. Stoddard [signed]
Notes Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

1 page Judo Joe foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Judo Joe Teaches You the Fine Art of Self-Defense With Judo"

Characters Judo Joe
Synopsis This is found on the inside front cover.
Genre Kung Fu
Script Dr. Barney Cosneck
Pencils Paul W. Stoddard
Inks Paul W. Stoddard
Notes Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

14 page Judo Joe story "How It All Began"

Characters Judo Joe
Synopsis In this origin story, Joe succeeds in busting up a narcotics gang.
Genre Kung Fu
Script Dr. Barney Cosneck
Pencils Paul W. Stoddard
Inks Paul W. Stoddard
Notes Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

2 page Judo Joe story "The Hip Toss"

Characters Judo Joe
Synopsis In this short featurette, Judo Joe teaches his readers how to correctly perform the hip toss.
Genre Fact; Kung Fu
Script Dr. Barney Cosneck
Pencils Paul W. Stoddard
Inks Paul W. Stoddard
Notes Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

4 page Judo Joe story "Captures a Purse Snatcher"

Characters Judo Joe
Synopsis Judo Joe is successful in tracking down and subduing a purse snatcher.
Genre Kung Fu
Script Dr. Barney Cosneck
Pencils Paul W. Stoddard
Inks Paul W. Stoddard
Notes Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

6 page Judo Joe story "Championship Bout"

Characters Judo Joe
Synopsis Joe participates in the championship match of a judo tournament and wins the title.
Genre Kung Fu
Script Dr. Barney Cosneck
Pencils Paul W. Stoddard
Inks Paul W. Stoddard
Notes Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

6 page Judo Joe story "Teaches a Lesson"

Characters Judo Joe
Synopsis While on her way to school, Judo Joe's girlfriend is attacked, but she dispatches her attackers by using the hip toss before Joe can save her. Later on, swearing revenge, the same individuals attack her, and she dispatches them again the same way. From his jail cell, the leader apologizes and reforms.
Genre Kung Fu
Script Dr. Barney Cosneck
Pencils Paul W. Stoddard
Inks Paul W. Stoddard
Notes Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).

1 page Judo Joe promo (ad from the publisher) "untitled"

Synopsis House ad for the next issue of Judo Joe.
Genre Kung Fu
Pencils Paul W. Stoddard
Inks Paul W. Stoddard
Notes Info and credits by Craig Delich (November, 2005).