Joe Palooka (1945 Harvey) 15

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Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher, Salo and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. When Knobby Walsh's car breaks down in West Wokkington Falls, he meets Humphrey, a pear-shaped country bumpkin with super-strength and nigh-invulnerability. The character becomes a popular comedic supporting character (later getting his own long-running comic), and one of the few opponents who can regularly best his pal Joe Palooka. 20th-century kid Dusty travels 500 years in the future, where Atoma shows him a leisure-based society ruled by fascist tyrants. Plus two prose adventures of early female superhero Black Cat. Joe Palooka; Introducing Humphrey; Little Max Goes Into Business; Eager Beaver; Knobby's Sure Bet; Personal Appearance; Black Cat: Beauty and Killer; Ricky Roony; Atoma; Cartoon Laughs; Black Cat: Almost Perfect Crime. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.