Comic books in 'Football'

Spalding Sports Show for 1951-52. Filled with newspaper-styled art/info panels featuring famous sports figures, sports news and history including profiles of many famous plays in baseball, football, basketball, tennis, and golf. An annual promotional publication that was given free, "Compliments of A. G. Spalding & Bros., Inc." No cover price, 16-pages (including covers), covers in two-color with black-and-white interior, dimensions 7-in. x 11-in. No cover price.

Spalding Sports Show 1952 was produced by Spalding to promote its then-new line of sporting goods! Illustrated in the style of Ripley's Believe It or Not, this 1952 edition features fun facts about Knute Rockne, Bobbly Jones, Jim Corbett, and the cheapness of Papa Bear George Halas who would weigh each player on Wednesdays and fine them $50 for every pound they were overweight! 16-pages, black and white, 7-in. x 11-in.

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Written by DAVID LAPHAM. Art and cover by JOHNNY TIMMONS. Variant cover by David Lapham. Success on the gridiron made quarterback Godfrey McClaine a household name in the town of Sparta. His feats were the stuff of legend. But that was years ago and Sparta has a new hotshot quarterback named Johnny Franks. Coupled with the aid of the freakish town caretaker called the Maestro, Franks plans on making Godfrey's homecoming a brutal one! Cover price $2.99.

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Written by DAVID LAPHAM. Art and cover by JOHNNY TIMMONS. The playoffs arrive, and Sparta is depending on Johnny Franks to deliver in the clutch! Can he overcome all the recent strife and lead his team to victory? Meanwhile, Nora discovers a horrible betrayal that'll shake Godfrey to his very core...it's never a dull day in the all-American town of Sparta - if you live through it! Cover price $2.99.

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Written by SEAN MCKEEVER Penciled by DAVID HAHN Cover by TAKESHI MIYAZAWA Flash's grades and playoff hopes are in danger, and the only person he can talk to about it is Mary Jane. Also, more on Spidey and Firestar, Peter and Gwen, Peter and MJ, and MJ and...Spidey? 32 PGS./All Ages Cover price $2.99.

Stories and art by George J. Hecht, Henry Carle, Robert L. Scott Jr., Gilbert Costa, Otto Eugen Schniebs, Hy Turkin, Edd Ashe, Bill Stern, and Leon Helen. Profiles of famous athletes from the publishers of Parents Magazine and True Comics. How Olympic athlete Johnny Weissmuller became, for many, the definitive movie Tarzan; The story of Notre Dame football player George Gipp and the phrase "Win one for the Gipper"; Father-and-son water-polo players Joe Ruddy Sr. and Jr. Introducing Sport Stars; How Tarzan Got That Way; The Great Gipp; The Man Who Blocked; Telephone Canyon; Muzz is Buzzin'; Sport Standouts; Prelude to June; Reluctant Star; Welcome to Skiing; Army, Navy and the Rest; Sport Stars in the Movies; The Kite Is Snarled; My Ten Greatest Sports Thrills; MacMitchell Is at It Again!; Ruth Was Their Reward; Irresistible on Ice; The Sports Bowl; Test Match; Joe Ruddy Sr. & Jr.: Rough 'n Ruddy. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Powell and Allen Anderson. Art "The Great Shires. The Original Celtics, art by Syd Shores and Bob Powell. Gloved Dynamite text story. Win it for the Gipper! starring George Gipp and Knute Rockne. A Tired Left Arm text story. Hironoshin Furuhanshi, "The Flying Fish!" (about the swimmer). 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Hack Wilson cover by Joe Maneely. Marcel Cerdan, Great Fighter...Grand Guy! Hack Wilson, art by Mike Becker. The Gladiator! Man O' War, art by Bill Everett. A Pair Of Mitts text story, art by Joan. Herman Sandow, pencils by Gene Colan. Al Lassman, pencils by Gene Colan. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Vernon Henkel. Stories and art by Dick Rockwell, Vernon Henkel, and Pete Riss. Profiles of famous athletes from early Marvel Comics, when it was still called Atlas. Nile Kinnick becomes a college football hero, then an aviation hero in the Pacific during WWII; A comics biography of Koi Motsai, one of Japan's greatest baseball players; A football player ruins his career by throwing a game - but he did it to help a fan in need. The Nile Kinnick Story; Koi Motsai; A Pair of Mitts; Harry Greb, The Pittsburgh Windmill; What Happened to Chris King? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Greg Fox. One-paragraph bio and stats for Joe Namaths years as a pro football quarterback. "Todd Loren Presents Joe Namath Getting a A Kick Out Of Life," script by Margaret Birth, art by Dick Ayers; Joe Namath's life from birth through high school, college and the pros. "Out of the Frying Pan, Onto the Gridiron" article by Mitsi Herrera; Mothers and sports stars. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $2.50.

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Featuring O.J. Simpson. "Juice, The Life of O.J. Simpson" Written by David Frink. Art by Marc Caraballo & Lyndal Ferguson. 32 Pages, Full Color. Comic only, no trading card. Cover price $2.50.

Featuring Walter Payton. Written by David Frink. Art by Dick and Rich Ayers. 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Lawrence Taylor Cover price $2.95.

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Bo Jackson Cover price $2.95.

Joe Montana Cover price $2.50.

John Elway Cover price $2.50.

Barry Sanders Cover price $2.75.

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Dan Marino Cover price $2.95.

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Deion Sanders Cover price $2.95.

Cover by Michael Wm. Kaluta. (W) Elaine Lee (A) Michael Wm. Kaluta Cookie, Paddy, and Bru blast off for Rec 97 to save their stolen ship - which they claim - only to be plunged down a shaft and into a strange and frightening Girl Guide initiation rite. They escape with their lives, though their dignity takes a thumping! The final issue of this landmark representation of the classic series! Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 10 Variant Cover by Michael Wm. Kaluta. (W) Elaine Lee (A) Michael Wm. Kaluta Cookie, Paddy, and Bru blast off for Rec 97 to save their stolen ship - which they claim - only to be plunged down a shaft and into a strange and frightening Girl Guide initiation rite. They escape with their lives, though their dignity takes a thumping! The final issue of this landmark representation of the classic series! Cover price $3.99.

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Cover by Nick Cardy. "Gridiron Knightmare!", script by Frank Robbins, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Dick Giordano; an armored knight plays in a football game. "Man Who Leaped over the Earth!", script by Elliot Maggin, art by Dick Giordano; a man pole vaults over the Earth. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Two trading cards wrapped around cover. By Charles Marshall. 32 pgs. B&W with color cover. Cover price $2.50.

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What do you get when you team up the writer of Legion of Night and one of the artists on Barbie Fashion? Well, you get housewives battling the mystical menace of Ombu-Doksi! It's a parody book that must be seen to be believed. Written by Steve Gerber, with art and cover by Amanda Conner and Jeff Albrecht. Cover price $1.50.

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Cover art by Nick Cardy. Secret of the Phantom Quarterback!, script by Cary Bates, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Murphy Anderson; Superman battles the Phantom Quarterback, a solar-powered energy being created from Steve Lombard (first appearance). The Headband Warriors of Krypton!--The Fabulous World of Krypton, script by Elliot S! Maggin, art by Dave Cockrum; a mom on Krypton relates a story to her son about Rik-Ar, who used slings made of headbands to battle a tyrant. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

Mark Jeweler Advertisement Insert Variant. Curt Swan/Murphy Anderson art; Dave Cockrum back-up; 1st appearance of Steve Lombard. Cover price $0.20.

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux and Ed Gruskin. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Ulysses Q. Wacky, Secret Patrol, and Apaula. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux and Ed Gruskin. Supersnipe in "Turn Off the Heat," plus Ulysses Q. Wacky, Herlock Domes Easter-Master Detective, Dotty, and a three-page Supersnipe's Diary text story. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Herlock Domes, and Bulldog Bulldog. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover photo of young movie star Peggy Ann Garner. Stories and art by Vic Herman, Mary Sellars, Edmund Jannace, Kay Deane, Candy Jones and Mickey Klar Marks. Comics and stories for girls, featuring profiles of Hollywood stars and the adventures of stuntwoman Dorothy Dare. A profile of screen idol (and future US president) Ronald Reagan; Dorothy Dare, "Queen of the Hollywood Stunt Artists," executes a daring and dangerous underwater stunt; Peggy Ann Garner wins a rare Juvenile Academy Award for her work in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945). A Week-end to Remember; A Date With Dirinda; 'Tweeners; Dorothy Dare; A Sweet Sixteen Mysteryette; Here's Reagan!; Out of My Hatbox; Disc Jockey; Alias Miss Drip; Four O'Clock Club; Young Man with a Voice; Phantom Postman; When Mother Was 16; Cover Girl Peggy Ann Garner; Dollar Pullers. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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by Various "Monitor Scream!": The new school year has only just begun, and already Archie is in trouble. Assuming giving Archie some responsibility will help, Mr. Weatherbee makes him a hall monitor. However, the only things Archie is good at monitoring are Veronica and Reggie... and he uses his new authority to keep the latter from the former! Plus, Ginger Lopez must design a dress for a class project. But when Ginger gets teamed up with a sci-fi loving freshman, can she still make it out of this world? Find out in, "Fashion Emergency." Plus, Sabrina stories based on the popular animated cartoon series! Digest, 192pgs, FCSRP: $2.39 Cover price $2.39.

Cover art by Joe Certa. Kit Carter Tackles Airborne-Trouble!, art by Nina Albright. Fighting Fire text story. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Mac's Pool Hall starring Candid Charlie, art by Robert Q. Sale. Pram Jam text story. The Stage Is Set! starring Gary Stark, script and art by Don Rico. Targetoons humor page by Milt Hammer. Dink story, script and art by Milt Hammer. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Hal Grauer, Vince Alascia, Charles Nicholas and unknown. How long can Gig watch the girl he loves with Mortie, Ralph and all the others without doing something about it? Find out in "They Always Say They Love Me"! Plus: "The Has Been and Me,"a story about the painful truth, with art by Hal Grauer and Vince Alascia. Also in this issue: "See No Evil" with art by Charles Nicholas and Alascia; Just Jeannette advice 1-pager by Jeannette Copeland; "Blinded Date" with pencils by Nicholas; and "Jonnie Love" Charlton Comics Mini-Poster #2 with words by William Shakespeare and illo by Tony Tallarico. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Cover by Art Cappello and Sal Gentile. Stories and art by Frank Bolle, Vince Alascia, and Gustavo Trigo (credited as Marcos Adan). Charlton's long-running romance comic coincides with the blossoming of America's teen culture from the 1950s to the 1970s. A married couple's argument turns out to be their first, as they are on their honeymoon. After an injury ends football star Vince's career, Kate tries to give him the strength to go on. Charlton's romantic hippie hero, Jonnie Love, meets Gina and her jealous boyfriend when his motorcycle runs out of gas. Plus a pin-up of screen legend Shirley Jones, star of TV's The Partridge Family. Remember Me, Darling?; Jonnie Love: Make Room in Your Heart for Me; Its a Small World; True Friends; Never Again!; Just Jeannette; That Man. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.20.

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Tennis for Speed, Stamina, Strength, and Skill (1956) is a promotional comic book distributed by the Tennis Educational Foundation and The U.S. Lawn Tennis Association in conjunction with President Eisenhower's Youth Fitness Program. A large comic strip panel features tennis greats Tony Trabert, Pancho Gonzales, Bill Talbert, and Vic Seixas with the four elements that makes a tennis champion. Other professional sports stars like Gene Tunney, and Ralph Kiner describe the skills it takes to be the best. Two pages show the football team of U.C.L.A. practicing, and Coach Red Sanders touting how tennis can help train his players to be better atheletes. Newsprint, full color, 16-pages, standard comic book dimensions. Cover price $0.10.

Tessie the Typist in "Taxi Trouble", "The Riotous Raffle", "Skidsy's Secretary" & "Skidsy's Problem Plant" (W/A) Mo Weiss. Millie the Model in "The Genial Genie" (A) Ken Bald, plus Rusty in "Rusty Revives Her Rhumba", and short text story "Herb's White Horse". 52 pg. Cover price $0.10.

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"For Beauty Passed Away!" Guest-starring Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic). Story by John Byrne. Art by Ron Wilson and John Byrne. NOTE: This story picks up after the events of Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #256 and Avengers (1963-1996 1st Series) #233. Ben pays a visit to the injured Alicia Masters and reminisces about the one that got away. Plus, Reed makes a decision that could change the FF's lives for ever. Story continues in Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) #257. 32 pages, FC Cover price $0.60.

36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

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Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.30 View scan 2.5" Cumulative spine split.

Stories and art by Phil De Lara and others. Funny-animal antics from Magazine Enterprises. Raymond, Koko and Kola spend the day at the amusement park; Spanky steals candy from Wilbur that turns out to be medicine; Judy uses her Magic Chalk to help a circus in trouble. Going 'Round In Circles; Koko and Kola; Spanky; Goofus the Gopher; Catchy and Scrapps; Muggsy Mouse; Big Bertha; The Kandy Kid; Queen of the Festival; Pic-Charades; Trixie Pixies; Judy and the Magic Chalk. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Jon D'Agostino. Stories and art by George Wildman and others. A poor man's Casper, Timmy is not merely misunderstood; he's actively afraid of everything. Timmy and Maxie and Wilma find a deserted house and decide to move in, but when a teacher wants to start a day-care in the house, they must decide what to do. Then silver is discovered under the house, and the owner decides to dress as a ghost to scare the new tenant out! Baby genius Junie is hired to deliver telegrams. A Darling Little House; Spooked; Raro the Rabbit: Cute Cubs; Junie Delivers a Telegram. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Charlton's Timmy reboot is more like the publisher's mischievous-kid comics, such as Li'l Genius. Timmy and Maxie meet the Wizard of Odd. Timmy and Maxie help Wilma the Witch battle Orton Ogre and the Greeches. Plus activity pages. The Wonderful Wizard of Odd!; Wishtake!; Izzy or Izzn't He?; Dirty Sheet Danny; They're Off to Jupiter!; Trial Run!; Kettle Kaper. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.15.

Stories and art by Hal Foster, Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Bill Conselman, Charlie Plumb, Rudolph Dirks, Bernard Dibble, Dick Moores, Mo Leff, Paul Berdanier, Johnny Devlin, Harry O'Neill, Becky Sharp, Laverne Harding, H. E. Homan, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Robert Dickey, and Ben Batsford. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 2 #7. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Tarzan's ape ally Bohgdu is injured saving Tarzan, but he has enough strength left to deal with Dester Momlu, in Tarzan Sunday strips with art by Hal Foster. The Captain and the Inspector find themselves the targets of the Kids' latest scheme. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. The Captain and the Kids; Tarzan of the Apes; Peter Pat; Percy Penguin; Frankie Doodle; Cynical Susie; Broncho Bill; Looy Dot Dope; Opportunity Knox; Benny; How to Make It; Bucky and His Pals; Mr. and Mrs. Beans; Hawkshaw the Detective; How It Began; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Back Home Again; All in the Family; Billy Make Believe; Joe Jinks; Little Mary Mixup; Swords of Suez; Ella Cinders; Chris Crusty; Danny Dingle; Li'l Abner. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Rudolph Dirks. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Gus Mager, Dick Moores, Fred Methot, Paul Berdanier, Hal Forrest, Bernard Dibble, Abner Dean and Gus Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 8 #6. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Phil Fumble gets to judge a beauty contest, in a strip showcasing Ernie Bushmiller's fashion designs and good-girl art. Cowboy Windy and his horse Paddles get the drop on Enoch Blackout, the villain who's been causing so much trouble for them and Mollie. Menta of the Triple Terror superhero team tracks Axis spy Sam Stinger to his contact in a US government building. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; The Mirror Man; The Triple Terror; Jim Hardy; Stamp Tips; Gordo; Tailspin Tommy; Iron Vic; Phil Fumble; Fritzi Ritz; Funny Side Up! 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Al Capp, Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Sam Leff, Bernard Dibble, Ernest Hix, Raeburn Van Buren and Gustavo Arriola. Sometimes listed as Tip Top Comics Vol. 12 #5. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Fritzi doesn't think she's talking that loud in the movie theater. Aged Abbie discovers that her special "Old Maid's Salad" somehow makes her irresistible to men, in an Abbie an' Slats strip with art by Raeburn van Buren. Rudy Ruffin takes on Curly Kayoe in the ring, thinking it will win him society heiress Oona Minoot, but she's just interested in revenge on Curly. Plus a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Good-girl art cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Li'l Abner; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Curly Kayoe; Abbie an' Slats; El Bombo; Gordo; Nancy; Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; How It Began. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Rudolph Dirks, Dick Van Buren, and Bob Lubbers. Tip Top Comics presented color reprints of United Features newspaper comic strips. Hans and Fritz cause trouble for the Captain, even while he's on vacation. A madman known as The Hunter makes Tarzan the target of his next hunt. Nancy brings snowballs to a shooting gallery. Nancy; Strange as It Seems; How it Began!; The Captain and the Kids; Stamp Tips; Tarzan. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Ernie Bushmiller. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Al Capp, Sam Leff, and Henning Mikkelsen. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. Fritzi was later known as "Aunt Fritzi" in the Nancy comic strip. Fritzi figures out how to make popcorn in the toaster. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its third year; several daily strips are presented in full color. Curly Kayoe lets wrestler Beautiful Benny practice in his gym, but the hulking brute is a germophobe. Strangers arrive in Dogpatch, in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Fritzi Ritz; Peanuts; Li'l Abner; Curly Kayoe; Ferd'nand; Willie; Stamp Tips. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.