Joe Palooka (1945 Harvey) comic books 1956-1969

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Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Joe finally faces Balonki in the ring, but Balonki isn't afraid to fight dirty. The fight is portrayed in play-by-play action, as rain drenches the stadium. Plus true tales of boxing greats and solo stories featuring Little Max and Humphrey. The Palooka-Balonki Fight; It Looks Bad For the Champ; Ruffy's Downfall; Little Max: Mighty Mix-Up; Humphrey Whips the Cyclone; Ring Champs of Yesteryear; The Soda Contest. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Joe must fight his way through guards to rescue a UN official held captive by a spy ring. Plus solo stories featuring Little Max and Humphrey. This issue begins a series of painted covers by Al Avison and others. Joe Palooka Battles the Spy Ring; Little Max; Humphrey. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Humphrey is captured by Communist forces while making a delivery behind the Iron Curtain in his Humphreymobile. Joe Palooka must intervene to rescue him. Plus an introduction discussing the "new look" of Joe Palooka comics, including the painted covers. Painted cover by an unknown artist, possibly Al Avison. Joe Palooka in The Cold War; Humphrey. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Humphrey is assigned to deliver an ice-axe to mountain climber Anders Thorne, who wants to beat the Soviet climbing team to the top of K2, but Soviet agents are hot on his trail. Painted cover by an unknown artist, probably Al Avison. Joe Palooka in The Climbing of K2; Humphrey. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Joe Palooka takes on a protection racket to save his sidekick Little Max. Plus solo stories featuring Humphrey. Painted cover by Al Avison. The Protection Racket; Humphrey Wins in a Walk; Batter Up; A Wife for Humphrey. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. The protection racketeers escalate their conflict with Joe Palooka by making his buddy Jerry a virtual captive, but Joe's not out of action yet. Painted cover by Al Avison. Double Cross!; The Million Dollar Shoes; Humphrey: Easy as Apple Pie. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Painted cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Bob Powell. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Joe Palooka and Humphrey get mixed up with jewel smugglers because of something concealed in Humphrey's shoes. Plus solo stories featuring Little Max and Humphrey. Painted cover by Al Avison. The Million Dollar Shoes; Little Max's Autograph Hunt; Little Max Changes History; Little Max: The Big Kicker. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Lost in Arabia, Joe and Smokey are captured by a sheik, and Joe must box the champion of his hidden city. Humphrey accidentally creates a crop circle. Little Max and Alice go to the circus. Painted cover by an unknown artist, possibly Al Avison. Outpost in Morocco; Max and Alice: Max the Strong Man; Humphrey: Compass Capers; Humphrey's Good Deed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Mo Marcus. Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Joe Palooka tackles the problem of juvenile delinquency - then a major concern of middle-class America - when he breaks up a rumble between street gangs. Plus solo stories featuring Humphrey. The Teen-Age Gang; Humphrey: Snack Food. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. An eccentric scientist enlists near-indestructible Humphrey to test his new flying machine, but even the Big H can only take so much damage. Plus solo stories featuring Little Max and Humphrey. The Madman's Machine; Humphrey: Tippe-Canoe and Humphrey Too!; Steak-Ache; Little Max: The Dark Forest. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. When cowboys get a load of Humphrey's raw strength, they enlist him for a rodeo, but he doesn't like to make animals uncomfortable. Humphrey wins a pie-eating contest, and then some. Plus a reprint of Humphrey's debut in the Joe Palooka strip, after Knobby Walsh's car breaks down in West Wokkington Falls. Rodeo Riot; The Pie-Eating Contest; Introducing Humphrey. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Humphrey tries to navigate with roller skates and has a run-in with an angry goat. Humphrey visits a carnival and accidentally enters a bicycle race on his Humphreymobile. Plus solo stories featuring Little Max and Joe Palooka. Kinda Wreckless; Bicycle Marathon; Chow Mouse; Joe Palooka: Amazing Resemblance; Little Max: True To Life, Oh, Say Can You Ski? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. The Joe Palooka series continues to focus on his indestructible comic sidekick, Humphrey. Humphrey sets out to buy a dress for Pruney in the city and winds up fast asleep in a bicycle race. Plus solo stories featuring Little Max, and a vintage ad for Nabisco featuring a two-page comic story, "The Adventures of the Spoonmen." A Present For Pruney; Sailor, Be Wary!; Little Max Goes to School. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bob Powell and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Pruney ill-advisedly asks Humphrey to clean the house while she's away. Hoboes try to trick Humphrey by convincing him they have a "food tree," but he has the last laugh. Plus solo stories featuring Humphrey and Tommy Tween. Pruney's Little Helper; The Tree That Wasn't; Mess-Tache; Sorry, Wrong Number; Vacation Out West; Tommy Tween. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Pruney takes Humphrey to the barn dance, where he humiliates her by bringing a donkey and a hundred sandwiches. Humphrey takes the famous Route 66 west to be in a Joe Palooka movie, but has misadventures while traveling through the desert. Humphrey helps dig a new well after drinking the old one dry. Fancy Dancer; Desert Daze; Well Well Well; Little Max: Sherlock Max, Brain Storm in the Rain; Knobby Nabs His Man. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Humphrey is a contestant on a radio quiz show, but can't think of the third letter of the alphabet, in a story featuring cameos by Joe Palooka and Little Max. Humphrey must pull his own prodigious weight in a wheelbarrow race to win an apple pie. Humphrey builds his Humphreymobile using an old outhouse, featuring an activity page for the reader to build one of their own. Plus solo stories featuring Little Max and Joe Palooka. Also featuring a vintage ad for Nabisco featuring a two-page comic story, "The Adventures of the Spoonmen." 'Rithmetic Problem; Beat The Heat; Little Max: Alice's Ideal, Share and Share Alike; Joe Palooka: A Hollywood Adventure; How Humphrey Built His Own Humphreymobile; Now You Can Build Your Own Junior Humphreymobile!; Humphrey Gets the Point; Sweet Non-Scents: Brother's Helper. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Humphrey and friends are trapped by a cave-in during a nature hike. Humphrey gets a motorcycle, but he's not sure he likes it. Humphrey gets caught up in the race between a rabbit and a talking turtle. Also featuring a vintage ad for Nabisco featuring a two-page comic story, "The Adventures of the Spoonmen." The Belligerent Mutter Bike; Little Max and the Indians; Bumped Off; Talking Turtle; Let's Play Handies; Cave Man; Little Max: The Unluckily Cat; Hector the Director; Rumpus; The Night Riders; Ski-Daddle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Humphrey has nightmares after he overeats before his nap. Pruney takes first prize in a beauty pageant. Humphrey and his mule find that laughter sometimes really is the best medicine. What's Cookin' Good Lookin?; Little Max: Hair Raising Problem; Plum Tuckered Out; Sure Cure; Little Max: Nuts To Anybody. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Al Avison, Art Helfant and Warren Kremer. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Humphrey goes on a roller coaster, but they aren't really made for his shape. A noise wakes Humphrey and results in him wrestling his own reflection. Little Max concocts a buy-one-get-one marketing scheme for his shoe-shining business. Dizzy Decision; Little Max Joins the Navy!; Humphrey Raises the Roof; Little Max: Something for Nothing; Rags Rabbit: Make-It Shop; Let's Face It; Hector the Director; Pane in the Neck; A Fishy Story; Party Dress. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

When Joe Palooka agrees to guest star at his pal Jerry Leemy's juvenile delinquency benefit, he doesn't realize what's ahead! Some shady characters are plotting to trap him in the "Dirty Deal!" Joe also stars in "Saved by a Belle" and "Apartment Hunting." Back-up stories, "Humphrey Puts His Foot In It!" and "Knobby's Sure Bet." Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison (credited as Ham Fisher). Stories and art by Ham Fisher. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Marvin Bonessa escapes from jail and sets out for revenge on the man who sent him there - Knobby Walsh. But Joe Palooka stands in his way. Plus solo stories featuring Little Max and Humphrey. Also featuring a vintage ad for Cracker Jacks starring circus clowns ("The More You Eat...The More You Want"). The Escaped Convict; Revenge; Knobby's Welcome Visitor; Little Max; Humphrey. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Avison (credited as Ham Fisher). Stories and art by Ham Fisher. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Joe finally faces Balonki in the ring, but Balonki isn't afraid to fight dirty. The fight is portrayed in play-by-play action, as rain drenches the stadium. Joe learns that his new bodyguard Chauncey is in debt to a loan shark, setting up a run-in with the loan shark's thugs. The Palooka-Balonki Fight; It Looks Bad For the Champ; Ruffy's Downfall; His Bodyguard; Special Summer; The Boy Who Was a Pig. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ham Fisher (credited). Stories and art by Ham Fisher and others. Ham Fisher's comic-strip boxer has adventures both inside and outside the ring. Stranded in the jungle after a plane crash, Joe fights to keep himself and the wounded pilot alive. Finally they are rescued by a Seminole tribe. Cover art may be the work of comics legend Joe Simon. Lost In the Jungle; Humphrey: Snack Food; Joe Palooka's Album; Sportales; Sport Short: Kentucky Wildcats; Ring Champs of To-day: Sandy Saddler. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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80-page giant. Joe Palooka in "The Great Carnival Fight Story," "Foul Play," "Personal Appearance," "Innocent or Guilty," "Trapping the Killer," "Fight To the Finish," and "A Party For Joe." Half-page bio of Ham Fisher. Boy Explorers reprint, "A Trip To the Moon" by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Little Max in "Higher Education," "Vanishing Cream," "Growing Pains," and "Little Max Goes Into Business." Humphrey in "Fishy Story." Also "Knobby's Sure Bet." Cover price $0.25.

80-page giant. Reprints "Commie" issues # 66-67. "The Red Plot," "The Confession," "Joe Meets Knobby," "Flight to Freedom," "Mogla's Plan," "Joe's Good Turn" (a Christmas story), and "Accidental Punch." Flying Fool untitled back-up story (art by Bob Powell, 4 pages). "Black Cat Shows You How To Do Judo Tricks" (1 page). Two one-page Black Cat text stories, "Gun Play" and "Desert Wings." Also "Knobby's Bright Idea" and Little Max in "Better to Give" and "Little Max vs. Battling Bee." Cover price $0.25.

80-page giant. Joe Palooka in "The Training Camp Mystery," "Grey Cloud to the Rescue," and "Knobby's Plan." Jack Dempsey 2-page story, "The Famous Long Count Knockdown" (art by Bob Powell). Humphrey in "Fan Club," "Helpful Humphrey," "Mopping Up," and "Tippe-Canoe and Humphrey Too." Little Max in "Magic," "Oh Say Can You Ski," "You Ought To Be in Pictures," "Snow Trouble," and "True To Life." Cover price $0.25.