Joe Palooka (1942 Columbia) comic books 1942
-
Issue #1
Published 1942 by Columbia Comics Group.$250.00
View scans- Trimmed
- TRIMMED. Spine damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Staples added (not manufacturing).
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Cover by Ham Fisher. Stories and art by Ham Fisher. Columbia Comics presents the first comic-book reprints of the classic Joe Palooka comic strip, about the adventures of a good-hearted boxer. Framed by a femme fatale and stripped of his championship, Joe goes off to the desert and joins the French Foreign Legion. Lost in Arabia, Joe and Smokey are captured by a sheik, and Joe must box the champion of his hidden city. Also featuring a profile of Palooka creator Ham Fisher; a letter from Fisher about getting permission for the US president to appear in the strip; and interesting facts about Joe Palooka. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
