Joe Palooka - Various Disney comics: Bambi, Mickey, Hiawatha - 33 Newspaper pages - 1943
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Thirty-three loose newspaper pages (39x54 cm) featuring Joe Palooka from the Joe Palooka series, with Ham Fisher and Walt Disney as artists, in very good condition, with various Disney comics on the verso including Mickey Mouse, Joe Carioca, Bambi and Little Hiawatha.
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Rare surviving episodes of Joe Palooka on the cover of the Philadelphia Inquirer comics section between February and March 1943.
This bundle contains 33 large size newspaper pages (39x54cm) featuring Joe Palooka. Each page has various Walt Disney comics printed on the verso side: Mickey Mouse, Joe Carioca, Bambi, Little Hiawatha.
Joe Palooka, an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, was originally created by cartoonist Ham Fisher. The strip debuted on April 19, 1930. During World War II, the popular comic strip character enlisted in the U.S. Army on December 4, 1940, a full year before Pearl Harbor. Strips followed him heading out on troopships, going overseas, facing enemy lines and fighting nazi's. Real soldiers overseas adopted Joe as an unofficial mascot, and the comic became essential reading for morale in military camps. Joe's name appears in several episodes of the long-running television show M*A*S*H, most notably in the 10th-season episode "Heroes", where fictional prize fighter "Gentleman Joe" Cavanaugh visits the outfit and Margaret remarks, "Is that what it takes to get a steak dinner around here, a visit from some Joe Palooka?"
The pages are in very good condition, although wrinkles, tears, flaking and missing pieces may occur.
The lots in this auction can be shipped combined. This is taken into account up to a weight of 5 kg. If packages need to be split due to weight, an additional charge will apply. In this case, we will contact you.
Will be shipped with track&trace.
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Rare surviving episodes of Joe Palooka on the cover of the Philadelphia Inquirer comics section between February and March 1943.
This bundle contains 33 large size newspaper pages (39x54cm) featuring Joe Palooka. Each page has various Walt Disney comics printed on the verso side: Mickey Mouse, Joe Carioca, Bambi, Little Hiawatha.
Joe Palooka, an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, was originally created by cartoonist Ham Fisher. The strip debuted on April 19, 1930. During World War II, the popular comic strip character enlisted in the U.S. Army on December 4, 1940, a full year before Pearl Harbor. Strips followed him heading out on troopships, going overseas, facing enemy lines and fighting nazi's. Real soldiers overseas adopted Joe as an unofficial mascot, and the comic became essential reading for morale in military camps. Joe's name appears in several episodes of the long-running television show M*A*S*H, most notably in the 10th-season episode "Heroes", where fictional prize fighter "Gentleman Joe" Cavanaugh visits the outfit and Margaret remarks, "Is that what it takes to get a steak dinner around here, a visit from some Joe Palooka?"
The pages are in very good condition, although wrinkles, tears, flaking and missing pieces may occur.
The lots in this auction can be shipped combined. This is taken into account up to a weight of 5 kg. If packages need to be split due to weight, an additional charge will apply. In this case, we will contact you.
Will be shipped with track&trace.
#specialcollectionservice
Details
Number of objects
33
Language
English
Item
Newspaper pages
Condition
Very good
Series
Joe Palooka
Comic book title
Various Disney comics: Bambi, Mickey, Hiawatha
Binding
Loose page
Publisher
Various
Artist
Ham Fisher / Walt Disney
Year oldest item
1943
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