(February 1948)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- A Dell Comic
- Editing:
- ?
- Format:
- Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "OZARK IKE, No. 180." Code number is O.I.O.S. #180-482. Copyright 1945, 1946, 1947 by King Features Syndicate. Adapted from the "Ozark Ike" newspaper strip by Ray Gotto.
[Fred Merkle]
Ozark Ike's Whodunits / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Ray Gotto
- Pencils:
- Ray Gotto
- Inks:
- Ray Gotto
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray Gotto ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- sports
- Characters:
- Ozark Ike; Dinah
- Synopsis:
- After singling to send the winning run to third base, Ike doesn't run to second when the next batter hits a single to score the winning run and is called out, negating the run.
- Reprints:
- from Ozark Ike's Whodunits (King Features Syndicate) 47.07.27 [Sunday]
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Based on the famous Fred Merkle "boner" play that contributed to the loss of a pennant for the New York Giants in 1908. First Sunday newspaper strip of the series.
[Hillbilly Football and Ozark the Boxer]
Ozark Ike / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ray Gotto
- Pencils:
- Ray Gotto
- Inks:
- Ray Gotto
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray Gotto ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- sports
- Characters:
- Ozark Ike; Dinah; Penny
- Synopsis:
- Ike plays in the farcical 47th annual Fatfield-McBatt Football Feud game, scoring the winning touchdown. He then goes to the city to seek his fortune. He becomes a prize fighter, but gets tricked out of his ring earnings by crooked promoters.
- Reprints:
- from Ozark Ike (King Features Syndicate) daily newspaper strips from 1945 and 1946.
Indexer Notes
Three tiers of panels per page. Two stories that segue into each other.
[Mad Dash for Home]
Ozark Ike's Whodunits / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Ray Gotto
- Pencils:
- Ray Gotto
- Inks:
- Ray Gotto
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray Gotto ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- sports
- Characters:
- Ozark Ike; Dinah
- Synopsis:
- Ozark Ike makes a "mad dash" from first base to score on a routine single to left centerfield.
- Reprints:
- from Ozark Ike's Whodunits (King Features Syndicate) 47.08.10 [Sunday]
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Based on Enos Slaughter's identical feat for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1946 World Series.
[11 Strokes on a Hole]
Ozark Ike's Whodunits / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Ray Gotto
- Pencils:
- Ray Gotto
- Inks:
- Ray Gotto
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ray Gotto ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- sports
- Characters:
- Ozark Ike; Dinah
- Synopsis:
- Leading a golf tournament by ten strokes going to the last hole, Ozark cards an 11 on the par 3 18th hole.
- Reprints:
- from Ozark Ike's Whodunits (King Features Syndicate) 47.08.03 [Sunday]
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Based on Hall of Fame golfer Ben Hogan's 11 stroke hole in a 1947 tournament.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
[Fred Merkle]
Ozark Ike's Whodunits -
2.
[Hillbilly Football and Ozark the Boxer]
Ozark Ike -
3.
[Mad Dash for Home]
Ozark Ike's Whodunits -
4.
[11 Strokes on a Hole]
Ozark Ike's Whodunits
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- Merlin Haas
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- James Ludwig
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Kenneth Blair
- Mike Nielsen
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- Gregg Whitmore
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- Tony R. Rose
- Lou Mazzella
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