(October 1973)

Harvey, 1957 Series
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Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-07-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Sad Sack Inc.
Brand
Harvey Comics [Figurine]
Editing
Leon Harvey (editor)

[Is It Raining?] (Table of Contents)

Sad Sack and the Sarge / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Baker (signed)
Inks
George Baker (signed)
Colors
?

Job Number
PDC-51864-8
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge; Sadie Sack; Muttsy; Slob Slobinski

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Complaint (Table of Contents: 2)

Sad Sack and the Sarge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks
Fred Rhoads ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge
Synopsis
Sack complains that he's stuck on guard duty, but the mud is so bad he really is stuck.

Deluxe T-Shirts with Glowing Color Designs (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Glowing Color T-Shirts / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Konked! (Table of Contents: 4)

Sad Sack / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks
Fred Rhoads ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge; Lieutenant; General Rockjaw; a Senator
Synopsis
Sad Sack gets punchy after too many loud ringing noises and starts punching everyone as if he's in a prizefight.

Man of Distinction (Table of Contents: 5)

Sad Sack / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks
Fred Rhoads ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge; Slob Slobinski
Synopsis
Sack laments that hes not the best at anything until Sarge reminds him he's the worst soldier in the whole army.

Pardon Me! (Table of Contents: 6)

Sad Sack / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks
Fred Rhoads ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge
Synopsis
Sarge believes he lost something in the garbage and has Sack dump it out, but after looking has Sack clean it back up.

Getting Up In The World! (Table of Contents: 7)

Sad Sack / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks
Fred Rhoads ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge; space program engineer; General Rockjaw; Slob Slobinski
Synopsis
Sack is sent to the space program but all it consists of is him being placed in various rockets that crash.

The Free Spirit. Spyder. (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Sears Free Spirit Bicycle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

...Here's the NEW Richie Rich Comics Group! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Richie Rich / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Here's the Latest New and Hot Harvey Hit Record! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Harvey Records / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Hey Kids! Harvey Comics Are Ready For You... (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Set Up! (Table of Contents: 12)

Sad Sack / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks
Fred Rhoads ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; military
Characters
General Rockjaw; Lieutenant; Sad Sack; Sarge; Senators
Synopsis
Two Senators investigate how Rockjaw is spending money. Sarge and Sad Sack have done such a good job of camouflaging the excesses that the Senators decide to send more money.

Day Off! (Table of Contents: 13)

Sad Sack / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks
Fred Rhoads ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge; Sadie Sack

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustrations. Story is on top 3/4 of 2 pages.

Want To See Something Really Funny? (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Jackie Jokers / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Richie Rich (Table of Contents: 15)

Richie Rich / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children
Characters
Richie Rich; Mr. Jones

Indexer Notes

House ad for Richie Rich comics. Ad is at bottom of page 2 of story sequence 13. There is a color error in the 3rd panel: missing fleshtones.

Sloppy Work! (Table of Contents: 16)

Sad Sack / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks
Fred Rhoads ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge; Slob Slobinski; Captain Softseat
Synopsis
Sack and Slob are cleaning out a sewer line and everyone get sprayed.

Indexer Notes

The color of Sad Sack's clothes changes from page 1 to page 2.

Hey Fellow! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

More Terrific Sad Sack Comics (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Sad Sack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Pass This Test And You May Earn $300 (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Sunshine Art Studios Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sell Personalized Christmas Cards The Sales Leadership Way! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Famous Name Prizes or Cash The Easy Way! (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Is It Raining?]
    Sad Sack and the Sarge
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. 2. Complaint
    Sad Sack and the Sarge
  4. 3. Deluxe T-Shirts with Glowing Color Designs
    Glowing Color T-Shirts
  5. 4. Konked!
    Sad Sack
  6. 5. Man of Distinction
    Sad Sack
  7. 6. Pardon Me!
    Sad Sack
  8. 7. Getting Up In The World!
    Sad Sack
  9. 8. The Free Spirit. Spyder.
    Sears Free Spirit Bicycle
  10. 9. ...Here's the NEW Richie Rich Comics Group!
    Richie Rich
  11. 10. Here's the Latest New and Hot Harvey Hit Record!
    Harvey Records
  12. 11. Hey Kids! Harvey Comics Are Ready For You...
    Harvey Comics
  13. 12. The Set Up!
    Sad Sack
  14. 13. Day Off!
    Sad Sack
  15. 14. Want To See Something Really Funny?
    Jackie Jokers
  16. 15. Richie Rich
    Richie Rich
  17. 16. Sloppy Work!
    Sad Sack
  18. 17. Hey Fellow!
    Grit Newspaper
  19. 18. More Terrific Sad Sack Comics
    Sad Sack
  20. 19. Pass This Test And You May Earn $300
    Sunshine Art Studios Greeting Cards
  21. 20. Sell Personalized Christmas Cards The Sales Leadership Way!
    Sales Leadership Club Cards / Stationery
  22. 21. Famous Name Prizes or Cash The Easy Way!
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Hector G. DueƱas G.
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold