Sad Sack Comics #211

(January 1970)

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Prediction (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Horoscope: "You will receive a gift today. Beware that you don't blow up!"

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Sad Sack

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Sad Sack; Sarge

Synopsis

Warned by his horoscope that he shouldn't blow up, Sarge quickly immerses a ticking package from Sad Sack. It's a watch.

Indexer Notes

Army; bomb scare; horoscope

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Casper the Friendly Ghost / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Change for the Worse (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Please, Sarge! Take me off the garbage detail!

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Sad Sack

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Sad Sack; Sarge; repairman; General Rockjaw; Lieutenant Packrat; Cookie; Captain Softseat; Slob Slobinski; children

Synopsis

Since Sad Sack wants to have a blast, Sarge assigns him to drive the ammunition truck, not knowing that its steering needs repair. Sack escapes but the truck crashes the power station, setting off a fireworks display that delights the children.

Keywords

Army

Close (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Here's your pass to go see your sick aunt, Sack!

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Sad Sack

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Sad Sack; Sarge

Synopsis

Sad Sack wants a pass, and calls on lightning to strike if he's not telling he truth about a sick aunt. When an electrician accidentally zaps him with a live wire, he tears up the pass.

Keywords

Army; electricity

Hazardous (Table of Contents: 7)

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Smoking is bad for your health, Sack!

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Sad Sack

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Sad Sack; Slob Slobinski

Synopsis

Sad Sack disdains Slob's advice that smoking is bad for the health, then tosses his cigarette into an ammo dump. In traction at the hospital, he resolves to give up smoking.

Keywords

Army; cigarette; smoking; tobacco

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Hello! Hello! Oh, rats! The phone went dead!

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Sad Sack

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Sad Sack; General Rockjaw; Lieutenant Packrat; Colonel Cluck; Mrs. Rockjaw

Synopsis

With power out because of a storm, General Rockjaw dragoons the insolent Sack as a runner. Sad Sack is repeatedly mangled en route, and mixes up messages for the colonel (on maneuvers) and the general's wife (going shopping), with disastrous results.

Keywords

Army

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Big Shot! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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This is the Army experimental lab, Sack!

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Sad Sack

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Sad Sack; Lieutenant Packrat; Professor; General Rockjaw

Synopsis

The army tests a new zap gun by shooting Sack out of it. Worried officers track a trail of destruction all across camp and into a garbage dump, only to learn that Sack landed safely on some mattresses long before.

Keywords

Army; laboratory; mad scientist

Too Many Bumps (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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The Sarge kicked the Sad Sack out of bed and the Sack landed right on his head.

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Sad Sack

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Sad Sack; Sarge; Slob Slobinski; General Rockjaw; doctor

Synopsis

Sarge gives Sad Sack a bump on the head, which gives Sack amnesia. He goes to officer training school, graduates tops in his class, gains a commission, and becomes a trusted aide for General Rockjaw. Eventually he bumps his head, returns to normal, and sinks to private again.

Keywords

Amnesia; army

Indexer Notes

Three illustrations

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Casper the Friendly Ghost / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

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Sad Sack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Rat Trap (Table of Contents: 16)

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

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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Fred Rhoads

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What's that rat hanging around you for, Sack?

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Sad Sack

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Sad Sack; Sarge; Slob Slobinski; Lawyer Longstretch; General Rockjaw; Lieutenant Packrat; rat

Synopsis

Sarge overhears Sad Sack talking to his pet rat. Assuming that Sack is talking about him, Sarge has Sack court-martialed. A civilian lawyer gets him off, with the help of an appearance by the rat, then presents Sack with a whopping bill.

Keywords

Army; attorney; court-martial; lawyer; rat

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