(May 1973)

Harvey, 1958 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1973-02-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Sad Sack Inc.
Brand
Giant Size Harvey Comics [Figurine]
Editing
Leon Harvey

Issue Notes

The indicia has two prices: 0.25 USD and 0.35 CAD. The Canadian price does not appear on the cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sad Sack / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Charles C. Schwer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle.
Synopsis
Sad Sack plays war with his radio switch open, so nobody believes him when he really is attacked.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Casper Bed Sheets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

...And Here Are More Richie Rich Riches (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Chef's Special (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle; cook
Synopsis
The smell of stew lures a lost Sad Sack back to camp.

Don't Play With Your Food (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sarge Circle; Cookie; Sad Sack; Hi-Fi Tweeter; Slob Slobinski
Synopsis
Sad Sack and his friends steal the cook's hamburger and use it as a basketball.

Indian Treaty (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle; Chief Crazy Hare
Synopsis
While digging garbage pits in the dessert, Sad Sack discovers that a Native American is piping oil from the military base.

The Recruiter (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Hi-Fi Tweeter
Synopsis
Sad Sack and Hi-Fi try to pick up girls.

Coin Return (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle
Synopsis
The Sarge is annoyed when a vending machine takes his dime but doesn't give him his drink.

Desert Dessert (Table of Contents: 11)

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

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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle; Hi-Fi Tweeter; professor
Synopsis
Sad Sack and Hi-Fi enjoy a sun bath on a sand dune that turns out to be an experimental dessert submarine.

Spring Time (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sarge Circle; Sad Sack
Synopsis
The Sarge tries to get Sad Sack out of bed.

Model Sentry (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle
Synopsis
Sad Sack assembles a helicopter while on guard duty.

Moment of Glory (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
? [as Richie Rich]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle
Synopsis
The Sarge promotes Sad Sack to Private First Class, just to have the pleasure of busting him.

At Ease (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sarge Circle; Sad Sack
Synopsis
The Sarge is frustrated when he tries to teach Sad Sack a lesson about sleeping on the job.

Midsummer Dream (Table of Contents: 16)

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

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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle
Synopsis
After driving into a mine field, Sad Sack dreams he is fighting the Germans during World War II.

The Used Tank Caper (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle; Peter the Paranoid
Synopsis
A spy disguised as a used car salesman tried to steal an experimental tank from Sad Sack.

Indexer Notes

Story is accompanied by three illustrations.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Richie Rich; Harvey Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Blind Date (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle
Synopsis
The Sarge gets Sad Sack out of the way so he can meet his girlfriend, only to discover an unsettling truth.

Sound Off (Table of Contents: 21)

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

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Pencils
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Inks
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle
Synopsis
The Sarge yells at Sad Sack day and night.
Reprints

Sneaky Sweeper (Table of Contents: 22)

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

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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack
Synopsis
Sad Sack snoops in a secret filing cabinet drawer, only to find a note from the Sarge reminding him to clean his desk.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

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

[1973 Calendar] (Table of Contents: 24)

Harvey Comics / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Strong Stuff (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Cookie
Synopsis
Cookie's coffee is too thick.

The Gophers (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sarge Circle; Sad Sack; Hi-Fi Tweeter
Synopsis
Sad Sack and Hi-Fi dig a clever foxhole.

Sportsfan (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script
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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle
Synopsis
The Sarge tries to teach Sad Sack how to throw a grenade.

Unabridged Fun (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script
?
Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
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Feature Logo
Sad Sack
Genre
humor; military
Characters
Sad Sack; Sarge Circle; General Rockjaw
Synopsis
Sad Sack cuts the ribbon to open a new bridge.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29) (Expand) /

GRIT Publishing / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

More Terrific Sad Sack Comics (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Make Money Get Prizes (Table of Contents: 33) (Expand) /

American Seed / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sad Sack
  2. 1. ["Mood Notes put you in the right mood for earning money."]
    Charles C. Schwer
  3. 2. The Boy Who Cried Wolf
    Sad Sack
  4. 3. ["Flying helicopter goes over 100' high!"]
    Johnson Smith
  5. 4. ["Hey, boys and girls...sleep with me and my friends tonight!"]
    Casper Bed Sheets
  6. 5. ...And Here Are More Richie Rich Riches
    Richie Rich; Harvey Comics
  7. 6. Chef's Special
    Sad Sack
  8. 7. Don't Play With Your Food
    Sad Sack
  9. 8. Indian Treaty
    Sad Sack
  10. 9. The Recruiter
    Sad Sack
  11. 10. Coin Return
    Sad Sack
  12. 11. Desert Dessert
    Sad Sack
  13. 12. Spring Time
    Sad Sack
  14. 13. Model Sentry
    Sad Sack
  15. 14. Moment of Glory
    Sad Sack
  16. 15. At Ease
    Sad Sack
  17. 16. Midsummer Dream
    Sad Sack
  18. 17. The Used Tank Caper
    Sad Sack
  19. 18. ["Hey, kids! Ready for the biggest laugh you'll ever have?"]
    Jackie Jokers
  20. 19. ["Mr. Jones, have you any Richie Rich comics?"]
    Richie Rich; Harvey Comics
  21. 20. Blind Date
    Sad Sack
  22. 21. Sound Off
    Sad Sack
  23. 22. Sneaky Sweeper
    Sad Sack
  24. 23. ["Here's the latest new and hot Harvey hit record!"]
    Harvey Records
  25. 24. [1973 Calendar]
    Harvey Comics
  26. 25. Strong Stuff
    Sad Sack
  27. 26. The Gophers
    Sad Sack
  28. 27. Sportsfan
    Sad Sack
  29. 28. Unabridged Fun
    Sad Sack
  30. 29. ["Boys sell GRIT"]
    GRIT Publishing
  31. 30. More Terrific Sad Sack Comics
    Sad Sack; Harvey Comics
  32. 31. ["Colorful embroidered cloth patches"]
    Johnson Smith
  33. 32. ["Wow! Pow! Now!"]
    Junior Sales Club of America
  34. 33. Make Money Get Prizes
    American Seed
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Charles Yeaman