Bill Stern's Sports Book
#v1#2 [2]
(Summer 1952)
Ziff-Davis,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Approved Comics Inc.
- Brand
- Ziff-Davis Comic Group
- Editing
- Herb Rogoff (credited as Herbert W. Rogoff) (editor)
The Man with the Golden Jaw
Man O'War / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Norman Saunders (sourced) (painting, see notes)
- Inks
- Norman Saunders (sourced) (painting, see notes)
- Colors
- Norman Saunders (sourced) (painting, see notes)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Bill Stern (host, sportscaster); Man O'War (a horse)
Indexer Notes
Art and colorist credits by Roy Thomas.
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The Magnificent Screwball Rube Waddell
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Marvin Stein (sourced) (see notes)
- Inks
- Marvin Stein (sourced) (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; sports
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card.
The Man with the Golden Jaw: The Story of Eugene Cirqi
Eugene Criqui / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Ed Silverman (uncredited, source see notes)
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (sourced) (see notes)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Characters
- Bill Stern (host); Eugene Cirqi (boxer); Raoul (Cirqi's manager)
Indexer Notes
Writer credit verified by Silverman.
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card.
Give It To "Light Horse"
Harry Wilson / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; sports
- Characters
- Bill Stern (host); "Light Horse" Harry Wilson (West Point football player); West Point's un-named football coach
- Keywords
- West Point
Indexer Notes
Writer credit verified by Silverman.
The Youth on the Bench
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mike Suchorsky (sourced) (see notes)
- Inks
- Mike Suchorsky (sourced) (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography; sports
- Characters
- Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower
- Synopsis
- The story of Eisenhower's college football career.
- Keywords
- football; West Point
Indexer Notes
Art identification from Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card.
Saga of a Champion
Man O'War / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Ed Silverman (uncredited, source see notes)
- Pencils
- Frank Bolle (signed as F. B.)
- Inks
- Frank Bolle (signed as F. B.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; non-fiction; sports
- Characters
- Bill Stern (host); Man O'War (a horse)
- Synopsis
- Factual history of the greatest and most famous race horse in the history of the American turf.
- Keywords
- Belmont Stables
Indexer Notes
Writer credit verified by Silverman.
Pigskin Oddities
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jay McArdle (signed)
- Inks
- Jay McArdle (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Keywords
- football
Shamrocks and Baskets the Original Celtics
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ric Estrada (signed)
- Inks
- Ric Estrada (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Keywords
- basketball
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Man with the Golden Jaw
Man O'War -
1.
The Magnificent Screwball Rube Waddell
-
2.
The Man with the Golden Jaw: The Story of Eugene Cirqi
Eugene Criqui -
3.
Give It To "Light Horse"
Harry Wilson -
4.
The Big Train and the Rookie
-
5.
The Youth on the Bench
-
6.
Saga of a Champion
Man O'War -
7.
Pigskin Oddities
-
8.
Shamrocks and Baskets the Original Celtics
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Michael Hoskin
- Jim Van Dore
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