Sad Sack Comics #v1#3

(January 1950)

[Filmatic Movieviewer] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Christmas Stockings] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as George Baker) (p.3)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as George Baker) (p.3)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as George Baker) (p.3)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (credited) (signed as George Baker) (p.3)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; adult Christmas shoppers; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Sad Sack hangs two stockings on mantle Christmas Eve then dreams of Santa Claus bringing gifts.

Keywords

chimney; Christmas; Christmas Tree; gifts; presents; Saint Nick; Santa Claus; socks; stocking stuffers; stockings

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from theme of strip.

[Chugga-Mota!] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[Dog Fight] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 5)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 5)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 5)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; animal; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; big dog; little dog; large man

Synopsis

Sad Sack rescues a small dog from a big dog's near bite but suffers man's wrath afterward after colliding with Sad Sack and being bitten by the small dog.

Keywords

dog bite; dog fight; dog nuisance; stray dogs

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from theme of strip.

[City Noises] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

George Baker (p. 6, uncredited)

Pencils

George Baker (p. 6, uncredited)

Inks

George Baker (p. 6, uncredited)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (p. 6, uncredited)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; apartment dwellers; scurrying pedestrians

Synopsis

Sad Sack gets scolded for rattling bottles as a wee morning Ace Milk Company delivery man.

Keywords

#13; 13; Apt. 13; city noises; clink; clunk; rattle; squeak

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from strip.

Sad Sack's apartment is #13 per sign on his front door.

[Wrestling Tonight] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 7)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 7)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 7)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 7)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; patrons; wrestler Murder Mike; wrestler Mayhem Moe

Synopsis

From front row seat, Sad Sack helps a wrestler back into the ring only to be clobbered by the wrestler he helped.

Keywords

CWC; ring; ringside; ropes; UFC; wrestling; WWE; WWF; WWWF

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from excerpt of sign in panel 2.

[Returned Wallet] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 8)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 8)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 8)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 8)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; Joe Blow; policeman

Synopsis

Joe Blow doesn't answer his doorbell as Sad Sack tries to return his lost wallet until afterward.

Keywords

billfold; honest pedestrian; lost and found; means well; meant well; misunderstanding; wallet; wrongfully accused

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from theme of strip.

[Rich Panhandler] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 9)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 9)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 9)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; Panhandler

Synopsis

Sad Sack only has a 20.00 USD bill when asked if he can spare any change to which the panhandler quickly wips out a wad of cash and coin to break Sad Sack's 20.00 USD bill.

Keywords

bill; cash; change; coin; currency; donate; panhandle; spare any change; spare some change

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from theme of strip.

[Good Scout] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 10)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 10)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 10)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 10)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; Boy Scout

Synopsis

Well-meaning boy scout helps Sad Sack but only causes him grief with each act of kindness.

Keywords

acts of kindness; Boy Scout; Cub Scout; good intentions; help; scout; scout's honor; well-meaning

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from young boy's scout uniform, sign in panel 11, and theme of strip.

[Shovel Your Sidewalk!] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 11)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 11)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 11)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; policeman; snowplow driver

Synopsis

A police officer orders Sad Sack to shovel snow from his sidewalk ... twice!

Keywords

shovel snow; snow; snow-covered; snowplow

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from strip.

[Hot Pursuit] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 12)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 12)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 12)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 12)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; bank robber; banker; policeman

Synopsis

A police officer commandeers Sad Sack's car to pursue a bank robber's get-away car.

Keywords

armed robbery; bank; bank robber; bank robbery; banker; chase; get-away car; in pursuit; police; pursue

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from strip's theme.

[Self Service] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 13)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 13)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 13)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 13)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; Policeman; random man

Synopsis

Sad Sack resorts to reading paper over a random man's shoulder due to a misunderstanding between him and a police officer regarding the "honor" system.

Keywords

honor system; newspaper sales; self-service; theft

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from theme of strip.

[Fortune Teller] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

George Baker (p. 14, uncredited)

Pencils

George Baker (p. 14, uncredited)

Inks

George Baker (p. 14, uncredited)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (p. 14, uncredited)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Synopsis

Madame Gaisze tells Sad Sack's fortune for his last 5.00 USD.

Keywords

bad luck; fortune teller; misfortune; prognosticator; sorcery

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from sign in window of panel 2.

[One Upmanship] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 15)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 15)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 15)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; pedestrians; newsboy; large newsman

Synopsis

Trying to sell newspapers, Sad Sack gets one-upped by a small newsboy seller, but after walking away spies a newsman larger than him, then tries similar "newsboy" tactic.

Keywords

newsboy; newsman; newspaper sales; one-up; paper sales tactics

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from theme of strip.

The Mascot Saves The Day! (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Alfred Harvey ? (p. 16)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Union High School's football team suffered a terrific loss of morale.

Genre

drama; sports

Characters

Goldie the Cocker Spaniel; Union High School football team; Hotchkiss High School football team; Coach Wilkins

Synopsis

Mascot Goldie is dog-napped by Hotchkiss High, but Union High popular math teacher Coach Wilkins devises a plan to both free Goldie and win their football contest against Hotchkiss High.

Keywords

dog-nap; football; high school football; mascot; prep football; rivalry; rivals

Captain Tootsie Breaks Up Spy Ring (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Cure for Colds (Table of Contents: 17)

The Sad Sack / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

George Baker (pp. 18-19)

Pencils

George Baker (pp. 18-19)

Inks

George Baker (pp. 18-19)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (pp. 18-19)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; salesman

Synopsis

A persistent salesman interrupts Sad Sack's hot bath to sell him cold medicine.

Keywords

cold draft; cold medicine; door-to-door salesman; drafty; patent medicine; wintry

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Shelby Donald Duck Bike (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Donald Duck; Huey, Dewey and Louie / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

[Tripped] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 21)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 21)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 21)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; woman with dog; large man; policeman

Synopsis

Sad Sack trips over a woman's leashed dog but as he hands the leash back he causes a man to trip.

Keywords

dog on a leash; leash; leashed dog; trip; trip on leash; walk the dog

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from the theme of strip.

[Bellhop] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 22)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 22)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 22)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 22)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; maître d'hôtel; hotel guest; room attendant

Synopsis

Slaving away as the bellhop, Sad Sack gets cheated out of a tip by a room attendant.

Keywords

13th Fl.; 13th Floor; attendant; bellhop; Floor 13; guest; hotel; maître d'hôtel; Room 13; Room 1313; tip

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title inferred from strip.

Guest is assigned Room 13 on the 13th Floor of Ace Hotel.

[Dramatic School] (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 23)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 23)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 23)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 23)

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Sad Sack; Ace baseball team; umpire; Ace coach; director

Synopsis

Wimpy Sad Sack loses argument with dominant umpire, so coach sends him to drama school to bolster his arguing skills.

Keywords

advocate; argue; baseball; out; safe; stand your ground; yell

Indexer Notes

[pantomime; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from sign in last panel.

[Screen Star] (Table of Contents: 23)

Holly of Hollywood / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Paul McCarthy (p. 24, uncredited)

Pencils

Paul McCarthy (p. 24, uncredited)

Inks

Paul McCarthy (p. 24, uncredited)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul McCarthy (p. 24, uncredited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, Sue! I'm taking care of Junior Lawson today! His dad is a movie director --maybe he'll make me a big screen star!

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Holly of Hollywood; Junior Lawson

Synopsis

Holly is on the phone with her friend Sue talking about being made a screen star when Junior Lawson, son of a movie director whom she's babysitting, eavesdrops then literally cuts out a screen star.

Keywords

babysitting; director's kid; dream; Hollywood; movie star; window screen

Indexer Notes

Assumed title inferred from theme of strip.

[Beauty Sleep] (Table of Contents: 24)

Holly of Hollywood / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Paul McCarthy (p. 24, uncredited)

Pencils

Paul McCarthy (p. 24, uncredited)

Inks

Paul McCarthy (p. 24, uncredited)

Colors

?

Letters

Paul McCarthy (p. 24, uncredited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Humph - 8 A.M.! A fine time to be coming home!

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Holly of Hollywood; Mrs. Teal; teen Joe

Synopsis

Holly pulls an all-nighter at Colossal Studios and now needs her beauty sleep, but Joe's trumpet practicing is a nuisance.

Keywords

all-nighter; brass instrument; Colossal Studios; no rest for the weary; noisy trumpet; sleep; zzz

Indexer Notes

Assumed title inferred from theme of strip.

Roy Rogers Pocket Flashlight (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Birthday Gift! (Table of Contents: 26)

Li'l Dot / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Alfred Harvey (pp. 26-27, uncredited)

Pencils

Vic Herman (credited) (signed as Vic Herman) (pp. 26-27, last panel)

Inks

Vic Herman (credited) (signed as Vic Herman) (pp. 26-27, last panel)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Happy birthday, Li'l Dot! And what's your birthday wish?

Genre

humor; children; domestic

Characters

Mrs. Mama Polka; Mr. Papa Polka; little brother Polka; Li'l Dot [little Dorothy "Dot" Polka]; puppy

Synopsis

Li'l Dot's wish for a puppy comes true on her sixth birthday.

Keywords

6th birthday; age 6; birthday; birthday cake; birthday girl; birthday present; candles; make a wish; new puppy; puppy; six candles; six years old

Indexer Notes

Li'l Dot's age is established based upon number of candles atop her birthday cake in panels 1 and 6 of page 26.

Page 27 panel 8 error: Editor Leon Harvey--twin brother of Harvey Comics President Alfred Harvey--missed an important error likely made between typesetting the manuscript and final paste-up of the original art prior to printing. This important error ruined Alfred Harvey's punchline in Li'l Dot's speech balloon which should have read:
"But mom ... you wouldn't let 'HIM' sleep in my bed! But you didn't say I couldn't sleep in HIS!"

'HIM' (male puppy) was incorrectly typeset as 'ME' (Li'l Dot).

Three Great Comics by Ham Fisher (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

Joe Palooka; Humphrey; Little Max / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Wahooo! Everyone Loves the Sad Sack (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

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

Hollywood Ham (Table of Contents: 29)

Winnie the Waitress / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Herman (credited) (signed as Vic Herman) (pp. 29-30)

Pencils

Vic Herman (credited) (signed as Vic Herman) (pp. 29-30)

Inks

Vic Herman (credited) (signed as Vic Herman) (pp. 29-30)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, how do you like that! She did it again!

Genre

humor

Characters

Winnie; Maizie; Gertie; diner; Dennis Deadbeat; manager

Synopsis

Pretty new waitress Gertie steals away big tipping customers from waitresses Winnie and Maizie.

Keywords

cafe; customers; deadbeat; diner; diners; I.O.U.; restaurant; stiff; waitresses

Hi Fellows! The New Lionel Trains Catalog is Ready (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Big Scoop! (Table of Contents: 31)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Alfred Harvey ? (p. 32, uncredited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was the night of the important basketball game between Central High School and Newton High School.

Genre

drama; sports

Characters

Buck Horne; Dave Callahan; student editors; Mike

Synopsis

Freshman Dave Callahan of Central High School is sent by his school paper to report on an important rival basketball game between his school and Newton High School. Competing Newton H.S. student paper editors, however, try a clever trick in an effort to prevent Central from publishing game results.

Keywords

basketball; competition; control the narrative; dog-eat-dog; fierce competitors; high school rivalry; scheme; school newspaper; trickery

Indexer Notes

Alfred Harvey (Owner, President, and Publisher of Harvey Comics) likely author of this story since many parallels can be drawn between elements in this text story and his life.

Coupon for Major League baseball bat pen & pencil set at lower right could be cut and mailed to:

MAJOR LEAGUERS
P.O. Box 2500
Paterson, N.J.

[Comb and Brush Set] (Table of Contents: 32) (Expand) /

Old Nick; Bit-O-Honey / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[Ace Boys Club] (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 34)

Pencils

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 34)

Inks

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 34)

Colors

?

Letters

George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 34)

Genre

humor; sports

Characters

Sad Sack; boys

Synopsis

Sad Sack rushes in an Ace Boys Club football game, gets tackled in a heap, knocked out, recovers, but the football is flattened.

Keywords

boys; football; pigskin; rush; tackle; tackle football

Indexer Notes

Assumed title from sign on fence in background of panels 2, 3, 8, and 9.

[Fame Instead of Shame] (Table of Contents: 34) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Shoot Daisy's Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine! (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

Daisy BB Guns; Red Ryder / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)