- Script
- George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 3)
- Pencils
- George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 3)
- Inks
- George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 3)
- Colors
- Ken Selig ? (p. 3, uncredited)
- Letters
- George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (p. 3)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Sad Sack; Cowboy Joe; Doctor; Paymaster
- Synopsis
- Sad Sack tries to one-up guitarist and country-western singer Cowboy Joe by wrangling a bull.
- Keywords
- bull riding; country; doctor bill; entertainment; injuries; injury; pay; rodeo; western; wrangling
[pantomine; no dialogue]
Assumed title taken from yellow banner over stadium entrance in panel 2.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Lee Elias (credited) (signed as Lee Elias) (p. 4)
- Inks
- Lee Elias (credited) (signed as Lee Elias) (p. 4)
- Colors
- Ken Selig ? (p. 4, uncredited)
- Letters
- typeset (p. 4)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I have called this meeting to tell you about my new bike safety club.
- Genre
- adventure; children; sports
- Characters
- Bobby Shelby; Pals
- Synopsis
- Bobby forms a club to promote bicycle safety. Very brief plug for new Shelby Donald Duck Bicycles.
- Keywords
- be courteous; bike safety; it pays to play safe; ride carefully
The PSA appears on page 4. Verified Lee Elias signature in panel 5 at left on page 4 upper half.
- Script
- George Baker (p. 10, uncredited)
- Pencils
- George Baker (p. 10, uncredited)
- Inks
- George Baker (p. 10, uncredited)
- Colors
- Ken Selig ? (p. 10, uncredited)
- Letters
- George Baker (p. 10, uncredited)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- wife; husband; Sad Sack
- Synopsis
- Sad Sack unwittingly insert himself into a domestic dispute and gets beaten to a bloody pulp.*
- Keywords
- beat; bloody; disagreement; domestic dispute; heated dispute; husband and wife argument; incapacitate; knock out; knock unconscious; pummel
[pantomime; no dialogue]
* This type of humorous/satirical story with illustrated violence would probably have been rejected by the Comics Code Authority had it been in place five years earlier.
- Script
- Alfred Harvey ? Leon Harvey ? (p. 18, left half)
- Letters
- typeset (p. 18, left half)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you're not a Sad Sack yourself, perhaps you know someone who is.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Sad Sack Contest offers 10.00 USD for first prize and 5.00 USD as a second prize or a special one year subscription by sharing a 'Sad Sack' experience in a letter or on a penny (0.01 USD) postcard.
- Keywords
- contest; first prize; prizes; Sad Sack Contest; second prize
Three current entries are typeset: P.K., Conn.; L.C., Mass.; D.L., New York.
Entrants could submit their sad stories to:
SAD SACK CONTEST
1860 BROADWAY
NEW YORK 23, N.Y.
- Script
- George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (pp. 18-19, centerfold)
- Pencils
- George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (pp. 18-19, centerfold)
- Inks
- George Baker (signed as by George Baker) (pp. 18-19, centerfold)
- Colors
- Ken Selig ? (pp. 18-19, centerfold, uncredited)
- Letters
- George Baker (credited) (signed as by George Baker) (pp. 18-19, centerfold)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sad Sack; various sales people; Native American salesman
- Synopsis
- Sad Sack cannot seem to escape sales people pestering him. So, he takes a road trip to camp and relax in the West only to be pestered by Native Americans hawking their handicrafts.
- Keywords
- candy; clothing; handicrafts; hawk; Indian blankets; Indian jewelry; Indian pottery; indigenous goods; insurance; Native American handcrafts; native crafts; newspaper; sales; sales people; salesmen; sell; shoe laces; solicit; travel
[pantomime; no dialogue]
Eleven panel comic strip printed as a full-bleed centerfold spread across pages 18 and 19.
Assumed title taken from sign in travel agency front window of panel 6.
- Script
- George Baker ? (p. 28 (realization)); Alfred Harvey ? (p. 28 (idea))
- Pencils
- George Baker
- Inks
- George Baker
- Colors
- Ken Selig ? (p. 28, uncredited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Sad Sack; scruffy dog
- Synopsis
- Sad Sack holds his grand opening shoe shine parlor during a heavy downpour.
- Keywords
- business; downpour; flooded; flooded out; flooding; grand opening; puddle; rained out; rainy; shoe shine; shoe shine parlor
The story behind the cover was likely owner/president/publisher Alfred Harvey's idea which was rendered as a sketch (pencils and inks) in collaboration with cartoonist George Baker. A miniature reproduction of the full-color cover complements this text story.
- Script
- Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman) (pp. 29-30)
- Pencils
- Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman) (pp. 29-30)
- Inks
- Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman) (pp. 29-30)
- Colors
- Ken Selig ? (pp. 29-30, uncredited)
- Letters
- Vic Herman (signed as Vic Herman) (pp. 29-30)
- Genre
- humor; fashion; romance; teen
- Characters
- Winnie the Waitress; brunette; M'Sieur L'Adora; Dean Madame Smith; college girls; college boys
- Synopsis
- During free time Winnie puts on a red polka-dot bikini to work on her tan when shortly afterwards she's lustfully spotted by a visiting French designer, M'sieur L'Adora, just as she climbs into a compromising position atop a ladder* in a cherry tree. Startled, but falling harmlessly to the ground with her cherry basket strewn about, Winnie is cast in a fashion show by M'Sieur L'Adora.
- Keywords
- American college girls; beautiful; bikini; blonde; booty; cherries; cherries for dessert; cherry; cherry tree; chick; college girls; compromising; curves; dessert; dessert special; double entrendre; double meaning; Georgette Washington; good-looking; hot; lustful; lusty; romantic; shake her booty; shake it; tan; teen; young adult
Vic Herman's signature in lower right corner of panel 11 on page 30.
Vic Herman cleverly scripts and illustrates this borderline 'good girl' cartoon strip filled with double entendres that would escape comprehension by most children readers, yet likely appeal to older teen and young adult readers.
* This type of mature lusty/romantic story would probably have been rejected by the Comics Code Authority had it been in place five years earlier.