(July-August 1949)
Street and Smith,
1942 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Street & Smith Publications Inc.
- Editing
- William J. deGrouchy ?
History of Boxing Part 1 The Early Days
comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Characters
- Thesus (Ancient Greek, Cameo); Homer (Blind Poet, ancient Greek, Cameo); Theagenes of Thasos (Ancient Greek, Cameo); Caligula (Roman Emperor, Cameo); Commodus (Roman fighter); Narcissus (Roman fighter, Cameo); Bernadine (Itialian Priest); James Figg; George Taylor (Cameo); Jack Broughton; Jack Slack; Petit (Cameo); Bill "The Nailer" Stevens (Cameo); Daniel Mendoza; Dick Humphries (Cameo); Gentleman John Jackson; Lord Byron (Cameo); Jem Belcher (Cameo); Henry Pearce (Cameo); John Gully (Cameo); Fletcher Reid (Cameo); Tom Molyneux; Tom Cribb (Cameo); Dan Donnelly (Cameo); Jacob Hyer (Cameo); Tom Beasley (Cameo); Spring (Cameo); Jem Ward; Bendingo (Cameo); Ben Caunt (Cameo); Charles Freeman (Cameo); James "Yankee" Sullivan (Cameo); Tom Sayers (Cameo); John C. Heenan (Cameo); John Morrisey (Cameo); Marquis of Queensberry (Cameo); Arthur Chambers (Cameo); Chamberlain (Newspaperman, Cameo)
- Synopsis
- The history of boxing from ancient Greece to 1865 when the Marquis of Queensberry rules are drafted.
Indexer Notes
Story continues next issue.
Rube Waddell Baseball's Great Screwball
comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Characters
- George Edward "Rube" Waddell; Connie Mack; Tom Loftus; Fred Clarke (Pirates Manager circa 1900); Barney Dreyfuss; Jack Sheridan (Umpire); Ossie Scheckengost (Catcher); Big George "Candy" La Chance (Boston First Baseman); Cy Young (Pitcher); Andy Coakley (A's pitcher)
- Synopsis
- The story of Rube Waddell's baseball career.
Kinscem the Wonder Horse
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal; sports
- Characters
- Kinscem (Racehorse); Franz Josef (Austrian Emporer)
- Synopsis
- The story of Kinscem, a racehorse in Hungary in the late 1800's.
What Are Champion Golfers Made Of?
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Tom Doerer (credited in book)
- Pencils
- Mike Arens (signed)
- Inks
- Mike Arens (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; sports
- Characters
- Tommy Armour the "Black Scot"; Walter Hagen; Sammy Snead; Robert Jones; Gene Sarazen; Lloyd Mangrum
- Synopsis
- The history of the beginnings of professional golf.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
History of Boxing
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1.
History of Boxing Part 1 The Early Days
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2.
Rube Waddell Baseball's Great Screwball
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3.
Kinscem the Wonder Horse
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4.
Golf Sticklers
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5.
What Are Champion Golfers Made Of?
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6.
Slewfoot Jones and Introducing Constance the Goat!!
Slewfoot Jones -
7.
Outstanding Records of Great High School Teams
U.S. High
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Mike Nielsen
- Bjorn Wallin
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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