Joe Palooka Comics #1 (1945) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Joe Tells How He Became World Champ	cover	1	pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham Fisher	Joe Palooka
1	The Story Behind Ham Fisher's Joe Palooka	text article	2	pencils: ? (photograph); letters: typeset	Ham Fisher, Joe Palooka
2	How Joe Became World Champ	comic story	10	script: Ham Fisher; pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham Fisher	Joe Palooka; Jerry Leemy; Knobby Walsh; Jack Mulfie (introduction)
3	The Big Fight	comic story	8	script: Ham Fisher; pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham Fisher	Joe Palooka; Knobby Walsh; Jerry Leemy; Jack McSwatt (introduction); Jack Mulfie
4	Jerry Puts on the Gloves	comic story	10.67	script: Ham Fisher; pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham Fisher	Joe Palooka; Jerry Leemy; Larry Malss (introduction)
5	-	comic story	2	script: Ham Fisher; pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham Fisher	Joe Palooka; Herman Manskawich (introduction); Missus Palooka (Joe Palooka's mother)

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
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