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248January 1976
$0.25

Sad Sack Comics #248

Harvey · January 1976 · on sale 1975-10-23

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Identification plate

Series
Sad Sack Comics (Harvey, 1949 series)
Issue
#248
Publication date
January 1976
Key date
1976-01-00
On-sale date
1975-10-23
Indicia publisher
Sad Sack Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Sad Sackcover1pencils: Fred Rhoads, Ken Selig; inks: Fred Rhoads, Ken Selig; colors: Ken Selig; letters: Fred Rhoads; editing: Ken SeligPrivate Sad Sack; First Sergeant Cecil Circle; Private Hifi Tweeter Hoffman; Private Slob Slobinski; Muttsy K9 Dog
2The United Nations Children's Fund Brings Good Things All Over the Worldpublic service announcement1script: Warren Kremer; pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren Kremer; letters: Warren KremerBaby Huey, Casper, Hot Stuff, Little Lotta, Little Dot, Richie Rich, Sad Sack, Spooky, Wendy
3New Sad Sack Comics Grouppromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Fred Rhoads, Ken Selig; inks: Fred Rhoads, Ken Selig; letters: Fred Rhoads, Ken SeligFirst Sergeant Cecil Circle; WAC Sadie Sack; Private Sad Sack
4New Casper the Friendly Ghost Comics Grouppromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren Kremer; letters: Warren KremerCasper
5Rock-A-Bye Baby!comic story5script: Jack O'Brien; pencils: Jack O'Brien; inks: Jack O'Brien; letters: Jack O'Brien; editing: Ken SeligPrivate Slob Slobinski; Private Hifi Tweeter; Private Sad Sack; First Sergeant Cecil Circle; unnamed captain; unnamed colonel; unnamed soldiers; white army; blue army; General Rockjaw
6G.I. Haircutcomic story1script: Jack O'Brien; pencils: Jack O'Brien; inks: Jack O'Brien; letters: Jack O'BrienPrivate Hifi Tweeter Hoffman; Private Sad Sack; First Sergeant Cecil Circle; unnamed captain
8The Same Old Storycomic story5script: Jack O'Brien; pencils: Jack O'Brien; inks: Jack O'Brien; letters: Jack O'BrienPrivate Sad Sack; Private Slob Slobinski; First Sergeant Cecil Circle; Brigadier General Rockjaw
9Harvey Recordspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
10-promo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typesetRichie Rich
11Wow! Harvey Comics Move Fast!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
15The Hip Sargentcomic story5script: Jack O'Brien; pencils: Jack O'Brien; inks: Jack O'Brien; letters: Jack O'Brien; editing: Ken SeligPrivate Hi-Fi Tweeter Hoffman; Private Sad Sack; First Sergeant Cecil Circle
16Luckytext story1.6pencils: Fred Rhoads; inks: Fred RhoadsPrivate Sad Sack; ex-con; retired gangster; M.C.; two Bureau of Internal Revenue agents
17Richie Richpromo (ad from the publisher)0.2script: Warren Kremer; pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren Kremer
18Wendy, the Good Little Witchpromo (ad from the publisher)0.2script: Warren Kremer; pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren Kremer
19Silence Pleasecomic story5script: Jack O'Brien; pencils: Jack O'Brien; inks: Jack O'Brien; letters: Jack O'BrienFirst Sergeant Cecil Circle; Private Sad Sack; unnamed captain; little bird

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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