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23August 1948
$0.10

Joe Palooka Comics #23

Harvey · August 1948

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Identification plate

Series
Joe Palooka Comics (Harvey, 1945 series)
Issue
#23
Publication date
August 1948
Key date
1948-08-00
Indicia publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Miss Atomic Blonde of 1948 Contestcover1pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham FisherJoe Palooka
2The Big Bathing Beauty Contestcomic story20pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham FisherJoe Palooka
4Joe's Publiccomic story2pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham FisherJoe Palooka
5Accidental Punchcomic story2pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham FisherJoe Palooka
6Knobby's "Art" Lessoncomic story2pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham FisherJoe Palooka; Knobby
7On the Air With Knobbycomic story2pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham FisherJoe Palooka; Knobby
8Knobby's Big Dealcomic story2pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham FisherJoe Palooka; Knobby
9-comic story1Flossie
10-promo (ad from the publisher)1Joe Palooka; Black Cat
11The Air Carnivalcomic story4pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellChickie Ricky (the Flyin' Fool)
12-comic story1pencils: Vic Herman; inks: Vic HermanWinnie the Waitress
13-promo (ad from the publisher)1Kerry Drake; Green Hornet
14Fatal Blundertext story1pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasBlack Cat
15Marked Terrortext story1pencils: Lee Elias; inks: Lee EliasBlack Cat
17Little Max Lends a Helping Handpublic service announcement1pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham FisherJoe Palooka; Little Max

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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