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Issue Details

Issue	V5#2
Published	July-August 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	?

Cover Details - "History of Boxing"

Genre	Sports
Pencils	Louis Ravielli (signed)
Inks	Louis Ravielli (signed)

12 page story "History of Boxing Part 1 The Early Days"

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.
Genre	Sports
Pencils	Louis Ravielli (signed)
Inks	Louis Ravielli (signed)
Notes	Story continues next issue.

8 page story "Rube Waddell Baseball's Great Screwball"

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.
Genre	Sports
Pencils	Floyd Torbert (signed)
Inks	Floyd Torbert (signed)

6 page story "Kinscem the Wonder Horse"

Characters	Kinscem (Racehorse); Franz Josef (Austrian Emporer)
Synopsis	The story of Kinscem, a racehorse in Hungary in the late 1800's.
Genre	Sports; Animal
Pencils	Mike Arens (signed)
Inks	Mike Arens (signed)

2 page text story "Golf Sticklers"

Genre	Sports
Letters	Typeset

8 page story "What Are Champion Golfers Made Of?"

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.
Genre	Sports
Script	Tom Doerer (credited in book)
Pencils	Mike Arens (signed)
Inks	Mike Arens (signed)

8 page Slewfoot Jones story "Slewfoot Jones and Introducing Constance the Goat!!"

Characters	Slewfoot Jones; Manager Ferocious Deroshis; Lem Crocknockle; Constance the Goat
Synopsis	Slewfoot has taught his pet goat to play baseball.
Genre	Sports; Humor
Pencils	Bob Powell (signed)
Inks	Bob Powell (signed)

2 page U.S. High story "Outstanding Records of Great High School Teams"

Synopsis	Various High School teams and amazing records they have set.
Genre	Sports
Pencils	Floyd Torbert (signed)
Inks	Floyd Torbert (signed)