Comic books in 'Basketball'

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Jim Wilcox and L. B. Cole. True-life tales of sporting greats, and stories about athletic people. Groundbreaking African-American baseball player Jackie Robinson breaks the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers start him at first base in 1947. Pee Wee Reese is noted for his baseball prowess as well as for his crucial early support of Jackie Robinson. Also featuring biographies of Sam Langford and Jimmy McLane, plus profiles of dangerous sports. Dick Cole: Basket "Balled-Up"; Sam Langford A True Story of a Courageous Fighter; Jackie Robinson; Pee Wee Reese; The Most Dangerous Sports on Earth: Bullfighting; Jimmy McLane; Dangerous Game; Motorboat Madness; The Most Dangerous Sports on Earth: Skiing. 32 pages, Full Color. NOTE: There is also a #13 "Accepted" reprint edition. In the reprint edition, the "Accepted" logo appears in upper left corner of cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by L. B. Cole. True-life tales of sporting greats, reprinted from Star Publications. Groundbreaking African-American baseball player Jackie Robinson breaks the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers start him at first base in 1947. Pee Wee Reese is noted for his baseball prowess, as well as for his crucial early support of Jackie Robinson. Also featuring biographies of Sam Langford and Jimmy McLane, plus profiles of dangerous sports. Dick Cole: Basket "Balled-Up"; Sam Langford, A True Story of a Courageous Fighter; Jackie Robinson; Pee Wee Reese; The Most Dangerous Sports on Earth: Bullfighting; Jimmy McLane; Dangerous Game; Motorboat Madness; The Most Dangerous Sports on Earth: Skiing. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bob Powell and Allen Anderson. Art "The Great Shires. The Original Celtics, art by Syd Shores and Bob Powell. Gloved Dynamite text story. Win it for the Gipper! starring George Gipp and Knute Rockne. A Tired Left Arm text story. Hironoshin Furuhanshi, "The Flying Fish!" (about the swimmer). 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories and art by Bill LaCava, Hank Chapman, Marion Sitton, Allen Bellman and Myron Fass. Profiles of famous athletes from early Marvel Comics, when it was still called Atlas. Hank Bauer, veteran of Okinawa in WWII, goes on to become a legendary hitter for the NY Yankees; Bronko Nagurski was a force to be reckoned with on the gridiron, even after six years in retirement; A Brazilian wrestler is told to throw a fight, but his sense of justice will not allow it. Includes a story illustrated by future comics publishing legend Myron Fass. Bronko Nagurski; Warren Gunn, King of the Courts; The Strangler; Benson Carries the Ball; Hank Bauer. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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No Escape!, art by Sol Brodsky. The Man Who Failed!, script by Ernie Hart, art by Jay Scott Pike. Swing, Busher! text story, art by Morris Weiss. Yesterday's Hero, art by Cal Massey. The Killer!, art by Morris Weiss. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Featuring Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Written by David L. Fink. Art by Lauchland Pelle and Larry Nadolsky. 32 Pages and Full Color. Comic only, no trading card. Cover price $2.75.

April 1940. Sports fiction stories by William R. Cox "Tournament of Blood", Alden H. Norton "Throw the Bum Out!", Roger G. Spellman, Nelson A. Hutto, and Daniel Winters. 7" x 9 1/2"; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Comic only. May or may not include card insert. Cover price $2.75.

Michael Jordan Cover price $2.50.

Magic Johnson Cover price $2.50.

Larry Bird Cover price $2.50.

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Julius Erving Cover price $2.50.

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Isiah Thomas Cover price $2.75.

Patrick Ewing Cover price $2.95.

Charles Barkley Cover price $2.95.

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Shaquille O'Neal and Christian Laettner Cover price $2.95.

Cover by Irv Spector. Art by Irv Spector and others. Squeeks, Crimebuster's monkey sidekick from Boy Comics, gets his own funny-animal comic. Squeeks and Tiger Tom compete to become television stars. Dum Dum the Dumb Bunny wants to be a detective, but he's not great at deductive reasoning, or any other kind of reasoning. Squeeks and Tiger Tom run competing boating companies and try to snare the same passenger. Also featuring a vintage ad for a "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Space Helmet." TV Jitters; Salt Water Daffy; Any Old Clues Today?; Business; Dum Dum the Dumb Bunny; Whack's Wax; Here Today and Gone Tamale. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by JC De La Torre. Art by Ray Dillon. Part One: 'Darien'-JC De La Torre, author of the critically acclaimed novel Ancient Rising, gives us a new fusion of Science Fiction and Magic in Star Mage. In issue one, Darien Connors discovers he's not from Earth, has strange magical powers and is the key in an ancient war between two alien races of necromancers. Like Harry Potter meets the Last Starfighter, Star Mage offers wizard battles with a side of spaceship warfare, alien worlds and weird creatures. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Greg Weisman. Art by Dominike "Domo" Stanton. Cover by Yasmine Putri. College is stressful, so Adam and Kevin hit the school gym for a little workout, a little flirting and a little confrontation with a cosmically-enhanced LIBRA, who's weighing Starbrand and Nightmask's ultimate value to ETERNITY!!! 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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2nd Edition. The Story of Consumer Credit (2002) is a promotional comic book distributed by the Federal Reserve Bank. It explains the basics of consumer credit, including tips on how to manage one's finances so as to avoid excessive credit debt. It points out that business and government have used credit for centuries, but that consumer credit did not become available until the 1940's. Written by C.J. Parnow, with art by Al Wenzel. Full color, 24 pages, 6.75-in. x 10-in., all newsprint, no cover price.

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Cover by Nick Cardy. "The Challenge of the Faceless Five!", script by Cary Bates, art by John Rosenberger; the fate of the world depends on a faceless basketball team winning a game. "Man with the Golden Gloves!", script by Denny O'Neil, pencils by Irv Novick, inks by Dick Giordano; a prize fighter has heavy weights on his hands. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Two trading cards wrapped around cover. By Charles Marshall. 32 pgs. B&W with color cover. Cover price $2.50.

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The Word from the Street. Written by Michael Redmond. Art and cover by Junko Hosizawa. Marvel picks up the offbeat black-and-white comic previously published by Blackthorne. Michael Redmonds Street Poet Ray presents brief verses exploring both the tragic and ordinary aspects of city life, accompanied by simple drawings from Junko Hosizawa. Subjects include the plight of working mothers and the heroism of the Red Cross. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MICHAEL T. GILBERT; COVER BY GILBERT Mr. Monster creator Michael T. Gilbert spins an offbeat story of a down-on-his-luck loser who gets the chance to be Superman! How will the former Man of Steel get his body back from a guy who really likes having fame, respect and, oh yeah, super-powers? Prestige Format. FC, 48 PG Cover price $5.95.

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#44 in a series of 90. Superman-Tim is a boys' clothing catalog, activity book, and comic book all rolled into one, featuring Superman illustrations throughout. All issues are 16 pages unless a Superman story is inserted (bringing page count to 24 or 36 pages). Every issue encourages boys not to be a "Whoo-Shoo" -- a boy who reads "Superman-Tim" but doesn't buy clothes from the Superman-Tim Store. Copyright 1946 by National Comics Pub., Inc., under license to Tim Promotions, Inc. B&W with a single color, 5 1/2 in. x 8 in.

Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux and Clare Dwiggins. Supersnipe in "The Curse of Gold," plus Bobby Crusoe (chapter three), Ulysses Q. Wacky, Bumpy, and a two-page Supersnipe's Diary text story. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Dale Hale. Stories and art by Dale Hale and Hy Eisman. Tip Top Comics presented stories featuring characters from United Features newspaper strips. One of the strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, featuring rare stories not written or drawn by Schulz, but by fellow artist Dale Hale. Young Linus excels at everything, even spelling his name out with blocks. Charlie Brown can't get any of the kids to play with him, so he goes kite-flying. But even employing a second-story window can't improve his kite game. Peanuts; Nancy: Bottled Up Trouble; Getting Ready; Family Pets; Sluggo: Free Samples; The Captain and the Kids: Birthday Bouquet. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al McWilliams. Stories and art by Ernie Bushmiller, Charles Schulz, Al Capp, Oskar Lebeck, Al McWilliams, and Elsie Hix. Tip-Topper Comics collected some of United Features Syndicates most popular comic strips of the 1940s in full color, including Lil Abner and Fritzi Ritz. A spider web reveals the extent of Fritzi's social life to her friend Bessie. One of the backup strips in the comic is Charles Schulz's Peanuts, then only in its fifth year, presented in full color. After a bomb attack on the FBI headquarters, Vana reveals that the Soviets are also aware of the agents of Terra on Earth. Nightmare Alice falls in love with Lance Carver (M.D.), in a Li'l Abner storyline by Al Capp. Plus the Ripley-like Strange as It Seems. Fritzi Ritz; Strange as It Seems; Twin Earths; Li'l Abner; Peanuts; Stamp Tips. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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B&W.True Tales of Money and Business written by R. Walker, with art by Josh Neufeld. A focus on Ron Perelmans disastrous 1980s bid to buy out Marvel Comics. More questionable financial decisions by the likes of Monroe Trout, Michael Vranos and Bear Stearns economist Wayne Angell. Some stories originally appeared in the Expo and Keyhole anthologies. 28 pages. Cover price $3.50.

In this issue: Mattel '99 - the winning combo! Plus: Star Wars release dates; Sideshow; Speed Racer; Bruce Lee; Puppet Master; Masters of the Universe; Austin Powers; Universal Monsters; Quake II; Groovie Goolies; WCW/NWO; Cyber 9; and WWF. Cover features Hot Wheels and more. Cover price $5.95.

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In this issue of the toy magazine for the hardcore collector: McFarlane's Sports Picks - all new for 2003! Plus: Takara PVC; Hot Wheels; Mezco visits Underworld; G.I. Joe - card and driver; Dusty Trail - new company debut; NECA knocks heads; Plan-B - Special Rescue Forces; Dragon goes to Iraq; and Diorama Dreams - professional displays for your figures. Also: Guide to McFarlane Movie Figures inside! Cover price $5.95.

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In this issue of the toy magazine for the hardcore collector: McFarlane's Sports Picks NBA 5; Hot Wheels; Star Wars - the galaxy expands; The Lord of the Rings: Armies of Middle-Earth from Play Along; First Annual OTCC; Kool by Design - HK & Japan Designer Toys; spotlight on NECA - National Entertainment Collectibles Association; and bbi - Operation 1:18. Plus: Guide to The Lord of the Rings inside! Cover price $5.95.

In this issue of the toy magazine for the hardcore collector: McFarlane's Sports Picks; Hot Wheels; Monogram Masterworks; Dragon - the Russians are coming; The Simpsons - Series 15 and 16 boost the market; Kill Bill from NECA; and Funko - what's your wobbler worth? Bonus Features: Star Wars; Dragon Ball Z; bbi - XIXOX vs. CG; Trading Figures; Talking Presidents; and 21st Century Toys. Plus: Guide to NFL Sports Picks inside! Cover price $5.95.

Summer's coming, and the thermometer is gonna be reading "Star Wars Fever!" Star Wars: Episode III?Revenge of the Sith will still be playing theaters when this issue hits the stands, so the tribute to Star Wars ? and all it's meant to us over the decades ? continues! Also featured, Lee's Pull-Out Guide to the Star Wars Prequels Part 3, of a 3- part Series of self-contained pull-out guides, one for each Prequel Episode! Plus: McFarlane's Sports Picks, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Gundam, Batman, Teen Titans, DC Comics Super Heroes, Hot Wheels, Urban and Suburban Vinyl, Trading Figures, and more! (Action Figure News &Toy Review) (CAUT: 4) Magazine, 100pgs, FCSRP: $5.95 Cover price $5.95.

This New Year issue of LEE's Toy Review will be filled with coverage of all the new toy and collectible releases for 2010 from leading manufacturers like Hasbro, Mattel, DC Direct, Diamond Select Toys, Sideshow Collectibles, Gentle Giant, Neca, and Playmates. Cover price $5.95.

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Promotional comic for New York Sanitation Department. The DSNY teamed up with Marvel Comics to create grade-specific literacy components supporting the K-5 RRR lesson plans that help educators implement the three R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) at school. Cover by Gregg Schigiel and Wayne Faucher. (W) Doug Bernstein and Vivian Trakinski (A) Lee Moder & Jose Marzan/Alex Saviuk & Bob McLeod. Features two stories and six pages of games and activities. No marvel heroes within the stories, but Spider-Man and characters from Fantastic Four and the X-Men do appear in the advertisement and activity pages. Full color, 32 pages.

November 4, 1954. Bob Powell art (6 pages).

January 31, 1957. Edited by Joseph G. Schaller. Stories by Ozella Welch, Lloyd Ostendorf, F. E. Crandall, James O. Christiansen, James P. Conroy, Lloyd Ostendorf, Francis Taylor, and Paul Karch. Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature—a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! 32 pages, full color.

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Presenting fiction and non-fiction stories, many of which are religious in nature - a Treasure Chest of fun and facts! Includes a Puzzle Page, "Chuck White and His Friends," by Max Pine, art by Fran Matera, "Joan of Arc," by Helen Rein McKay, "Origin of Sports - Basketball," (artist and illustrator uncredited), "Our Heritage - Uncle Sam," (artist and illustrator uncredited), "Father Mac's Latter page," by Father Leon McKenzie, "The Return of the Enchanted Flivver," by Capt. Frank T. Moss, art by Frank Borth, , "Treasure Jests," "Red Victim - The Story of Bishop Walsh," by Norah Smaridge, art by Joe Sinnott, "Pierre," artist uncredited, and a funny full-color wraparound cover of a basketball game. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Louis Wolfe and others. Biography and history stories in comics form, part of a trend in non-fiction comics in the 1940s. Lt. Mary Sullivan joins the NYPD in 1911; The first American Christmas tree causes controversy; The party stealing picnic lunches turns out to be a mischievous horse. Mexico's Man of Action; America's First Christmas Tree; Lady Detective; Rockets and Jets; Whoa!; The Railroad Industry; Basketball Pointers; The Charging Zebra; What Would You Do?; True's News from Hollywood; Truly Comic! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.