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    Joe Palooka (1942 Columbia) #1 FR 1.0
    Published 1942 by Columbia Comics Group.

    Joe Palooka (1942 Columbia) 1 FR 1.0 (R)

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    TRIMMED. Spine damaged (book removed from a bound volume). Staples added (not manufacturing).

    Starts Apr 5

    Cover by Ham Fisher. Stories and art by Ham Fisher. Columbia Comics presents the first comic-book reprints of the classic Joe Palooka comic strip, about the adventures of a good-hearted boxer. Framed by a femme fatale and stripped of his championship, Joe goes off to the desert and joins the French Foreign Legion. Lost in Arabia, Joe and Smokey are captured by a sheik, and Joe must box the champion of his hidden city. Also featuring a profile of Palooka creator Ham Fisher; a letter from Fisher about getting permission for the US president to appear in the strip; and interesting facts about Joe Palooka. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.