Digital Comic Museum - Joe Palooka 003


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Issue: #3
Published: March 1946, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Later Standard Silver Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched; Later Squarebound (#116 - #118) Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Humor Sports
Characters:	Joe Palooka

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Secret Mission
Synopsis:	Joe and Jerry drop radio equipment over Montenegro and follow it down to make sure it gets into the hands of the underground. When it does, Joe and his compatriots have to keep it from being seized by German troops.
Characters:	Joe Palooka Jerry Leemy Vidlitch Mihailo [aka Big Mike] Konstantin Pukovinick The Nazis [Carl Others Un-named] (villains, Some Die)

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Narrow Escape
Synopsis:	Joe and Big Mike are making their way through the Serbian countryside and decide to put on German helmets (souvenirs) instead of carrying them. However, a lady swimming near by sees the helmets and shoots, wounding Joe and knocking out Mike, thinking they are German. She is Serbian, treats Joe's wounds and has Mike carry him to her cabin, then sends him to the Americans for some sulfa.
Genre:	Humor War
Characters:	Joe Palooka Big Mike Nada Vesnitch

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Crisis
Synopsis:	Big Mike returns with the sulfa, but Joe develops a high fever and Nada is worried. She wishes she had chicken broth to feed Joe, so Big Mike volunteers to go behind German lines to snatch some chickens.
Genre:	Adventure War
Characters:	Joe Palooka Mahailo [aka Big Mike] Nada Vesnitch Jerry Leemy Digger

Comic Story (6 pages)	Jerry Falls in Love
Synopsis:	Big Mike gets the chickens and Nada begins to fix the broth, and Joe, after eating some, begins to feel better. Then Jerry shows up and when he sees Nada, falls for her like a ton of bricks. So much so, Jerry puts up a fight when he is told he has to go back to the American camp.
Genre:	Humor War
Characters:	Joe Palooka Jerry Leemy Mihailo [aka Big Mike] Nada Vesnitch

Comic Story (4 pages)	Joe's Recovery
Synopsis:	Joe is recovering quickly and soon it is time for him to return to his friends. Nada goes with him, telling him along the way that she is out to get every German she can because they murdered her entire family.
Genre:	Humor War
Characters:	Joe Palooka Jerry Leemy Mihailo [aka Big Mike] Nada Vesnitch Zahariye (a Shepherd)

Text Story (1 page)	The Hidden Evidence
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (6 pages)	Congressman Weidebottom Visits the Front
Featuring:	Joe Palooka Short Story

Text Story (1 page)	Luck Piece
Credits:	Letters: typeset

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