Digital Comic Museum - Joe Palooka 103


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Issue: #103
Published: November 1957, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, 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
Characters:	Humphrey Pennyworth

Comic Story (6 pages)	Rodeo Riot
Synopsis:	Humphrey works as a blacksmith, and when cowboys come to have their horses re-shod, they are impressed with Humphrey's strength. They ask Humphrey to come participate in their rodeo. Humphrey give it a try, but, between his unwillingness to hurt any creature, and his constant hunger, his interest soon fades.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Humphrey Pennyworth

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Pie-Eating Contest
Synopsis:	Humphrey travels to Joe Palooka's training camp on his bicycle, with a home-built shed trailer. On the way, he give a ride to a hobo, who steals him blind. Now without the means to feed himself on the way, Humphrey soon becomes overcome with hunger, and stops in a local town. There happens to be a pie-eating contest, and Humphrey wins, smashing the local records.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Humphrey Pennyworth Prunella Pennyworth

Comic Story (9 pages)	Introducing Humphrey
Synopsis:	When Knobby Walsh's car breaks down on the way to Joe Palooka's training camp, he turns into a garage in West Wokkington Falls, Ohio for help, and meets Humphrey Pennyworth. Impressed by Humphrey's incredible strength, he tries to tempt the peaceful Humphrey into a career in the ring. When Knobby tells Humphrey's sister, Prunella, of how much prize money could be contributed to the charities she loves, Humphrey agrees to his first fight, which he wins with one punch.
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Humphrey Pennyworth (introduction) Knobby Walsh Prunella "Pruney" Pennyworth (introduction) Joe Palooka

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