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Issue: Sports Action #9
Publication Date: October 1951
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Issues: #9 of 13 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Sports Action Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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FlagParade of the Stars #26 published November 1951 as Ed "Strangler" Lewis! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Ed "Strangler" Lewis!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Bottom tier vignettes of DiMaggio and Hairston taken from interior stories. Jackie Robinson image based on splash page illo but redrawn, likely by Carl Burgos. Info per Nick Caputo, August 2015.

Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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Dom DiMaggio, Pride of the Boston Red Sox!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Dom DiMaggio; Joe DiMaggio; Vince DiMaggio; Lefty O'Doul; Charley Graham; Joe Cronin; Ted Williams
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 8559
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Gridiron Ghost

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: 8974
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Eugene (The Silent) Hairston

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Eugene Hairston; Marcel Cerdan; Mike Miele; William Redding; Rafael Benitez; Jimmy Pritchard; Lee Sala; Kid Gavilan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: 8666
Disclose Notes: Bio of deaf African-American boxer Eugene Hairston.
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"Strangler" Lewis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Ed "Strangler" Lewis; Sammy Stein; Damon Runyon; William Farnsworth; Joe Savoldi; Lee Wycoff; Jim Londos; Lou Thez
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: 8957
Disclose Notes: LaCava art per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com.
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Jackie Robinson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Jackie Robinson; Matt Robinson; Rachel Robinson; Branch Rickey; Leo Durocher; Hank DeBerry
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Pages: 6
Job Number: 8943

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