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Sad Sack Comics (1949) · The Collector

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Sad Sack Comics (1949)

Sad Sack Comics

Harvey · 1949–1982

Format: Ongoing series
Status: Ended
Issues: 290
Frequency: Monthly
Cover price: 10¢–60¢
Key issues: 2
Editions: 297

New issues go on your pull list in Releases, with the date to order each one by.

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Issues

290 issues · 2 keys · 297 editions

#1–1001949–1959
#101–2001960–1968
#201–3001968–1982
Other numbers1972

Jump to1940s

Sources

Grand Comics Database series 12413
Metron series 6514

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Sad Sack Comics (1949) #1 cover

#1

Sep 1949

1st appearance of Li'l Dot

Sad Sack Comics (1949) #2 cover

#2

Nov 1949

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#3

Jan 1950

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#4

Mar 1950

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May 1950

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Jul 1950

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#61

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#62

Sep 1956

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#63

Oct 1956

1st appearance of Hi-Fi Hoffman

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#64

Nov 1956

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Nov 1959

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#100

Dec 1959

Key issues

First appearances, origins and turning points, each with the fact that makes it a key.

2 keys

Sad Sack Comics (1949) #1 cover

#1

Sep 1949

1st appearance of Li'l Dot

Sad Sack Comics (1949) #63 cover

#63

Oct 1956

1st appearance of Hi-Fi Hoffman

Creators

Who made the most issues of this run, with the issues they span.

14 people credited

Writers

Art Helfant23 issues · #7–#46
Paul McCarthy22 issues · #3–#120
George Baker20 issues · #1–#200
Fred Rhoads17 issues · #119–#272
Vic Herman4 issues · #1–#5
Alfred Harvey3 issues · #1–#3
Frank Engli2 issues · #6–#29
Jack O'Brien2 issues · #162–#248

Artists

Fred Rhoads27 issues · #36–#272
Paul McCarthy23 issues · #3–#272
Art Helfant23 issues · #7–#46
George Baker21 issues · #1–#200
Vic Herman5 issues · #1–#5
Frank Engli2 issues · #6–#29
Jack O'Brien2 issues · #162–#248
Bob Powell1 issue

Cover artists

George Baker254 issues · #1–#286
Fred Rhoads8 issues · #248–#287
Ken Selig3 issues · #248–#281

Inkers: Paul McCarthy (23), Art Helfant (23), George Baker (21)
Colorists: Ken Selig (3)
Letterers: Fred Rhoads (9), George Baker (7), Vic Herman (2)
Editors: Leon Harvey (244), Evelyn Johnson (3), Ken Selig (1)

Characters and teams

Who appears most often in this run, by issues they appear in.

322 characters

Sad Sack65
Sarge29
General Rockjaw28
Slob Slobinski27
Captain Softseat18
Sadie Sack18
Lieutenant Packrat15
Hi-Fi Tweeter12
Sarge Circle7
Cookie6
Policeman5
Gertie4
Mrs. Rockjaw4
Muttsy4
Ol' Sod Sack4
Sarge4
The General4
Li'l Dot3
officer3
The Sarge3
Ace Baseball team2
Ace baseball teammates2
Aggie2
Banker2

First appearances in this run

Characters who debut here, led by those who appear most across the catalog.

Li'l Dot#1
Mama Polka#1
Hi-Fi Hoffman#63

Publication details

Publication notes

Golden Age pre-Comics Code Authority; #1 (cover dated Sep. 1949) through #43 (Feb. 1955). Golden Age post-Comics Code Authority from #44 (cover dated Mar. 1955, on sale Jan. 1, 1955). Sad Sack art (Script, Pencils, Inks, Letters) by George Baker; #1 through #21 civilian issues. Sad Sack art (Script, Pencils, Inks, Letters) by George Baker; #22 through #29 military issues. George Baker's story art waned as Harvey Publications solicited artists to begin bulk of Sad Sack interior comic story art (see one panel each by five guest artists featured in #30 p.8). Last interior Sad Sack comic art by George Baker printed in #34 (on sale March 1, 1954). Paul McCarthy began early interior Sad Sack comic art, imitating George Baker's style but lengthening Baker's short Sad Sack pantomimes into full-feature comic stories that included dialogue balloons. In late 1953, cartoonist Fred Rhoads began a trial period at Harvey Publications doing Sad Sack art* with his artwork first appearing in #31 (Cover dated Feb. 1954; on sale December 1, 1953). George Baker continued to intermittently illustrate covers through 1958 after which he sold his interest† to Harvey Publications; retaining royalties and an agreement requiring facsimiles of his signature plus Sad Sack thumbnail sketches as 'postage stamps' affixed to Sad Sack-titled comics.

*Bails, Jerry G, and Hames Ware, editors. The Who's Who of American Comic Books, v3. 1st ed. Detroit, MI: J. Bails, 1975 p. 220.

†Mike Kelley. Minor histories: Statements, Conversations, Proposals, The MIT Press, 2004 p.19 n.4.

From the Grand Comics Database.

Publishing format: was ongoing series
Binding: saddle-stitched
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper stock: newsprint