Subject Matter
Genres:
humorous
Feature(s):
Clean Living, Non-Smoking, Non-Drinking Comic Characters Dept.
Character(s):
Mel Padooka; Mammy Yockum (cameo); Nobby (Padooka's manager); Ann Hoohah (Mel's wife); Bat-Ears (Mel's French friend and new sparring partner); Jimmy Porous (broadcaster); Limey (Mel's best friend); Lit-ul Marx (newspaper boy); Mel's parents (cameo); Hungry Humphrey Meatloaf (villain, Padooka's boxing opponent)
Synopsis:
Nobby is concerned that Mel is not in the best condition to take on his next opponent, Hungry Meatloaf, so he enlists Mel's wife to supervise his conditioning and to find a way to make him made enough to fight.
Reprinting
In Content Item:
Panic #7 published September 1998
as Mel Padooka [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
7
Notes:
Parody of the comic strip "Joe Palooka".