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Issue: Sports Action #2
Publication Date: February 1950
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Issues: #2 of 13 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Animirth Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
Disclose Notes: SPORTS ACTION is published by ANIMIRTH COMICS, INC. Office of Publication: 350 5th Avenue, New York, N. Y. Application for second-class entry pending at the post office at New York, N. Y., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Additional entry at Canton, Ohio. Published quarterly. Copyright, 1949. by ANIMIRTH COMICS, INC., 350 5th Avenue, New York 1, N. Y. Vol. 1, No. 2, FEBRUARY, 1950, issue. Price 10c per copy. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons, and/or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental. Printed in the U. S. A.

No "Marvel Comic" logo on this issue, although it is present on #3 and on Sport Stars #1.
Kable News distributor logo on cover. Detailed content information from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo [as Doc. V] (June 8, 2005).
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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
Format Notes:  
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The True Life Story of George Gipp of Notre Dame

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Powell (layout?; roughs?); Allen Anderson (painting)
Inker(s): Allen Anderson (painting)
Colorist(s): Allen Anderson (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Art "The Great" Shires

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Brown
Inker(s): Bob Brown
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Feature(s): Art "The Great" Shires
Character(s): Art "The Great" Shires; Sam Gleason; Ross; Billy; Madsen; Randy; Lochran; Manning; Lena Blackburne; Lou Barbour; Mr. Harmon; Kid Mather
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In Content Item: FlagColossal Comics #2 published September 1951
as They Called Him: Wottaman - and Here's the Reason Why... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: 7???
Disclose Notes: Brown art per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com.
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The Original Celtics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Syd Shores (splash); Bob Powell
Inker(s): Syd Shores? (splash); Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Feature(s): The Original Celtics
Character(s): Jim Furey; Johnny Witte; Nat Holman; Chris Leonard; Dutch Dehnert
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In Content Item: FlagColossal Comics #2 published September 1951
as The Original Celtics [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: 7140
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Gloved Dynamite

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagColossal Comics #2 published September 1951
as Gloved Dynamite [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: 6409
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Win It for the Gipper!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Syd Shores
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Feature(s): George Gipp
Character(s): George Gipp; Knute Rockne; Jack Chevigny
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagColossal Comics #2 published September 1951
as Win It For The Gipper! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: 7110
Disclose Notes: unknown inks per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.
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A Tired Left Arm

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
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In Content Item: FlagColossal Comics #2 published September 1951
as A Tired Left Arm [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: 6410
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Man Comics

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page ad for Man Comics.
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The Flying Fish!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pierce Rice
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, sports
Character(s): Hironoshin Furuhanshi; Bob Kiphuth; Shiro Hashizume
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagColossal Comics #2 published September 1951
as Hironoshin Furuhanshi, "The Flying Fish!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: 7095
Disclose Notes: Rice pencils per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Syd Shores.

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