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Issue: Sports Action #5

- Attribution History

Publication Date: January 1951

Issue #5
- Sport Stars
- #2
- #3
- #4
- ✔ #5
- #6
- #7
- #8
- #9
- #10
- #11
- #12
- #13
- #14
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Issues: #5 of 13 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Sports Action Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Stan Lee

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Format

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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1 Content Item
- The Amazing Story of Nile Kinnick! [Illustration on Cover, Front]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (6 total)

The Amazing Story of Nile Kinnick!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel ?

Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, sports

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Sports Action #5 published February 1951
as The Amazing Story of Nile Kinnick! [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

The Nile Kinnick Story

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dick Rockwell (signed)

Inker(s): Dick Rockwell ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, sports

Character(s): Nile Kinnick; Eddie Anderson

Synopsis: Nile Kinnick becomes a college football hero, then an aviation hero, dying in the Pacific.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Job Number: 7738

Koi Motsai

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Chic Stone ?

Inker(s): Chic Stone ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, sports

Character(s): Koi Motsai; Habati; Babe Ruth; Chuisi

Synopsis: Inspired by Babe Ruth, Koi Motsai becomes one of Japan's greatest baseball players.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Job Number: 7737

Notes: Possible Stone art per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com.

A Pair of Mitts

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (illustration)

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, sports

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Job Number: 7398

Notes: unknown inks per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Vernon Henkel.

Harry Greb the Pittsburgh Windmill!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inker(s): Vernon Henkel ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, sports

Character(s): Harry Greb; Gene Tunney; Jack Dempsey

Synopsis: Greb became a powerful boxer but during an eye operation he died while under anesthesia.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

Job Number: 7743

What Happened to Chris King?

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Pete Riss

Inker(s): Pete Riss

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, sports

Character(s): Chris King; Mickey Desmond; Pokey Malone; Red; Dr. Muntz

Synopsis: Chris agrees to throw a football game to earn money he needs to help a young fan, Mickey Desmond. When Chris' attempt to cheat is found out his career is ruined. Many years later he and Mickey are reunited in Korea.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Job Number: 7732

Notes: Riss art per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr via atlastales.com.