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Sad Sack

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Genres: humorous, military

Character(s): Private Sad Sack; Brigadier General Rockjaw; First Sergeant Circle; Little Brother Nap Sack; Muttsy K-9 Dog; Private Slob Slobinski; Private Hifi Tweeter; Cousin Sweetie Sack; WAC Sadie Sack; unidentified soldier

First Line: Harvey Heroes Historical Series

Synopsis: Sad Sack is chewed out by Sergeant Circle after getting covered in coal dust from Sad Sack shoveling coal. Sadie Sack, an unidentified soldier and Muttsy the K9 Dog look on in bewilderment.

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Notes: One of Fred Rhoads' cute girl characters (Sweetie Sack) is introduced via a thumbnail.

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Synopsis: blank inside front cover (p. 2)

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Sad Sack

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Character(s): Sad Sack; Slob Slobinski; First Sergeant Circle; Hifi Tweeter; General Rockjaw

First Line: S s s - s

Synopsis: Title page with typeset credits, indicia and cartoon preview of interior story about Sad Sack trying out his new sun power suit (See pp. 4-8).

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Sunny Future

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Genres: humorous, military

Feature(s): Sad Sack

Character(s): Private Sad Sack; First Sergeant Circle; Private Hifi Tweeter; Private Slob Slobinski; Lieutenant Packrat; Brigadier General Rockjaw; two unidentified soldiers

First Line: My invention works! It works! It works!

Synopsis: Sad Sack shows off his new invention--a sun power suit--to his fellow soldiers at the army base.

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Big Show

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Genres: humorous, military

Feature(s): Sad Sack

Character(s): Private Sad Sack; Private Slob Slobinski; First Sargeant Circle; Lieutenant Packrat; Brigadier General Rockjaw; Brigadier General Crank; an unidentified army captain; an unidentified army lieutenant

First Line: I'll get a recharge and be back with you in a sec!

Synopsis: Sad Sack recharges his sun power suit but in the end disappoints General Rockjaw who was counting on him to impress top brass invited from Washington DC to Camp Calamity to see a demonstration of Sad Sack's new invention.

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What a Gal!

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Genres: humorous, military

Feature(s): Sweetie Sack

Character(s): Cousin Sweetie Sack; Sad Sack; unidentified film production crew; unidentified fans; unidentified limo driver

First Line: This is Sweetie Sack saying a sweet goodnight!

Synopsis: Private Sad Sack spends some liberty time with his beautiful cousin and model Sweetie Sack. After flattering her on the movie set, during some commercial shoots, next at dinner, Sad Sack then gets the idea of inviting her to the army base to brighten up life.

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Good Work Out

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Genres: humorous, military

Feature(s): Sweetie Sack

Character(s): Sweetie Sack; Cousin Sweetie Sack; Sad Sack's Cousin Sweetie Sack; Sad Sack; unidentified soldiers; Brigadier General Rockjaw

First Line: Your dancing is wild, Sweetie!

Synopsis: Continuing from the previous story on pages 14-18, Sweetie Sack entertains the soldiers at Camp Calamity. After the show, General Rockjaw pays Sweetie Sack compliments followed by a personal tour of the army base together with Private Sad Sack as his jeep driver. Hilarious antics include General Rockjaw getting chastised by his wife and Sweetie Sack enjoying the base obstacle course for exercise.

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Good for a Laugh!

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Genres: humorous, military, nature

Feature(s): Sad Sack

Character(s): Nap Sack; Private Sad Sack; First Sergeant Circle; Muttsy K9 Dog; Muttsy the Talking Dog; Muttsy; Sarge

First Line: Come along with me and Muttsy, Sad!

Synopsis: Little brother Nap Sack, Muttsy the Talking Dog and Sad Sack are so happy that Sarge gets jealous. So, they invite the Sarge to go to a funny comedy movie wherein Muttsy becomes the main attraction and roils the movie goers with hilarious antics on and off stage.

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Why Work?

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Genres: historical, humorous

Feature(s): Knave Sack

Character(s): Knave Sack; The King; Black Knight; prisoners; the army

First Line: I'm promoting you to be in charge of the lower level of the dungeon, Knave Sack!

Synopsis: Knave Sack is promoted to be in charge of the dungeon's lower level only to learn that he is still doing all the work caring for its prisoners. Then, in an ironic twist, Knave Sack ends up doing even more work as the stone builders go on strike, the army goes on strike, and the prisoners go on strike.

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Chief Cook

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous, military

Feature(s): Navy Gobs 'n' Gals

Character(s): Sad Sack; Chief Petty Officer Geronimo; unidentified real admiral; unidentified navy captain; unidentified hospital corpsman

First Line: I gave you the best duty on board ship, Sack!

Synopsis: Sad Sack is assigned mess duty in the galley. Upon being threatened with chip and paint detail out on deck or back to the sizzling boiler room below deck for complaining, Sad Sack endures mess duty but makes Chief Geronimo sick with his cooking.

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Muttsy Takes Over

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Genres: humorous, military, nature

Feature(s): Sad Sack

Character(s): Private Sad Sack; Muttsy K9 Dog; Muttsy; First Sergeant Circle; Sarge; Captain Softseat; Lieutenant Packrat; Nap Sack

First Line: That Dog's Not Allowed in Here, Sack!

Synopsis: K9 Dog Muttsy is promoted to Sergeant Major and gets spoiled by his handler Sad Sack to the chagrin of Sarge. Assigned to General Rockjaw's staff, Sarge fumes further until Muttsy, acting as courier, mistakenly causes cesspool tanks to be delivered to the army base instead of military tanks.

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Place of Happiness

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature

Feature(s): Muttsy

Character(s): Muttsy; Muttsy the Talking Dog; Muttsy K9 Dog; Rocky Raccoon; Biddie Bird; Cottonball Hare; Freddie Fish; Lady Bug; Gentleman Bug; Little Hummingbird; Mister Stork; wild animals

First Line: Here comes Muttsy!

Synopsis: Muttsy the K9 Talking Dog goes on a vacation to a natural setting and spends a wonderful carefree time picnicking with real friends--wild talking animals

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Notes: Cartoonist Fred Rhoads weaves a compelling story about how time spent on vacation in nature with wild animals is more enjoyable than with humans. This story could quite possibly have been inspired by a rare vacation from his job as a 'Sad Sack' cartoonist for Harvey Publications which--according to his late wife Mattie Louise (Poston) Rhoads and in trial testimony during his 5-year court battle (see Rhoads v. Harvey Publications, Inc., 700 P.2d 840 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1984), 604 P.2d 670, and 124 Ariz. 406 (1979))--Fred Rhoads was kept busy nearly seven days a week writing stories, penciling, inking, and lettering 'Sad Sack' artwork for timely mail submission to Harvey Publications' New York headquarters.

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Genres: humorous, military

Feature(s): Sad Sack

Character(s): Sad Sack; Skater Sack; Sad Sack's Cousin Skater Sack

First Line: Whoops! Hi, Cousin Sad!

Synopsis: Off the army base and in town, Sad Sack goes on a series of hilarious 'good deeds' with his Cousin Skater Sack while suffering a variety of foibles including getting stuck in quick-set concrete.

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Country Pickin'

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Ol' Sod Sack

Character(s): Sad Sack; Ol' Sod Sack; Miss Possum Queen

First Line: How's everything here in the hills, Ol' Sod Sack?

Synopsis: While visiting Ol' Sod Sack in the back country, Sad Sack gets invited to watch Ol' Sod Sack judge the Miss Possum Queen contest. Ol' Sod Sack can't decide who's the most beautiful girl (He's been bribed by all of the contestants' kin and friends.) so stalls by announcing an added talent event--Best Hog Caller.

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Away We Go

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Little Sad

Character(s): Little Sad Sack; Little Slob Slobinski; Sad Sack's dad Mr. Sack; Sad Sack's mom Mrs. Sack

First Line: B o i n g

Synopsis: While Little Slob Slobinski and Little Sad Sack are playing seesaw, Little Sad goes flying off the teeter-totter into the air, through a box with wings, then a barrel, a go cart, into a ski factory, through the air on skis, next an amusement park, onto the wing of a fighter jet, finally crashing into boxes, a brick wall and ending up in the hospital.

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The Tale

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Genres: fantasy, humorous, military

Feature(s): Sea Sack

Character(s): Sea Sack; Sad Sack; Polynesian girls; giant

First Line: Let me tell you one of my sea stories, Cousin Sad!

Synopsis: Sad Sack is entertained by his Cousin Sea Sack who spins a yarn about getting shipwrecked from a typhoon onto a tropical island in the South Pacific; then must come to the aid of beautiful native girls to fend off a menacing native giant.

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The Sack Comes Through!

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Genres: humorous, military

Feature(s): Sad Sack

Character(s): Private Sad Sack; Brigadier General Rockjaw; First Sergeant Circle; Senator Crouch; unidentified major general

First Line: C r a s h

Synopsis: Senator Crouch arrives at Camp Calamity from Washington DC with an unidentified major general to present Brigadier General Rockjaw with an award for clean living, neatness of dress, and fair treatment of enlisted men only to find Rockjaw in a garbage fight with Sad Sack.

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The Big Bluff

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Genres: humorous, military

Feature(s): Sad Sack

Character(s): Private Sad Sack; First Sergeant Circle; unidentified army medics; doctor; mechanic; construction workers

First Line: Hit the Deck, Sack!

Synopsis: Sad Sack feigns illness to avoid a 20-mile hike that Sarge has been planning for weeks. After being transported to the base hospital, Sad Sack partially overhears a mechanic reviewing repair estimates for the surgeon's car and mistakenly believes those are going to be part of his medical procedures.

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Synopsis: blank inside back cover (p. 79)

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Sad Sack

Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous, military

Feature(s): Sad Sack No. 293

Character(s): Private Sad Sack; Brigadier General Rockjaw; First Sergeant Circle; WAC Sadie Sack; Muttsy K-9 Dog; Private Slob Slobinski; Private Hifi Tweeter; Cousin Starlet Sack

First Line: Wow! On Sale Soon! 76 Big H Pages

Synopsis: Fishing from atop a hollowed-out log, Sad Sack is confused as Sadie Sack, Sarge, Muttsy skedaddle due to a threatening alligator that pokes its head out from the same log Sad Sack is sitting on.

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Notes: Back cover of Sad Sack Comics No. 292 (p.80) features longtime Harvey Publications managing editor Ken Selig art (Pencils, Inks, Letters) together with Fred Rhoads' seven thumbnail sketches at left plus one thumbnail sketch in upper right introducing Starlet Sack as a front cover preview for the planned issue of Sad Sack Comics No. 293 which, as of January 9, 2021, was never published.