COMIC RELIEF

Help! U.s. History project for 20s 30s comics( Joe Palooka)?

I have to have a 5-7 minuet talk about it.
If you can give me facts about the comic strip, ham fisher, and joe palooka to make it long enough and I already have 3 minuets worth of words( i also have a poser full of pictures

There is a good article at Wikipedia, with additional hyperlinks embedded in the article about Joe Palooka. The hyperlinks are the words in blue–just click on them and they will take you to that websit.

Ham Fisher is one of those links, so after you have read about the cartoon, scroll back up to the top and click on Ham Fisher and you will be taken to an article about him. Or I have included the link below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Palooka

Hope this helps!

Vintage Popeye Knockout Mechanical Tin Bank Straits

COMIC WORLD #20 (1970s) FANZINE – POGO JOE PALOOKA $24.95

Joe Palooka “Tony DiPreta” Original Artwork Sketch $34.99

Original Vintage Ham Fisher Joe Palooka Drawing $50.00

Joe Palooka Comics #6 F+ 6.5 1946 America Hero $61.99

JOE PALOOKA COMICS + STRIPS MAX HUMPHREY 70+ ISSUES DVD $9.99

JOE PALOOKA #20 1948 HARVEY GOLDEN AGE COMIC $13.95

JOE PALOOKA #107 VF+ HARVEY FILE COPY 1958 $14.99

JOE PALOOKA #112 VF HARVEY FILE COPY 1959 $9.99

JOE PALOOKA #80 HARVEY FILE COPY (9.2) 1953 $34.99

JOE PALOOKA #83 HARVEY FILE COPY 1954 $14.99

JOE PALOOKA #113 VF- HARVEY FILE COPY 1959 $9.99

Li’l Abner/Joe Palooka Vintage Comic Strip Paper 1954 $34.99

BIG SHOT # 65 CHARLIE CHAN 1946 SKYMAN FACE JOE PALOOKA $18.00

Joe Palooka Giant Edition Hollywood Story AUSTRALIAN COPY $22.99

Joe Palooka Giant Edition Search for Ann Howe AUSTRALIAN COPY $22.99

JOE PALOOKA #54 VG- Condition $10.00

VINT NEWSPAPER GOLDEN AGE COMICS in DVD Joe Palooka Buster Brown Terry Pirates $11.05

Joe Palooka 49, 52 LOT $15.00

JOE PALOOKA #23 HARVEY 1948 FINE + NICE GLOSS/SHEEN CLEAN $6.99

JOE PALOOKA #7, 1946/47 HARVEY COMIC $38.00

JOE PALOOKA # 39 – HARVEY COMICS – DECEMBER 1949 $4.99

JOE PALOOKA – # 58 8.5 CGC (OFF-WHITE/1951/HARVEY) $114.95

JOE PALOOKA – # 93 9.0 CGC (OFF-WHITE/1956/HARVEY) $119.95

Joe PALOOKA Jimmy Durante VHS Lupe VELEZ Stuart ERWIN Comic Strip Comedy B&W $5.00

Joe Palooka #61 VG/F Heroic Train Rescue! $19.99

Golden Age COMICS in DVD HARVEY COMICS Ham Fisher JOE PALOOKA #12 Black Cat $9.99

VINT NEWSPAPER GOLDEN AGE COMICS in DVD Joe Palooka Buster Brown Terry Pirates $9.99

OLD 1956 JOE PALOOKA #96 HARVEY COMICS COMIC BOOK FINE $9.79

JOE PALOOKA #22 1954- Collector’s Must $7.84

BIG LITTLE BOOK 1123 JOE PALOOKA THE HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMP MR. “D”! $3.24

JOE PALOOKA 53 AUSTRALIAN HARVEY FILE COPY $12.99

BIG SHOT #42-1944-JOE PALOOKA-CHARLIE CHAN-FACE-WW II $44.99

BIG SHOT #53 1945-JOE PALOOKA-CHARLIE CHAN-SKYMAN-FACE $34.99

Ham Fisher joe palooka Original art daily 12/13 $49.99

Ham Fisher joe palooka Original art daily Glad to be $59.99

Ham Fisher joe palooka Original art daily Ha YA Son $59.99

Ham Fisher joe palooka Original art daily12/12 Luxurios $49.99

Joe Palooka’s Battle Adventures #71 Bloody Bayonets Cover File Copy $49.99

Joe Palooka’s Battle Adventures #74 File Copy $34.99

Golden Age COMICS in DVD HARVEY COMICS Ham Fisher JOE PALOOKA #12 Black Cat $11.05

1940-50`S HUMPHREY PENNYWORTH/JOE PALOOKA BANK $27.50

Joe Palooka $7.99 …

Joe Palooka $1.99 …

Ham Fisher’s Famous Little Mac Comics (Joe Palooka presents Little Max and Little Dot, V. 1) Golden Age Comic Book…

Joe Palooka: The heavyweight boxing champ (Big little book) …

Joe DiMaggio Celebrity Comics Comic Book $21.93 Joe DiMaggio Celebrity Comics Comic Book Joe DiMaggio Celebrity Comics Comic Book

C.O.P.S. (Comics) $60.54 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles C.O.P.S. (Central Organization of Police Specialists) is a fifteenissue comic book series created to help with the promotion of the toys, DC Comics put out a series of comics written by Doug Moench. These comics carries on a much different storyline than what is shown in the animated series and the characters within the comics all bear an exact resemblance to the toy figures. Note that, at the time, Marvel was still doing both the G.I. Joe and Transformers comics. It is unknown why Hasbro gave the license to a competing company. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 68 Publication Date: 2010/12/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.16 inches

Action Comics $114.71 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Action Comics is an American comic book series which introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics, Inc., and later as National Comics and as National Periodical Publications, before taking on its current name of DC Comics, a subsidiary of Time Warner. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster saw their creation, Superman, aka KalEl (originally KalL), launched in Action Comics #1 in April 1938 (cover dated June). Siegel and Shuster had tried for years to find a publisher for their Superman character (originally conceived as a newspaper strip) without success. Superman was originally a bald madman created by Siegel and Shuster who used his telepathic abilities to wreak havoc on mankind. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 188 Publication Date: 2010/12/13 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.43 inches

Joe Kirkwood, JR. $81.25 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Joe Kirkwood, Jr. is a former professional golfer on the PGA Tour, and a motion picture actor. Kirkwood was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father Joe Kirkwood, Sr., who was a golf pro and who taught him to play golf, is acknowledged as having put Australian golf on the world map. In 1948, he and his father both made the cut at the U.S. Open, the first father and son to do so and a record tied only in 2004. When Joe Kirkwood, Jr. defeated Sam Snead to win the 1951 Blue Ribbon Open in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, they became the third fatherson winner in the history of the PGA Tour which in 2005 still has only six such winners. In 1945, Joe Kirkwood, Jr. was invited by Monogram Pictures to test for the role of boxer Joe Palooka. He got the part and starred in eleven Joe Palooka films between 1946 and 1951 plus in the 1954 television series The Joe Palooka Story. Later in the 1950s he was one of the reporters on the popular radio program Monitor on NBC Radio Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 116 Publication Date: 2010/08/02 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.27 inches

Metropolis (Comics) $151.35 Metropolis is a fictional city that appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and is the home of Superman. Metropolis first appeared by name in Action Comics #16, in 1939. Within the DC Universe, Metropolis is portrayed as one of the largest and wealthiest cities on earth. The cocreator and original artist of Superman, Joe Shuster, modeled the Metropolis skyline after Toronto, where he was born and lived until he was ten. Since then, Metropolis has become a city inspired by Chicago, Cleveland, Toronto, Vancouver, New York City and Los Angeles. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 276 Publication Date: 2010/07/26 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.62 inches

G.I. Joe $93.99 G.I. Joe. G.I. Joe: Americas movable fighting man, G.I. Joe Adventure Team, Action Man, Action Force, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, G.I. Joe (comics), G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985 TV series), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, G.I. Joe: Hall of Fame, G.I. Joe: Masterpiece Edition, G. I. Joe Classic Collection, G.I. Joe: Timeless Collection, G.I. Joe vs. Cobra, G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 108 Publication Date: 2009/10/26 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.25 inches

Unknown Soldier (DC Comics) $73.28 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Unknown Soldier is fictional war comics character in the DC Comics universe. The character was created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert, first appearing in Our Army At War #168 (June 1966).The Unknown Soldiers first appearance in Our Army At War #168 was in a Sgt. Rock story, I Knew The Unknown Soldier , written by Kanigher and drawn by Kubert. Kubert, who also edited the DC Comics line of war comics at the time, decided that the character was interesting enough to be featured in his own series, which began some years later in Star Spangled War Stories, running from #151 (JuneJuly 1970) to #204 (February 1977). Eventually, Star Spangled War Comics began featuring the Soldier exclusively. With #205 (May 1977), the book changed its title to The Unknown Soldier, continuing the numbering and running for another 64 issues, ending with #268 (October 1982). Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 76 Publication Date: 2010/12/14 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.18 inches

Dark Reign (Comics) $129.05 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Dark Reign is an American comic book storyline that began in December 2008. Published by Marvel Comics, it deals with the aftermath of the Secret Invasion limited series, which led to a shift of power in the Marvel Universe toward Norman Osborn. Dark Reign refers to Osborns rise to global power and the ramifications of the changes across the Marvel Universe. Joe Quesada, editorinchief of Marvel Comics, stated that Dark Reign is not really an event; its whats happening in the Marvel Universe. He believes that Dark Reign leads to an interesting place in the Marvel Universe. I think youll see a pulling back at the end of Dark Reign, but youll understand at the end of it what we were trying to get to. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 198 Publication Date: 2009/12/02 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.45 inches

Curt Swan: A Life in Comics $39.94 The artwork of Curt Swan (19201996) defined the look of Superman for over 30 years. His amazing skills of storytelling, draftsmanship and design brought a realism and sense of wonder to The Man of Steels adventures, making them the bestselling comic books of their day. Filled with iconic artwork, this biography traces the artists career from its beginning on features like Gangbusters to his widespread regard as the Dean of American comics and, later, his frustrations with an industry that viewed his dignified work as unfashionable. It features onetoone interviews with Curt Swans family members as well as with comics legends Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson and others. Author: Zeno, Eddy/ Spurlock, J. David/ Weigel, Jeff Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 2007/04/12 Language: English Dimensions: 11.18 x 8.78 x 0.77 inches

Vulture (DC Comics) $100.37 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles VULTURE is a fictional international crime cartel in the DC Comics universe. VULTURE first appears in House of Mystery #160 (July 1966), and was created by Jack Miller and Joe Certa.VULTURE first appeared in House of Mystery #160 July (1966), created by Jack Miller and Joe Certa. The organization known as VULTURE was a vast international crime cartel that was infiltrated, thwarted and eventually completely destroyed by Jonn Jonzz, the Martian Manhunter. Their secretive leader had a number of aliases: Mister Vulture, Mister V, and Faceless, but was in reality Marco Xavier. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 162 Publication Date: 2010/08/14 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.37 inches

Ham Fisher by Benoit, Kn Tr [Paperback] $89.22 Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hammond Edward Fisher (24 September 1900 (some sources indicate 1901) 27 December 1955) was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist who signed his work Ham Fisher. He is best known for his popular longrun on Joe Palooka, which ranked as one of the top five newspaper comics strips during the 1940s. Born in WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania, Ham Fisher dropped out of school at the age of 16 to work as a brush peddler and truck driver before finding employment as a reporter and ad salesman for the WilkesBarre Record and then moving on to a job with the New York Daily News. In 1920, Fisher put together a sample package of Joe Palooka (then titled Joe the Dumbbell) but was unable to attract interest. By 1927, he was working as a traveling strip salesman for the McNaught Syndicate. However, Fisher also hawked his own unpublished, unsold strip. Author: Benoit, Kn Tr Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 140 Publication Date: 2011/07/30 Language: English Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.33 inches