August 2005 - Sports Collectors' > Sports > Memorabilia
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Lot 366: 1948-49 Real Sports Comic Collection Vol. #1-7.
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Rare, complete one-year run of Real Sports Comics, published bimontly from Oct.-Nov. 1948 - Oct.-Nov. 1949 by Hillman Periodicals. Volumes #1 through 7, each 52 pages, detailing true stories of sports figures past and present. Pulling no punches, the 1st issue highlighted early 1900s middleweight champ Stanley Ketchel, whose murder by a jealous husband is brutally depicted in the first panels of the story. Most every sport covered. Average condition is a very nice VG-Fine with browning/foxing but still vibrant colors, tight spines and fairly sharp corners.
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