I'll leave the eulogies for the legendary Willie Mays (1931-2024) to those better-equipped to present them.
What I will do is present a couple of tales from a comic published 70 years ago, when he was just beginning his major league career...but, even then, was considered one of the greats of the game!
Eastern Color's 1954 one-shot Amazing Willie Mays heralded a baseball player with, at that point, only two years in the majors!
Mind you, he had won Rookie of the Year in 1951.
But in 1952, Mays was drafted and served two years in the Army, returning to pro baseball in 1954!
BTW, we don't know if the following is actually Willie's "favorite story" or not!
Here's a bonus feature, supposedly using quotes from Willie himself...
Sadly, the comic doesn't list credits for the writers or artists, and Eastern Color has been out of business for decades, so the creatives behind these tales are unknown.
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