Monday Madness REAL FACT COMICS "Rookie of the Year" & PICTURE NEWS "California Flash"

For the past few weeks, we presented a fictional tale about a ballplayer facing prejudice...

...today, it's the "real deal" with the guy who broke the racial barrier in Major League Baseball!

The story from DC's Real Fact Comics #14 (1948) presents the story in a straightforward, if slightly patronizing, manner.

The following tale from Parents Magazine's Picture News #4 (1946) by writer/artist Charles Wessel, predates his being called up to the majors.

Note it does contain a couple of racial stereotypes common to the era, and may be NSFW.

There was also an official Jackie Robinson comic book from major comics publisher Fawcett that lasted six issues (longer than most other comics based on real-life sports figures) from 1949-52.

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Digitally-restored and remastered from a scan of the actual original cover!

Houdini Reading Room REAL FACT COMICS "Master of Mystery"

With a new mini-series about the legendary Harry Houdini debuting tonight...

...we thought we'd take a look at how he's been portrayed in comics.

Here's his second solo appearance (after cameos in strips like Kid Eternity) in a never-reprinted feature from DC's Real Fact Comics #1 (1946).

Note: Houdini's first appearance is in the ultra-rare Rural House's Mask Comics #1.

But the only known surviving copies are "slabbed" in plastic cases to increase their resale value, so we may never see that story ever again.

While the writer is unknown, the artist is Dick Sprang, best-known for his decades of work on comics' most famous escape artist, The Batman!