JACKIE ROBINSON "Baseball Hero" Part 3

When Last We Left Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson...

Having proven himself one of the top players in the minor leagues, Jackie Robinson is called up to begin the 1947 season at Ebbets Field for the Brooklyn Dodgers!

Be Here Thursday When Jackie Welcomes an Addition to the Family and Hits (Literally) New Professional Highs!

Written by Charles Dexter, and illustrated by an unknown artist (whom I suspect was Wayne [Superman] Boring), this book-length tale from Fawcett's Jackie Robinson (1949) detailed his life and career up to mid-1949.

Intended as a one-shot, it sold so well that it went to a bi-monthly series the next summer!

We're finishing the interrupted serialization this week in tribute to the legendary baseball player's 100th birthday!

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JACKIE ROBINSON "Baseball Hero" Part 2

When Last We Left the Legendary Jackie Robinson...

...After demonstrating amazing athletic skills in multiple sports in high school and college (UCLA), Jackie Robinson began playing baseball in the Negro League for the Kansas City Monarchs, where his prowess caught the eye of a scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers!

Jackie was assigned to the Dodgers' International League farm team the Montreal Royals, just one step below the major leagues.

But the first Black player in the previously all-White professional leagues was about to discover the path to the majors was destined to be a rocky one...

Be Here Thursday When Jackie Debuts as a Brooklyn Dodger!

Written by Charles Dexter, and illustrated by an unknown artist, this book-length tale from Fawcett's Jackie Robinson (1949) detailed his life and career up to mid-1949.

Intended as a one-shot, it sold so well that it went to a bi-monthly series the next summer!

We'll be serializing it for the next couple of weeks on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in tribute to the legendary baseball player's 100th birthday!

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42: The Jackie Robinson Story

(BioPic starring Chadwick [Black Panther] Boseman)

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JACKIE ROBINSON "Baseball Hero" Part 1

One of the longest-running baseball-themed comics was about one of the most controversial players of all time...

...Jackie Robinson, the first Black man to play in the previously all-White major leagues!

Be Here Tuesday When Jackie Amazes the Skeptics!

Written by Charles Dexter, and illustrated by an unknown artist, this book-length tale from Fawcett's Jackie Robinson (1949) detailed his life and career up to mid-1949.

Intended as a one-shot, it sold so well that it went to a bi-monthly series the next summer!

We'll be serializing it for the next couple of weeks on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in tribute to the legendary baseball player's 100th birthday!

Support Atomic Kommie Comics

Visit Amazon and Buy...

42: The Jackie Robinson Story

(BioPic starring Chadwick [Black Panther] Boseman)

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Design of the Week NEGRO ROMANCE

Each week, we post a limited-edition design, to be sold for exactly 7 days, then replaced with another!

This week...with Valentine's Day rapidly-approaching, here's a unique design for your loved one!

In the mid-1950s, with superheroes and horror stories all but eliminated from comics, other genres dominated!

Westerns, war, sci-fi, teen humor, and romance now filled the comics racks.

The big problem was finding a way to stand out from the crowd!

Fawcett (and Charlton, who bought a lot of Fawcett properties when they went out of business) were willing to take a crack at the untapped African-American teen/young adult audience.

Sadly, the book only ran four issues.

But, you can read the stories that appeared in this issue HERE!

Note: This design is the only comic art cover in the series (the rest were photo covers using models).

Besides being a kool retro romace cover, suitable as a Valentine's Day gift, it would also make an appropriate gift for someone celebrating Black History Month!

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JACKIE ROBINSON Classic Comic Book Covers

Fawcett Comics produced six issues of a comic about Jackie Robinson between 1949-1952.

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

Digitally-restored and remastered from the actual original covers!

Collect all six for a kool wall display!

Trivia note: While there were many comics dedicated to specific baseball players and teams, only Babe Ruth Sports Comics had more issues than Jackie Robinson's book, and it ran stories about other sports like football and basketball!

And watch

Jackie Robinson

by Ken Burns

on your local PBS station!

Jackie Robinson 1950s Comic Book Covers

With the new flick, 42, opening next week...

...let's look at the superb covers for the short-lived (and never reprinted) groundbreaking comic book series from Fawcett Comics that ran from 1950 to 1952, now being offered as posters and prints, digitally-remastered and restored from the actual covers, by a good friend of ours!

1 of 6

2 of 6

3 of 6

4 of 6

5 of 6

6 of 6

Collect all six for a kool wall display!

They'll also be doing reproductions of the poster and lobby cards for the first Jackie Robinson movie The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), starring the man as himself (in his only movie appearance) along with Ruby Dee as Rachel "Rae" Robinson, and Minor Watson as Branch Rickey.

Here's the complete movie...

 

In the new movie, Chadwick Boseman is Jackie Robinson, Nicole Beharie is Rachel Robinson, and Harrison Ford is Branch Rickey.

Captain Midnight Returns!

The anthology comic Dark Horse Presents #18 will feature a new tale of...

...Captain Midnight, apparently based on his Fawcett Comics incarnation...

...but, according to the promo copy, updated to the present!

And, it features a painted cover by Steve Rude!

Available in November!

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Golden Age Comic NEGRO ROMANCE on PBS' "History Detectives"

Our "sister" blog, True Love Comics Tales™ is running a classic romance tale from the very HTF 1950s comic Negro Romance, which was recently featured on PBS' series History Detectives!
One of the few pre-1960s comics that didn't feature stereotyped Black characters, and there are links to the History Detectives website and the complete segment from the show.

Check out the

Negro Romance

Comic Collectible Store

featuring the cover art from all four issues
on kool kollectibles!