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COVER DETAILS
Pencils:
George Baker ?
Inks:
George Baker ?
STORY DETAILS
Title:
The Pot Man
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge
Synopsis:
Sack misunderstands Sarge's directions for washing pans.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
Best Foot Forward
Characters:
Sad Sack; General Rockjaw
Synopsis:
The General and Sad Sack go to Mars where they discover a disturbing sign of life.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
The Woodsman
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge; Sgt. Sidney Trublood; Dirty Pierre; Dirty Pierre's pet beaver
Synopsis:
Sad Sack is left to devise a way for his battalion to cross a river and meets Dirty Pierre. When Sad Sack befriends the pet beaver, the beaver returns the favor by building a dam to hold back the river.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
Clean Job
Characters:
Sad Sack; Hifi
Synopsis:
Sack borrows some shampoo and pours it in a soda pop bottle, which Sarge apparently drinks.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
The Repairman
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge
Synopsis:
Sack finds a way to stay dry under a leaky roof.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
Space Baby
Characters:
Sad Sack; [Glop Glop]; Sarge; Lost & Found officer
Synopsis:
Sack finds an alien who appears to be a baby and treats it well while everyone else treats Sad Sack badly, so the alien blasts everyone else for being so nasty.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien
Inks:
Jack O'Brien
Notes:
The alien says only one phrase: Glop Glop. Artist credit from Heritage Auction Galleries.
Title:
The Big Eater
Characters:
Sad Sack; mess sargeant
Synopsis:
Sack complains about a too small portion, but then cannot stand to eat the larger portion he gets. He trashes the food but the cook forces him to eat it from the garbage.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
Ready
Characters:
Sarge
Synopsis:
Sarge readies his voice for his daily yelling.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils:
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks:
Fred Rhoads ?
Title:
Picture
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge
Synopsis:
Sarge cannot stand to get his picture taken because he hates to smile.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils:
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks:
Fred Rhoads ?
Title:
Big Game
Characters:
Sad Sack
Synopsis:
Sack goes fishing and is dragged all over the lake by what appears to be a big fish, but is really no bigger than a minnow.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
The Thing From The Outer Barracks
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge; The Professor; Hifi; Sadie Sack; camp barber
Synopsis:
The Professor tries to invent instant G.I. coffee but instead creates a hair growing formula, accidently giving Sad Sack so much hair he scares everyone in the camp.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
Nightshift
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge
Synopsis:
Sad Sack keeps napping all day so Sarge assigns him night duty.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
The Sign Man
Characters:
Sad Sack; a dog
Synopsis:
Sack is painting a Beware of Dog sign but cannot finish it before the dog attacks.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
Knight School
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge; General Rockjaw; Hifi
Synopsis:
Sack forgets to salute the general so Sarge is assigned to teach him the history of the salute, but Sack daydreams his way into more trouble.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
Good Dog
Characters:
Sad Sack; Hifi; Hifi's dog; Sarge
Synopsis:
Hifi's dog seems mean, but Hifi keeps him to bite Sarge.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
Quiet Time
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge; a lieutenant; a doctor
Synopsis:
Sack has the shakes from all the noise on the artillery range, so Sarge sends him to help out the camp band as a rest, where Sack is stuck carrying the bass drum.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Jack O'Brien ?
Pencils:
Jack O'Brien ?
Inks:
Jack O'Brien ?
Title:
Habit
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sad Sack's mom
Synopsis:
Sack get a furlough to visit home but a leaky roof is nearly the same conditions he just left.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils:
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks:
Fred Rhoads ?
Title:
The Brain
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge; an officer; a doctor; politicians
Synopsis:
Sack is hit on the head by a baseball and an emergency brain operation turns him into a genius. He becomes an Brigadier General and later president before another bonk on the head turns him back to normal and he loses his reelection race.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils:
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks:
Fred Rhoads ?
Title:
Force of Habit
Characters:
Sad Sack; doctors
Synopsis:
Sack get so used to driving a tank that he rams his car into a wall.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils:
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks:
Fred Rhoads ?
Title:
In Other Words
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge; Slob Slobinski; Colonel Lilyliver; Colonel Grunty
Synopsis:
Sack discovers that Colonel Lilyliver will demote Sargeants who verbally abuse the men, so Sack records Sarge. But when he turns in the evidence, a new Colonel who likes Sarge's style has replaced Lilyliver.
Synopsis:
Two bank robbers pay Sod for his house to use as a hideout, and continue to pay everyone who stops by to keep them quiet.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils:
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks:
Fred Rhoads ?
Title:
The Experiment
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge; a colonel
Synopsis:
The Army sends an expedition to Venus and Sad Sack bumbles along, causing minor problems that lead the rest of the group to believe the weather is far worse than it is.
Pages:
1.500
Script:
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils:
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks:
Fred Rhoads ?
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Includes 3 illustrations.
Title:
Mistake
Characters:
Cookie; a lieutenant; a colonel
Synopsis:
Cookie accidentally mixes up a tasty recipe.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils:
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks:
Fred Rhoads ?
Title:
New Light
Characters:
Sarge; a lieutenant; a colonel
Synopsis:
Sarge and the brass are discussing nightly raids on a refrigerator when the lights go off, and when the lights come back on they discover the three of them are the culprits.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils:
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks:
Fred Rhoads ?
Title:
Get Away
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge
Synopsis:
Sack finds his furlough papers in Sarge's desck and accidentally pushes Sarge into a swimming pool on his way out of the office, so he spends the vacation worried about returning to camp.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Fred Rhoads ?
Pencils:
Fred Rhoads ?
Inks:
Fred Rhoads ?
Notes:
Title:
Luck
Characters:
Sad Sack; Sarge; a doctor
Synopsis:
Sack breaks several limbs in a fall and is quite happy to spend six months in the hospital.
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