Indicia title is "OZARK IKE, No. 180." Code number is O.I.O.S. #180-482. Copyright 1945, 1946, 1947 by King Features Syndicate. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1948 Pamphlets, page 209. Adapted from the "Ozark Ike" newspaper strip by Ray Gotto.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Ozark Ike
Genre
Sports
Characters
Ozark Ike; Dinah
Pencils
Ray Gotto (signed)
Inks
Ray Gotto (signed)
Comic Story
Fred Merkle (1 page)
Synopsis
After singling to send the winning run to third base, Ike doesn't run to second when the next batter hits a single to score the winning run and is called out, negating the run.
Feature
Ozark Ike's Whodunits
Genre
Sports
Characters
Ozark Ike; Dinah
Script
Ray Gotto
Pencils
Ray Gotto
Inks
Ray Gotto
Letters
Ray Gotto ?
Notes
Inside front cover; black, red, and white. Based on the famous Fred Merkle "boner" play that contributed to the loss of a pennant for the New York Giants in 1908. First Sunday newspaper strip of the series.
Comic Story
Hillbilly Football and Ozark the Boxer (32 pages)
Synopsis
Ike plays in the farcical 47th annual Fatfield-McBatt Football Feud game, scoring the winning touchdown. He then goes to the city to seek his fortune. He becomes a prize fighter, but gets tricked out of his ring earnings by crooked promoters.
Feature
Ozark Ike
Genre
Sports
Characters
Ozark Ike; Dinah; Penny
Script
Ray Gotto
Pencils
Ray Gotto
Inks
Ray Gotto
Letters
Ray Gotto ?
Notes
Three tiers of panels per page. Two stories that segue into each other.
Comic Story
Mad Dash for Home (1 page)
Synopsis
Ozark Ike makes a "mad dash" from first base to score on a routine single to left centerfield.
Feature
Ozark Ike's Whodunits
Genre
Sports
Characters
Ozark Ike; Dinah
Script
Ray Gotto
Pencils
Ray Gotto
Inks
Ray Gotto
Letters
Ray Gotto ?
Notes
Inside back cover; black, red, and white. Based on Enos Slaughter's identical feat for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1946 World Series.
Comic Story
11 Strokes on a Hole (1 page)
Synopsis
Leading a golf tournament by ten strokes going to the last hole, Ozark cards an 11 on the par 3 18th hole.
Feature
Ozark Ike's Whodunits
Genre
Sports
Characters
Ozark Ike; Dinah
Script
Ray Gotto
Pencils
Ray Gotto
Inks
Ray Gotto
Letters
Ray Gotto ?
Notes
Back cover. Based on Hall of Fame golfer Ben Hogan's 11 stroke hole in a 1947 tournament.
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