Indicia title is "RHUBARB, OWNER OF THE BROOKLYN BALL CLUB, No. 423". Code number is RHUBARB O.S. #423-529. Copyright 1952 by Doubleday and Company, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1952 Pamphlets, page 715. "Based on the character "Rhubarb" created by H. Allen Smith."
Cover
Rhubarb, Owner of the Brooklyn Ball Club / 1 page
Feature
Rhubarb
Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Genre
Humor; Animal; Sports
Characters
Rhubarb (a cat)
Foreword/Afterword
Press Conference (1 page)
Synopsis
Rhubarb holds a press conference.
Feature
Rhubarb
Genre
Humor; Animal; Sports
Characters
Rhubarb (cat)
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
First Line
One more shot, Rhubarb!
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Rhubarb (34 pages)
Synopsis
A millionaire who owns the Brooklyn Loons baseball team befriends a tough yellow tomcat that he names "Rhubarb" after the slang term for a baseball argument. Three years later, the man dies and leaves the bulk of his fortune and the ball club to Rhubarb. The Loons' press agent Eric Yeager is named legal guardian of the cat and a running sub-plot is his attempts to marry Polly Sickles, who is allergic to the cat. Rhubarb, who has been the Loons’ good luck charm during a winning streak, is kidnapped by some gangsters who plan on Brooklyn losing the championship game without their lucky mascot.
Feature
Rhubarb
Genre
Humor; Animal; Sports
Characters
Rhubarb (cat); T. J. Banner (millionaire); Myra Banner (daughter); Eric Yeager; Len Sickles (team manager); Polly Sickles; Doom (the butler)
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Letters
Don Gunn
Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes in color on back cover. Adaptation of 1951 movie "Rhubarb" based on book of same name by H. Allen Smith. Adaptation is fairly faithful to the movie until the very end, when several pages of storyline is condensed into four panels. A sequel to this story appears in Four Color (Dell, 1942 series) #466 (April 1953). Pencils, inks, and letters credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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