Word: palooka
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McKinnon felt confident of at least 30,000 circulation. His news and features lineup: United Press, Dorothy Thompson, Drew Pearson, Samuel Grafton, Walter Lippmann, Superman, Dick Tracy, Joe Palooka, others...
...Burlesque-type comics like Mickey Mouse contain more word distortions than other types (adventure, etc.). Of the 16 strips examined, the one with the most word distortions was Joe Palooka...
...Palooka shot a Nazi in the back. Several of his civilian admirers felt terrible and wrote in, saying...
Before he went into the Army in 1940 Joe was the comic-strip symbol of a clean, fighting American. He never fouled an opponent. Now Joe, like any other U.S. soldier, is up against unsporting enemies, and he must learn to kill or be killed. Says Palooka's creator, jovial Cartoonist Ham Fisher: "No good soldier is going to be polite in real war. Why should...
Beau Jack's patrons expected nothing but fun for their money. They held board meetings, appeared in a body every time Little Beau fought, trooped to his dressing room to hobnob with the fight mob. But Beau Jack was no palooka. Sticking to his battle-royal style, he licked 40 of his 45 opponents. And with Wergeles' incessant trumpeting about his Stork Club backers, Beau Jack became famed as the Stork Club champ. He made so much dough that Manager Wergeles recently repaid the syndicate every dollar they invested. Even the Beau has $10,000 in a trust...