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A Rookie in Roberts #[nn]
[July 10] 1942 · None [0.10 USD] · 34 pages
On sale 1942-07-10
Synopsis
Private Ned Eller arrives at Camp Roberts and takes his classification test and physical exam.
Notes
Copyright 1942 by Ned Eller. Date from copyright date.
No price on the comic, but known copy had a price sticker of 10 cents, indicating that is most likely what it sold for.
This is the second edition of the 1941 edition, A Rookie in Roberts or The First Thirteen Weeks are the Hardest (1941 series, Paso Robles Press). The artwork and strips completely redone. Three known printings. A later edition from the Ray C. Berry Syndicate reprints the strips as they were drawn and reformatted and appeared in various camp newspapers and newsletters under the title, A Rookie in Training Camp. All references to Ned Eller being with Company D of the 90th infantry were removed.
Most pages have comic on one side of the page and blank page on the reverse.
On sale and publication dates from the publication date as submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalogue of Copyright Entries, Part 1, Group 2, 1942; Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to Newspapers or Periodicals, Etc.; Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Deliveries; Maps; New Series, Volume 39, Number 9, 1942. Class AA pamphlet book. Copyright number AA409690.
Reprinted in
- A Rookie in Ft. Bragg #[nn]
- A Rookie in Crowder #[nn]— Art work and dialogue slightly edited.
- A Rookie in Fort Custer #[nn]
- A Rookie in Robinson #[nn]
- A Rookie in Camp Callan #[nn]— Art work and dialogue slightly edited.
- A Rookie in Roberts #[nn]— Art work and dialogue slightly edited.