Sad Sack Goes Home - Harvey Comics - May 1951 - by George Baker From the Grand Comics Database: After doing every dirty job the Army can find him to do, plus serving time in the guard house, Sad Sack is called into the Captain's office and given his discharge papers. But when he gets out in the real world: having to buy his own clothes, get his own housing, buying his own food, and getting a job (and being better treated than he was in the Army), Sad Sack decides the best course of action would be to re-enlist! SAD SACK, like WILLIE AND JOE, had been a favorite of U.S. troops in WWII and Harvey Comics would produce multiple titles per month for about 25 years. This particular published edition was specially done FOR the military by Harvey and SAD SACK's creator, George Baker. There were thousands of comic books banned and burned in the America of the 1950's, but here we have what may well have been the only one treated that way by military order. The Army spent $17,544 on 500,000 copies of this book. Senator Capehart (R-Indiana) denounced this issue as "Socialist propaganda", and the 6th Army, stationed at Fort Ord, California, ordered several hundred copies of the book (in unopened packages) burned. #sadsack #sadsackgoeshome #harveycomics #harvey #georgebaker #beetlebaily #hamburger #steak #roastbeef #potroast #chicken #menu #covercharge #senatorcapehart #army #thearmy #armystrong #willieandjoe #comics #vintagecomics #cartooncomics #cartoons #cartooncharacters #gcd #comicsdotorg #military #armycomics #militarycomics #bannedbooks #snitzyrestaurant #goodmeal (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvBaquvg1lU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bamynca1pp1i
