4 Most Boys #38
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis anthology issue contains multiple stories including a boxing match narrative where Chet, a campus clown, faces off against Kit in a high school boxing event watched by a doctor and other observers; a "Gollsom Bell" adventure story in which Eddie, Jerry, Anton, and a pilot are rescued from a wrecked plane on a South Sea island by headhunters; and "The True Life Story of Johnny Weissmuller and Jim Braddock," which chronicles Braddock's boxing career from 1929 through his 1934 retirement, his struggles to find work during the Depression, and his brief comeback attempt with the help of garden officials and boxing promoters.
Kit Carter and Dan Merry scheme to earn quick cash before Visitors' Day by running a uniform-cleaning business at Daunton, but their rival Chet Phillips sabotages their stock—leading to a frantic scramble to save the day. When the visiting girls from Geraldine Academy arrive, the competition for attention spirals into increasingly wild pranks on the lake, culminating in a boxing match that takes an unexpected turn when the academy's doctor intervenes with a revelation that changes everything.
Johnny Weissmuller dreamed of becoming a champion swimmer, and through determination and rigorous training—joining the Y.M.C.A. on a shoestring budget, earning the faith of coach Bill Bachrach, and perfecting an innovative swimming technique—he became the fastest swimmer in the world. His remarkable athletic achievements eventually caught the eye of Hollywood, leading him to take on a role that would define his legacy.
Jim Braddock climbs from amateur boxer to professional prospect under manager Joe Gould's guidance, only to squander his rise through a dissolute lifestyle and a devastating loss to Tommy Loughran. When the stock market crash of 1929 wipes out his fortune and he's deemed too washed-up to fight, Braddock takes stevedore work and applies for relief—until a desperate opportunity to fight as a sparring partner reignites his career. This is the story of how a man the boxing world had written off staged one of the sport's greatest comebacks, culminating in a shot at the heavyweight crown.
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Reprinted in Sport Thrills #14 (1951), Sport Thrills #15 (1951), Blue Bolt #11 (1953), Blue Bolt #9 (1953), Blue Bolt #10 (1953), Black Light: The World of L. B. Cole #[nn] (2015), Foremost Boys #38
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