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George Mikan "Mr. Big of Basketball"
The Pure Oil Company · 1951 · 1 issue
About the series
A single-issue promotional comic from 1951, George Mikan "Mr. Big of Basketball" was produced by The Pure Oil Company to celebrate the Minneapolis Lakers' dominant center. The comic blends biography and basketball instruction, highlighting Mikan's rise to stardom and his revolutionary style of play. While a corporate giveaway, it stands as a notable early example of a sports figure being immortalized in the comic book medium.