page_title: Joe DiMaggio
section_title: Comics/graphic novels
hierarchical_section_title: Joe DiMaggio / In popular culture / Comics/graphic novels
caption_attribution_description: English: New York Yankees slugger Joe DiMaggio during the 1950 World Series at Shibe Park. * Screen capture from the film located at: https://archive.org/details/NewsMaga1950 This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives
context_page_description: Joseph Paul DiMaggio, nicknamed "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper", was an American baseball center fielder who played his entire 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. Born to Italian immigrants in California, he is widely considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time, and is perhaps best known for his 56-game hitting streak, a record that still stands.
  DiMaggio was a three-time Most Valuable Player Award winner and an All-Star in each of his 13 seasons. During his tenure with the Yankees, the club won ten American League pennants and nine World Series championships. His nine career World Series rings is second only to fellow Yankee Yogi Berra, who won ten.
  At the time of his retirement after the 1951 season, he ranked fifth in career home runs and sixth in career slugging percentage. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 and was voted the sport's greatest living player in a poll taken during baseball's centennial year of 1969. His brothers Vince and Dom also were major league center fielders. DiMaggio is widely known for his marriage and lifelong devotion to Marilyn Monroe.
context_section_description: DC Comics' 100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso:
  "The Counterfifth Detective", DiMaggio is recruited by Graves for the Minutemen
  "Idol Chatter", the former baseball player befriended by Graves is based on DiMaggio
  Harvey Comics' Babe Ruth Sports Comics (August 1949)
  Parents' Magazine's True Comics #71 (May 1948)
  Revolutionary Comics' Baseball Legends: Joe DiMaggio (July 1992)
caption: DiMaggio in 1950
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