Joe Louis: Champion of Champions Comic Book
date: label: Date made
content: 1950-09
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Louis, Joe
label: maker
content: Fawcett Publications, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Comic book about the heavyweight champion of the world Joe Louis, entitled: "Joe Louis: Champion of Champions." Joe Louis, known as the "Brown Bomber," was considered one of the greatest heavyweight fighters of all time. He is often regarded as the first African American to become a nationwide hero, and became the focal point of anti-Nazi sentiment with the Schmeling fight of 1936. Louis was the reigning World Heavyweight Champion from 1937 until his retirement in 1949.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: depicted
content: Boxing
label: Subject
content: Comics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Comic Books
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0100.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0100
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0100.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 7 in; 26.035 cm x 17.78 cm