Sad Sack’s Funny Friends

    (Harvey, 1955-1969)
™ and ©1961 Harvey Comic Publications

George Baker’s venerable service humor strip Sad Sack was an unlikely franchise for Harvey Comics from the 50s to the 70s. The bumbling buck private not only served up the jokes in his own title, but also fueled several spinoffs, including Funny Friends. Each issue of Funny Friends spotlighted another of the misfits from the barracks such as General Rockjaw, Sarge and the rest of the gang. Like all Sad Sack titles, Funny Friends follows the conventional service humor characterizations—officers are pompous and self-important, sergeants are loudmouthed bullies, enlisted men are hapless and lazy, and all soldiers are hopeless with women. From this shallow well bubbles all the laughs found in the Sad Sack universe.
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Sad Sack’s Funny Friends #23

September, 1960
Cover Price: $0.10
1 copy available for $0.50 		  
Sad Sack’s Funny Friends #66

October, 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $0.60 		  
Sad Sack’s Funny Friends #67

January, 1968
Cover Price: $0.12
1 copy available for $14.99