sadsack

CREATOR

Name: Harvey Comics (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1941 by Alfred Harvey, who was soon joined by his brothers Robert and Leon. Stopped in 1994.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Harvey in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation used different logos in their comic books. The one shown here is an example.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1949*. Stopped in 1982 after 287 issues.

The starring, nameless character is a poor, melancholic sod (a sad sack), who is enrolled in the American army, where he witnesses and partakes in all the often puzzling actions that are going on. Mostly, he experiences absurdities and humiliations, but he always manages to work his way through them.

The series came in 14 Harvey comics issues, some of which were published in more than 40 issues:
Sad Sack's Funny Friends 1955-1969 (75 issues), Sad Sack and the Sarge 1957-1982 (155 issues), Sad Sack Laugh Special 1958-1977 (93 issues), Sad Sack's Army Life Parade 1963-1975 (57 issues), Sad Sad Sack World 1964-1973 (46 issues).

* Initially, the character was invented in 1941 during World War 2.