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JOE PALOOKA #1. DECEMBER 2012. FIRST PRINTING. Joe Palooka © 2012 VJIB, LLC. Joe Palooka is a registered trademark of VJIB, LLC. © 2012 Idea and Design Works, LLC. All Rights Reserved. IDW Publishing, adivision of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 5080 Santa Fe Street, San Diego, CA 92109. The IDW logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purelycoincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.

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