Super Bowl Special: Football Comic Book Fumbles

In order to celebrate Super Bowl 43, Comicbook.com decided to compile a list of all the great football comic books for comic book fans. Since reading comic books and watching football are American traditions, one would expect there to be a lot of great comic books about football.Unfortunately, there are surprisingly few football-themed comic books, and reading the ones that do exist is akin to watching a Super Bowl where the game is a blowout by the end of the first quarter. If only football comic books had multi-million dollar ads, then maybe they would be a bearable read.Most of the football comic books we encountered didn’t last for more than one issue. Of course, some were designed as one shot promotional issues. One of the earliest examples of a professional football comic book was Charlton Sport Library – Professional Football #1, which was published by Charlton Comics in 1969. Oddball Comics has a great write-up about the issue, which it describes as being more of a collection of schedules, player biographies, rosters, and game recaps than an actual comic book.