palooka
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Meaning
a second-rate prize fighter
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As is usual with collaborative efforts in comic strips, his name was the only one credited— although, sensitive to his own experience working on Joe Palooka, Capp frequently drew attention to his assistants in interviews and publicity pieces.
Feud with Ham Fisher After Capp quit his ghosting job on Ham Fisher 's Joe Palooka in 1934 to launch his own strip, Fisher badmouthed him to colleagues and editors, claiming that Capp had "stolen" his idea.