Archie Knows Football

Archie Andrews knows football (as show by Archie #250 of February, 1976, by Dan DeCarlo and Rudy Lapick)...or does he (as shown by Archie #268 of February, 1978, with unidentified artists). 

Superboy Knows Football

Superboy shows he knows what to do on a football field, as shown in Adventure Comics #143 (August, 1949) with cover by John Sikela and Ed Dobrotka and Adventure Comics #207 (December, 1954) with cover by Curt Swan and Ray Burnley.

But, all that still doesn't impress Smallville's Lana Lang, as shown by this cover to Adventure Comics #170 (November, 1951) with cover by Win Mortimer.

First Football Romance

 

A long time ago, Harvey Comics put out romance comics, with First Romance being one of them, which lasted for 52 issues from August 1949 to November 1958.

Here, in First Romance #20 (February, 1953) with a cover likely by Al Avison, is the love triangle of Carol Emrick, Phil Taine and Roger Mayo, as these college students fell in love, first Carol and Roger, then Carol and Phil....but, when Carol finds out Phil cheated on her, she went back to Roger.

Marveling At The Football SuperPro

Seems like a good day to mention the Marvel Comics NFL SuperPro, a 12 issue series (with a couple of special editions) that ran in the early 1990s, with a super powered football player, fighting crime.

Phil Greyfield met with Spider-Man and Captain America, and had Instant Replay, Quick Kick and Sanction as his main foes (as well as basketball, hockey and baseball), with cover art mostly by John Romita, Ron Frenz and Joe Sinnott (with Jose Delbo doing most of the inside art).

Those crazy 1990s! 

NFL SuperPro #2 and #3 (November and December, 1991)

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NFL SuperPro #4 and #5 (January and February, 1992)

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NFL SuperPro #6 and #7 (March and April, 1992)

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NFL SuperPro #9 and #10 (June and July, 1992)

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NFL SuperPro #11 and #12 (August and September, 1992)

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Holy Football, Batman!

In this Golden Age classic of Detective Comics #82 (December, 1943), under a cover by Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson, Batman and Robin kick around the old football to face....the "Quarterback Of Crime!".