![I;m not certain this feature counts as 'color' if the only color is in the word 'color.'](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Nmq75rW2u_oFAl8pLUTRpjXdIzUUzRXcayMskj40SIBUZ6o2YqOQEwXsbYsWjAy6LDiE6hsN-yvO47MNGnK-yIpwTVfNdDsr1s6EwYb0DO5GFtPW4AAZv0zvSf5qY-4RYDg_-vZ3fM5HzMapXj0gw2Hmx7hKSjqjFuWpklRd_PSkzL-01Kyxlw/s1600/0229-peppermartin-kingcomics42.jpg)
"Sports Features" from King Comics #42 (David McKay, October 1939), pencils and inks by Jack Burnley; reprinted from the newspaper feature Sport Features Sunday (King Features Syndicate, 1938
However, never forget that in his managing years, Martin was kind of a dismissive jerk to up-and-coming Cardinal player Red Schoendienst:
![Years later, *Billy* Martin did the same thing.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxgOnbXTdsx2cU2g8gIE3PQ-nYk3xjuH-DjY9UfJQFcmfXB7MUKHXC33kxSJSTHa9e60t8k9ieVBSZEsBLgZGeueIcJoWCfmk256dp7WLi57FYDNm_gfmq4d9PHUhS2qILfWNOyc7EzQ7qzwcLxf5UYbzv8goE00Wy4a9aSRUt7qIndcfiOixTsQ/s1600/0229-peppermartin-sportsaction4.jpg)
from "Red Schoendienst...The Most Under-Rated Second Sacker in Baseball!" in Sports Action #4 (Marvel/Sports Action Inc., October 1950), pencils (and inks?) by Edd Ashe
A happy birthday to ya, Pepper! But I wouldn't be hanging around tyour mailbox waiting on a present from Red Schoendienst.
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“All you have to do is prod him in the back with a lit cigar, like so, and he runs the bases fast you’ll ever see!”
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