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Old Pop Grimes
 

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Name: Old Pop Grimes

Classification: supporting character supporting character   based on a real person based on a real person  

Publisher(s): Marvel Timely

First Appearance: Captain America Comics #7 (Oct. 1941): "Death Loads the Bases"

Creators: Joe Simon, Jack Kirby

Number of Appearances: 1

Occupation: manager

Worked for: The Brooklyn Badgers

Gender: male

"Old Man Grimes" was presumably based on Burleigh Grimes, the real-life manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1937 to 1938.


This character is in the following 2 stories which have been indexed by this website:
Captain America Comics #7 (Oct. 1941): "Death Loads the Bases"
Captain America Comics 70th Anniversary Special #1 (June 2009): "Death Loads the Bases"


Suggested links for further research about this character:
  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burleigh_Grimes
  - https://www.comics.org/issue/1708/
  - http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=21706
  - http://marvel.wikia.com/Captain_America_Comics_Vol_1_7