Encyclopedia of comic strip heroes and villains story Comic Strips by Genre adventure aviation and military detective and espionage drama and romance science fiction and fantasy sports super-hero swashbuckling and jungle adventure
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| ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMIC STRIP HEROES and VILLAINS
Story Comic Strips by Genre ADVENTURE AVIATION and MILITARY DETECTIVE and ESPIONAGE DRAMA and ROMANCE SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY SPORTS SUPER-HERO SWASHBUCKLING and JUNGLE ADVENTURE WESTERN and FRONTIER In Depth Data on 50 Comic Strips ALLEY OOP 1932-2013+ AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 1977-2013+ APARTMENT 3-G 1961-2013+ BATMAN and ROBIN 1943-46, 1966-74, 1989-91 BRENDA STARR 1940-2011 BRICK BRADFORD 1933-1987 BUCK ROGERS 1929-67, 1979-83 BUZ SAWYER 1943-1989 CAPTAIN EASY 1929-1988 (CASEY RUGGLES) 1949-1954 CHARLIE CHAN 1938-1942 CISCO KID 1951-1968 DATELINE: DANGER 1968-1974 DICK TRACY 1931-2013+ DON WINSLOW of the NAVY 1934-1955 DONDI 1955-1986 FLASH GORDON 1934-200x (FLYIN’ JENNY) 1939-1952 FRIDAY FOSTER 1970-1974 GIL THORP 1958-2013+ The HEART of JULIET JONES 1953-2001 INVISIBLE SCARLET O’NEIL 1940-1954 JANE ARDEN 1928-1968 JOE PALOOKA 1930-1984 JOHNNY HAZARD 1944-1977 JUDGE PARKER 1952-2013+ (JUNGLE JIM) 1934-1954 KERRY DRAKE 1943-1983 KING of the ROYAL MOUNTED 1935-1955 LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE 1924-74, 1979-2010 LONE RANGER 1938-71, 1981-84 MANDRAKE 1934-2013 Mary Perkins, ON STAGE 1957-1979 MARY WORTH 1932-2013+ MISS FURY 1941-47, 1949-51 (MYRA NORTH) 1936-1941 PHANTOM 1936-2013+ PRINCE VALIANT 1937-2013+ RED RYDER 1938-1964 REX MORGAN, M.D. 1948-2013+ RIP KIRBY 1946-1999 SCORCHY SMITH 1930-1961 SECRET AGENT X-9/CORRIGAN 1934-1996 SMILIN’ JACK 1933-1973 The SPIRIT 1940-1952 STEVE CANYON 1948-1988 STEVE ROPER and MIKE NOMAD 1944-2004 SUPERMAN 1939-66, 1978-85 TARZAN of the APES 1929-2002 TERRY AND THE PIRATES 1934-73, 1995-97 WINNIE WINKLE 1920-1996 COMIC STRIPS BY GENRE ADVENTURE Ben Webster Boy’s adventure. Strip called Born to Win initially, featuring Phil Hardy and then Webster. 1926-1940.
Boy’s adventure. 3/24/27-1937.
Female reporter often in romantic entanglements. Writer/artist: Dale Messick Chicago Tribune syndicate 6/30/40-1/21/11
First appeared in the Wash Tubb comic strip on 5/6/29. 6/11/33-1988
A continuation of the Frank Merriwell’s Schooldays strip, now featuring blond-haired student Collins instead. Written by William Ritt and drawn by Jack Wilhelm. 7/13/34-1936
Woman with amnesia adopts the name of a term she overhears. Jack Sparling 5/10/43-1948 Connie Woman engaged in far flung and fantastic adventures. Frank Godwin 11/13/27-1944 Danger Trails Based on the Radio series. 1934-1936.
Female reporter. 1944-1949
Boy’s adventure. Dickie dreams himself into adventures in various times and places. Milton Caniff 7/33/33-1957 Frank Merriwell’s School Days Written by William Ritt and drawn by Jack Wilhelm. It was renamed Chip Collins’ Adventures and continued with the same characters minus Merriwell. 1928- mid/31-7/12/34
Introduces private investigator Barry Noble who takes over the strip. 1/29/40-5/47
Female reporter. 11/26/28-1968
Investigative reporter who loses his right eye in the mid-sixties and wears and eye-patch thereafter. 6/28/54-1978
6/5/54-1977 Little Annie Rooney 1/10/27-4/16/66 Little Orphan Annie 8/5/24-4/74, 1979-6/13/10 Mark Trail 4/15/46-2011+ Miss Cairo Jones 7/29/45-1947 Mitzi McCoy 11/7/48-9/50 Myra North, Special Nurse Adventurous nurse who is flown all over the world on special missions. 1936-1941
In Bound to Win comic strip, a boy adventurer. 1925-1926
Official comic strip of the boy scouts. Frank Godwin 1936-1942 Rusty Riley Boy’s adventures. 1/26/48-1959
Crime-fighting fireman who took on colorful adversaries the likes of Arson Annie, Miss Joker, and the Murderous Midget. Jack Ryan 1940-1951 Tad of the Tanbark Terry and the Pirates Milton Caniff, 10/22/34-2/25/73, 3/26/95-7/27/97
Art Huhta 1945-1952
Peak 135 papers. Film in 1936. 1935-40
Orr in the 1040s. Barney Baxter Initially a juvenile pilot, Barney quickly aged to young adulthood. 1935-1/22/50.
As the strip ends, Gentry marries his girl friend, Cleo Patric. Gentry was featured in a 1949 movie serial. Post-Hall Syndicate? 3/24/45-1/6/51 Buz Sawyer King Features Syndicate. 11/1/43-10/7/89
Begins as Yankee Doodle in 1940, named changed to Captain Yank in 1942, when adopted by the McNaught Syndicate. Tinsdale. 10/40-12/45
A marine special operative, Flagg was active primarily in Vietnam. 4/22/63-6/15/67.
Fred Guardineer. 1937-38?
Frank V. Martinek. 3/5/34-7/30/55
McClure Syndicate. 11/5/41-1945
United Features Syndicate. 1941-45.
Associated Press Syndicate. 3/17/30-early 1961.
Robin Moore and Joe Kubert. 9/20/65-
Ben Friday Writer: Lawrence Larier Artist: John Spranger 5/2/48-
(a) Irv Novick, (a) Milton Luras 11/51-8/30/53
7/7/37-1/30/71 Adam Ames (a) Lou Fine 1959-62
5/8/61-03+ Barbara Cartland Romances 1981
(w/a) Neal Adams 11/26/62-7/31/66 Big Sister 1928-1972 Cynthia Career girl. (w) Bert Whitman, (a) Irv Novick 10/46-11/4/51 Dallas Debuted with 300 papers. (a) Ron Harris 2/2/81-11/24/84 David Crane Minister
(a) Winslow Mortimer 5/57-11/72 Dawn O’Day in Hollywood Dixie Dugan Dondi Dr. Bobbs Dr. Kildare Ella Cinders Friday Foster Heart of Juliet Jones The Jackson Twins Judd Saxon Judge Parker Laura Good Long Sam Mary Perkins, On Stage Mary Worth Rex Morgan, M.D. The Story of Martha Wayne Tiffany Jones Winnie Winkle SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY Alley Oop Beyond Mars Brick Bradford First story was an aviation story involving a lost race of Incans in South America. Written by William Ritt and drawn by John Ray. 8/21/33-5/10/87 Buck Rogers Chris Welkin, Planeteer Dark Shadows Don Dixon Lugoff was originally a corrupt scientist who would become one of Dixon’s staunchest allies. Villains included Mala, a yellow-skinned femme fatale of the Hidden Empire, Mime, a tyrannical dwarf king, and the legendary Morgan le Fay. 1935-7/6/41
Based on When World’s Collide. Star Hawks Star Trek -10/30/82 Star Wars Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Twin Earths …1952-1963… SPORTS Big Ben Bolt Bullet Benton Cowboy turned boxer. Cotton Woods Curly Kayoe Gabby Gabriel Gibbs is a farm boy with dreams of pitching in the World Series. Written by sportswriter William Ritt and drawn by Joe King. 7/29/35-c10/35.
Luna White Doc Savage Funnyman Green Hornet Incredible Hulk Invisible Scarlet O’Neil Mandrake the Magician Miss Fury Phantom Popeye The Red Knight The Shadow Sparky Watts The Spirit Superman Tiny Tim Boy who has the power to shrink to small size. Sometimes shares adventures with his best friend and other times his sister, both of whom can also assume short stature. One of his most persistent foes was a vicious pirate named Black Hook (10/50-4/51). Wonder Woman World’s Greatest Super-Heroes SWASHBUCKLING and JUNGLE ADVENTURE Aladdin, Jr. Conan the Barbarian Flamingo Hawk of the Seas Hunchback of Notre Dame Jungle Jim Kevin the Bold Prince Valiant Robin Hood Sheena Tarzan Ted Towers Tim Tyler’s Luck WESTERN and FRONTIER Annie Oakley Bat Masterson Black Fury Bronc Peeler Bronc Saddler Broncho Bill Buffalo Bill Casey Ruggles Cisco Kid Danny Hale Davy Crockett, Frontiersman Drago Gene Autry Rides! Hopalong Cassidy Jed Cooper, American Scout Johnny Reb and Billy Yank King of the Royal Mounted Lance Laredo Crockett Latigo Little Joe Lone Ranger Red Ryder Rick O’Shay Rocky Mason, Government Marshal Roy Rogers Scarlet and Chips Sgt. Preston of the Yukon Straight Arrow Tales of Old Glory Ted Strong Tex Austin Tex Thorne Vesta West and her Horse “Traveler” Way Out West White Boy/Skull Valley. White Boy, the Rainbow Indians, Starlight, Broken-Wing, Starlight’s aunt, Dan Brown, fur trader, Woodchuck, Chickadee—early rival and later friend/Paul White, Doris Hale, Sheriff Irwin/Masked Gaucho, Nan Bevin. 11/8/33-4/21/35/4/28/35--8/16/36. Young Ray Bold Zane Grey ALLEY OOP Original Identity: Alley Oop Origin: Abilities: Appearance: Modus Operandi: Return to his prehistoric origins, in 1946 and , among other dates.7/46- Friends and Allies in Moo: Dinny. Ooola. Foozer. AKA Foozy. Guz. Umpa. Wizer. Wanda the Witch. AKA Granny. Years later, Alley Oop encounters her disguised as the Fire Goddess, presiding over a tribe of little people. x/xx-x/xx, 11/96-12/96. Mountain. Good-hearted giant from a mountain tribe, Mountain was briefly thought to be the strongest man in Moo until Alley Oop rescues his family from the machinations of Tunk. 7/05-12/05. Goob. Originally a Lemian soldier loyal to Tunk, Goob befriends Alley Oop and ultimately petitions to become a citizen of Moo. When in finds Guz’s lost crown, Goob briefly becomes the befuddled ruler of the land. early/10-1/11+ Friends and Allies in our Present: Professor Elbert Wonmug. Dr. Amos Bronson. Amos returns in 2008, along with a possible relative Jon and Wonmug’s daughter. x/08-x/08, 7/09 Ferdy. Ava Peckedge. G. Oscar Boom. -11/03, 2/09-. F. D. “Dave” Wowee. Time traveler from 2145 who returns to our present to assist Wonmug in fixing his badly damaged his time machine. A distant cousin of Wunmug, Dave subsequently travels back and forth in time, becoming a member of Wonmug’s time lab. 9/02- Dee Wonmug. The professor’s attractive daughter, an intrepid and fearless explorer fascinated by a journey to Moo. x/08-12/08. Friendly historical or legendary figures: Houdini. Summoned from the past by Ava to assist the captive Time Lab staff, who are in chains on the orders of Mr. Slyme. 12/01-1/02. Kahzimodo. The legendary hunchback of Notre Dame befriends Alley and Ooola when they are accidentally transported to 15th century Paris. 10/04-1/05. Rudy Valentino. Teaches Alley Oop and Ooola how to dance as a Christmas present from Santa. 1/06-2/06. Santa Claus. Legendary figure who after sharing an adventure with Alley makes an effort to bring Alley a gift most Christmases thereafter. …12/97, 12/98, 12/03, 12/05, 12/10… Theseus. Heroic adolescent of Ancient Greece, Theseus is aided by Alley Oop in his battle with the Minotaur. 1/97-6/97. Notable Adversaries: Alexander the Great. “An almost reptilian personality.” 1956. Cro-Mag and the Black Dinosaur. Leader of the rival Cro-Magnums who rides a ferocious black Tyrannosaurus Rex. 8/46-10/46. Dolf. Handsome and hunky blond-haired caveman who romances Ooola during one of Alley’s long absences. Unbeknownst to all, Dolf was a reengage soldier from Lem who had gained the confidence of both kings (Guz and Tonk) and was giving them will weakening potions in order to ultimately take over both kingdoms. 12/03-5/04. Earl Boom. The equally greedy, clean shaven brother of G. Oscar, Earl Boom attempts to secure a fortune by using the old Time Machine that his brother had repaired to travel back to the Oklahoma of 1907 where he is thwarted by Alley Oop and Will Rogers. 10/07-12/07. G. Oscar Boom. Off and on scientific associate of Wonmug whose greed leads him to betray his friends. For some years, Boom had become a trusted ally, but his exposure to the gold held in a medical Scottish castle rekindled his greed. He left the time lab for a time, concocting a scheme in 2006 to enable Spanish conquistadors to raid the gold of Moo which he would then steal from them. He takes a villainous role in two more encounters before once again reforming. 2/40- , 10/06-1/07, 4/07-7/07, x/08-9/08.. Garzak. Evil and cruel king of Zakuria. After his initial defeat by Alley Oop, Garzak is exiled by his own people, but years later he is able to regain power and attempt revenge on the entire people of Moo. x/xx-x/xx, 2/02-5/02. The Grand Wizer. Identical in looks to Dr. Wonmug, the Wizer is clearly an early ancestor of the scientist. 4/54-5/54, 4/06-7/06, others. Guzzle of Moo. King of Moo who, in his early encounters with Alley, is consistently hostile to his interests. In later years, Guz tends to be more friendly, but his mercurial personality and sense of absolute power can lead him once again into an antagonistic role. 4/54-5/54, 7/03, others. Heck and Marko. Schemers who use the time machine to travel in the past where they hope to trap dinosaurs in a pit in order that they die there and later create an oil field in land the two men own. 10/04-2/05. Hercules. Mr. Slyme. Slender, elderly and balding banker who considers giving a loan to the financially strapped Time Lab. When Wonmug sends him back to Moo as a demonstration of the viability of the lab, Slyme proceeds to engineer a scheme to have criminal henchmen steal the diamonds of Moo. He often tells Wonmug in false friendly fashion, “Call me Luke!” As he is taken away by the police, he informs Wonmug he won’t be getting his loan! 9/01-1/02. Professor Gillian Hoopster. Time traveler from the year 2153, Hoopster travels back to prehistoric times to capture and take back samples from the period. 1/99-2/99. She. Evil look-alike of Umpa who allies with Tunk to regain political power. She is later redeemed by the kindness of Ooola when both are held captive in the land of Zakuria by Garzak. Once freed, she decides to stay there in an attempt to provide a just government to the now ruler-less land. …8/99-11/99, …6/02. Tunk of Lem. Unscrupulous ruler of the rival, neighboring kingdom of Lem. In a later adventure, Tunk poses as the ample bellied Abdominal Snowman to terrorize a mountain tribe. In a tale told in 2011, Tunk attempts to use the distraction of Alley Oop and Ooola’s marriage ceremony to invade Moo. On other occasions, Tunk is an amiable, if ultimately unreliable companion in unfolding events beyond the scope of his own ambition. x/96-8/96, 5/99-12/99, 10/05-12/05, 12/09-5/10, 8/10-1/11, others. William the Conqueror. “Malevolent schemer.” x/54-x/55. The Zan. Honorific title for the ruler of a froglike alien race. Tannak is a corrupt and conniving leader who utilizes robot spy flies to gather intelligence. He returns to Earth to seek revenge on Alley Oop and Ooola. x/xx-x/xx, 2/98-6/98. Sightings: Writers: Hamlin, Graue, Carole Bender Artists: Hamlin, Graue, Jack Bender Active: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 1977-2011+ Original Identity: Peter Parker Origin: As told 10/77. Abilities: Appearance: Modus Operandi: The two are married circa December 1985. Peter reveals his secret identity to Mary Jane in February, 1986. No notables in 85, 86, 87. Need to research 1987-91 especially, and 1994-2004. Friends and Allies: Aunt May. Tana Mendor. Ultimately, she betrays Spidey, but how does she feel about Peter Parker? 12/77-2/78, 9/82-12/82. Mary Jane Watson. Carol Jennings. Maria Lopez. Simon Smith. African-American secret agent who aids Spidey against Dar Harat. 3/85 Robbie Robertson. Other Costumed Heroes: The Prowler. 10/79-12/79. The Sub-Mariner. Prince Namor of fabled Atlantis. 2/83-4/83, 10/96-x/97. Doctor Strange. Master of the mystic arts. 4/92-10/92. Daredevil. Blind and highly acrobatic, costumed hero whose other senses more than compensate for his lack of sight. 10/92-5/93, 2/10, 2/13-5/13. Punisher. Vigilante who nonetheless fights for the good, but sometimes with questionable means. The Beast. Blue-furred mutant, a member of the X-Men. 12/93-2/94. Wolverine. 6/09-9/09, 5/10-6/10. Iron Man. 3/10, 6/10-9/10. The Thing. 11/10-1/11. Thor. 12/11-4/12. Notable Adversaries: J. Jonah Jameson. ongoing. Big Time. Plain clothed criminal obsessed with clocks. x/09-11/09. Clown-9. AKA Hardy Laurel. 5/12-9/12. The Chameleon. 10/01-1/02. Dar Harat. “Most feared terrorist organization on earth.” 8/84-3/85. Dr. Doom. 1/77-2/77, 4/78-6/78, 12/81-3/82 …10/91-3/92. Dr. Octopus. 2/77-5/77, 1/81-3/81 … 9/06-12/06, 6/09-9/09. Electro. 1/09-5/09. Hobgoblin. 12/93-2/94. 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