Tailspin Tommy Sunday Page by Hal Forrest from 5/29/1938 Half Page

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Tailspin Tommy Sunday Page by Hal Forrest from 5/29/1938 Half Page:
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This is a Tailspin TommySunday Page by Hal Forrest. Hard to Find Early Pages!Great Artwork!This wascut from the original newspaper Saturday comics section of 1935. Size: ~11 x15 inches (Half Full Page). Paper:Some light tanning/wear, otherwise: Excellent!Bright Colors! Pulled from loose sections!(Please Check Scans) Please include $5.00 Total postage on any size order (USA) $12.00 International Flat Rate. I combine postage on multiple pages. Check out my other sales for more great vintageComicstrips and Paper Dolls.Thanks for Looking!

Tailspin TommyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThis article is about comic strip. For the movie serial, seeTailspin Tommy (serial).Hal Forrest\'sTailspin Tommy(June 26, 1938)

Tailspin Tommywas an air adventurecomic stripabout a youthful pilot, \"Tailspin\" Tommy Tompkins. Originally illustrated byHal Forrestand initially distributed byJohn Wheeler\'sBell Syndicateand then byUnited Feature Syndicate, the strip had a 14-year run from 1928 to 1942.[1]

In the wake ofCharles Lindbergh\'s 1927 flight across theAtlantic, the public\'s fascination withaviationescalated.Tailspin Tommywas the first aviation-based comic strip to appear as a result of this heightened interest, and it also became the longest lasting. The strip\'s 1928 launch was followed by others, notablySkyroads,Scorchy SmithandFlyin\' Jenny.[1]

Scripted by Glenn Chaffin, a newspaper journalist and press agent,Tailspin Tommybegan its run in four newspapers on April 30, 1928. By 1931, it was published in more than 250 newspapers across the country. After buying out Chaffin\'s interest, Forrest took over the scripting in 1933; he wrote and drew the strip solo for the next three years. In 1936, when Forrest took on an assistant,Reynold Brown, who inked (uncredited) over Forrest\'s pencils.Tailspin Tommyis held by some to have improved with Brown\'s contribution.[1]

Contents[hide]

1Characters and story
2Film
3Comic books and reprints
4References
5External links

Characters and story[edit]

Living in Littleville, Colorado, young Tommy Tomkins had such an obsession with flying that he was given the nickname Tailspin Tommy before he ever actually went inside a plane. Although Tommy took an aero-engineering correspondence course, his real introduction to aviation happened when mail pilot Milt Howe made an emergency landing in a field near Tommy\'s neighborhood. Tommy watched the downward spiral of Milt\'s plane and ran to help. Howe rewarded Tommy with a greasemonkey job in Texas at the Three Point Airlines, where he soon became a pilot along with his girlfriend, Betty Lou Barnes, and his best buddy, Peter \"Skeeter\" Milligan. The trio eventually became part owners in Three Point and took off for many airborne adventures.[2]

By 1940,Tailspin Tommybegan to lose papers. A change in syndicates from Bell toUnited Featuresdid little to help, and the strip ended in 1942.

Film[edit]

Tailspin Tommy flew into movie theaters throughout the 1930s. He was portrayed by Maurice Murphy in the 12-episode1934movie serialTailspin Tommy. Another 12-chapter serial,Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery(1935), starredClark Williamsin the title role.John Trentportrayed Tommy in a series of hour-long features, includingMystery Plane,Stunt Pilot,Sky PatrolandDanger Flight. All were released in1939.

Comic books and reprints[edit]1933 Big Little Book

Stephen Slesinger Inc.published a series of 30Tailspin Tommy Adventuresin eight-page booklet form as a promotion with Big Thrill Chewing Gum. In 1936, C.J.H. Publications put out two issues ofTailspin Tommy Adventure Magazine. The magazines published adaptations of comic strip stories. Publication apparently ceased because the rights to the character had not been properly secured. After taking over the syndication, United Features published twoTailspin Tommycomic books, one in 1940 and one in 1946.Tailspin Tommyalso saw reprints inDell Comics\'The FunniesandPopular Comics.

In 1934,Tailspin Tommywas among the strips reprinted in the first modern comic book,Famous Funnies, published byMax GainesatEastern Color Printing. That same year, Slesinger began publishing a series ofTailspin Tommybooks in itsBig Little Bookline. Except where noted, these adaptations of the comic strip were ghostwritten byGaylord Du Boisand illustrated by Hal Forrest:

Hal Forrest\'sTailspin Tommy(October 27, 1929)

Tailspin Tommy in The Famous Pay-Roll Mystery, 1933
Tailspin Tommy - The Dirigible Flight to the North Pole, 1934
Tailspin Tommy - Hunting for Pirate Gold, 1935
Tailspin Tommy and the Island in the Sky, 1936
Tailspin Tommy and the Hooded Flyer, 1937
Tailspin Tommy and the Sky Bandits, 1938
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery (starring Noah Beery), 1938 (based on the screenplay of the serial)
Tailspin Tommy and the Lost Transport, 1940
Tailspin Tommy, The Weasel, and His Skywayman, 1941

A novel by Mark Stevens,Tailspin Tommy: The Mystery of the Midnight Patrol, was published in 1936.

References[edit]

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External links[edit]

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