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Tailspin Tommy Sunday #482 by Hal Forrest from 1/8/1939 Half Size! Rare!
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Condition:Paper: some light tanning, small archival repairs, otherwise: Excellent! Bright Colors! Pulled from loose sections! (Please Check Scans) This is a _TAILSPIN TOMMY_ SUNDAY PAGE by HAL FORREST. WONDERFUL EARLY AVIATION ARTWORK! This was cut from ... Read More
Condition:Paper: some light tanning, small archival repairs, otherwise: Excellent! Bright Colors! Pulled from loose sections! (Please Check Scans)
This is a _TAILSPIN TOMMY_ SUNDAY PAGE by HAL FORREST. WONDERFUL EARLY AVIATION ARTWORK! This was cut from the original newspaper Sunday comics section of 1939. SIZE: ~11 X 15 INCHES (HALF FULL PAGE). PAPER: SOME LIGHT TANNING, SMALL ARCHIVAL REPAIRS, OTHERWISE: EXCELLENT! BRIGHT COLORS! PULLED FROM LOOSE SECTIONS! (PLEASE CHECK SCANS) Please include $5.00 Total postage on any size order (USA) $20.00 International FLAT RATE. I combine postage on multiple pages. Check out my other auctions for more great vintage Comic strips and Paper Dolls. THANKS FOR LOOKING!
_Tailspin Tommy_
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
_
Hal Forrest's Tailspin Tommy_ (June 26, 1938)
_TAILSPIN TOMMY_ was an air adventure comic strip about a youthful pilot, "Tailspin" Tommy Tomkins (sometimes spelled Tompkins). Originally illustrated by Hal Forrest and initially distributed by John Wheeler's Bell Syndicate and then by United Feature Syndicate, the strip had a 14-year run from 1928 to 1942.[1]
In the wake of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 flight across the Atlantic, the public's fascination with aviation escalated. _Tailspin Tommy_ was the first aviation-based comic strip to appear as a result of this heightened interest. The strip's 1928 launch was followed by others, notably _Skyroads_, _Scorchy Smith_, and _Flyin' Jenny_[1] and _The Adventures of Smilin' Jack_.
Scripted by Glenn Chaffin, a newspaper journalist and press agent, _Tailspin Tommy_ began 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 Tommy_ is held by some to have improved with Brown's contribution.[1]
Contents
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* 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 Tommy_ began to lose papers. A change in syndicates from Bell to United Features did 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-episode 1934 movie serial _Tailspin Tommy_. Another 12-chapter serial, _Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery_ (1935), starred Clark Williams in the title role. John Trent portrayed Tommy in a series of hour-long features, including_Mystery Plane_, _Stunt Pilot_, _Sky Patrol_ and _Danger Flight_. All were released in 1939.
Comic Books and Reprints[Edit]
1933 Big Little Book
Stephen Slesinger Inc. published a series of 30 _Tailspin Tommy Adventures_ in eight-page booklet form as a promotion with Big Thrill Chewing Gum. In 1936, C.J.H. Publications put out two issues of _Tailspin 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 two _Tailspin Tommy_ comic books, one in 1940 and one in 1946. _Tailspin Tommy_ also saw reprints in Dell Comics' _The Funnies_ and _Popular Comics_.
In 1934, _Tailspin Tommy_ was among the strips reprinted in the first modern comic book, _Famous Funnies_, published by Max Gaines at Eastern Color Printing. That same year, Slesinger began publishing a series of _Tailspin Tommy_ books in its Big Little Book line. Except where noted, these adaptations of the comic strip were ghostwritten by Gaylord Du Bois and illustrated by Hal Forrest:
_
Hal Forrest's Tailspin 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
Others:
_Tailspin Tommy_, a Big Little paperback (no subtitle), 1935
_Tailspin Tommy in Flying Aces_, from Dell Publishing, 1938
A novel by Mark Stevens, _Tailspin Tommy: The Mystery of the Midnight Patrol_, was published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1936
Please note: collecting and selling comics has been my hobby for over 30 years. Due to the hours of my job i can usually only mail packages out on saturdays. I send out first class or priority mail which takes 2-5 days to arrive in the usa and air mail international which takes 10 days or more depending on where you live in the world. I do not "sell" postage or packaging and charge less than the actual cost of mailing. I package items securely and wrap well. Most pages come in an archival sleeve with acid free backing board at no extra charge. If you are dissatisfied with an item. Let me know and i will do my best to make it right.
Many thanks to all of my 1,000's of past customers around the world.
enjoy your hobby everyone and have fun collecting!
This is a _TAILSPIN TOMMY_ SUNDAY PAGE by HAL FORREST. WONDERFUL EARLY AVIATION ARTWORK! This was cut from the original newspaper Sunday comics section of 1939. SIZE: ~11 X 15 INCHES (HALF FULL PAGE). PAPER: SOME LIGHT TANNING, SMALL ARCHIVAL REPAIRS, OTHERWISE: EXCELLENT! BRIGHT COLORS! PULLED FROM LOOSE SECTIONS! (PLEASE CHECK SCANS) Please include $5.00 Total postage on any size order (USA) $20.00 International FLAT RATE. I combine postage on multiple pages. Check out my other auctions for more great vintage Comic strips and Paper Dolls. THANKS FOR LOOKING!
_Tailspin Tommy_
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
_
Hal Forrest's Tailspin Tommy_ (June 26, 1938)
_TAILSPIN TOMMY_ was an air adventure comic strip about a youthful pilot, "Tailspin" Tommy Tomkins (sometimes spelled Tompkins). Originally illustrated by Hal Forrest and initially distributed by John Wheeler's Bell Syndicate and then by United Feature Syndicate, the strip had a 14-year run from 1928 to 1942.[1]
In the wake of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 flight across the Atlantic, the public's fascination with aviation escalated. _Tailspin Tommy_ was the first aviation-based comic strip to appear as a result of this heightened interest. The strip's 1928 launch was followed by others, notably _Skyroads_, _Scorchy Smith_, and _Flyin' Jenny_[1] and _The Adventures of Smilin' Jack_.
Scripted by Glenn Chaffin, a newspaper journalist and press agent, _Tailspin Tommy_ began 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 Tommy_ is 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 Tommy_ began to lose papers. A change in syndicates from Bell to United Features did 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-episode 1934 movie serial _Tailspin Tommy_. Another 12-chapter serial, _Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery_ (1935), starred Clark Williams in the title role. John Trent portrayed Tommy in a series of hour-long features, including_Mystery Plane_, _Stunt Pilot_, _Sky Patrol_ and _Danger Flight_. All were released in 1939.
Comic Books and Reprints[Edit]
1933 Big Little Book
Stephen Slesinger Inc. published a series of 30 _Tailspin Tommy Adventures_ in eight-page booklet form as a promotion with Big Thrill Chewing Gum. In 1936, C.J.H. Publications put out two issues of _Tailspin 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 two _Tailspin Tommy_ comic books, one in 1940 and one in 1946. _Tailspin Tommy_ also saw reprints in Dell Comics' _The Funnies_ and _Popular Comics_.
In 1934, _Tailspin Tommy_ was among the strips reprinted in the first modern comic book, _Famous Funnies_, published by Max Gaines at Eastern Color Printing. That same year, Slesinger began publishing a series of _Tailspin Tommy_ books in its Big Little Book line. Except where noted, these adaptations of the comic strip were ghostwritten by Gaylord Du Bois and illustrated by Hal Forrest:
_
Hal Forrest's Tailspin 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
Others:
_Tailspin Tommy_, a Big Little paperback (no subtitle), 1935
_Tailspin Tommy in Flying Aces_, from Dell Publishing, 1938
A novel by Mark Stevens, _Tailspin Tommy: The Mystery of the Midnight Patrol_, was published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1936
Please note: collecting and selling comics has been my hobby for over 30 years. Due to the hours of my job i can usually only mail packages out on saturdays. I send out first class or priority mail which takes 2-5 days to arrive in the usa and air mail international which takes 10 days or more depending on where you live in the world. I do not "sell" postage or packaging and charge less than the actual cost of mailing. I package items securely and wrap well. Most pages come in an archival sleeve with acid free backing board at no extra charge. If you are dissatisfied with an item. Let me know and i will do my best to make it right.
Many thanks to all of my 1,000's of past customers around the world.
enjoy your hobby everyone and have fun collecting!
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