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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Where do comic books fit in here? Do they? For
instance, I remember
> Disney comics of Disney productions like Davy
Crockett. But were
there
> comic book tie ins to crime movies? Or were they
considered to adult
> for comics, which were pretty strictly for kids back
then? Did
Dragnet
> change that, too? I'm sure I've seen Dragnet comic
books, and
> lunchboxes.
>
> Mark
>
Yes, I bought those Davy Crockett comics and a host of Tarzan
comics as well as a bunch of the Carl Barks Disney work. The
Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge comics I still find
entertaining.
First of all, start with the comics strip. It is easy for
folks now to underestimate how popular and closely followed
were the comic strips of the first half of the 20th Century.
Some characters began in the strips (Dick Tracy) and then
moved into radio, movies and comic books as well as novels.
Some, such as Tarzan, began in the pulps and novels and then
moved to movies and then the comics strip and then radio. In
many ways, Burroughs with Tarzan blazed a trail with
extending the franchise into other media.
Many comic strip and comic book heroes transitioned naturally
into movies via the serial including Dick Tracy, Red Ryder,
The Phantom, Black Hawk, Captain Marvel, Batman, and many
others.
Richard Moore
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