Tuffy and Mommy-Syd Hoff-1950

Syd Hoff would, in time, be remembered as a beloved children's book author and illustrator but in the beginning, he was a cartoonist, offering up this syndicated variant on LITTLE LULU, as here collected in a short-lived comic book in 1950.

Twinkie-Tex Blaisdell-1951

Here's some more cuter than cute artwork from Tex Blaisdell, later an inker and editor at DC in the seventies as well as Harold Grays replacement on the LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE newspaper strip.

Satan-George S. Appel-1944

We've seen a lot of stories featuring Satan to one extent or another but this one actually stars him. 

Swivel Head-Monsterville-1962

We snuck a color one in yesterday but here's another b&w one from the early peak of the '60s monster craze. No idea who did it but the main character reminds one of Dick Briefer's goofy version of Frankenstein. 

Tiger Man-Rodlow Willard-1946

So we know Elvis was a comic book reader and we know he recorded a song called "Tiger Man." He didn't write it, though. That said, perhaps his decision to sing it was based on memories of reading about this guy? Hey, stranger things have happened!

My Best Friend Told My Secret-Chic Stone-1969

Continuing the black and white trend, here's an unusual one, taken from the full-color comic book, TEEN-IN published by Tower Comics. Most of Stone's solo work from this period was in the sleazier b&w horror mags so it's nice to see this clean, creative usage of the medium. Why it was done this way in a color comic, though, I have no idea.

Knowstalgia-Al Scaduto-1973

Here we have a little known black and white piece from LITTLE IODINE artist Al Scaduto. It's from a forgotten Nixon-era satire mag called GRIN that also featured some good comics--mainly political satire--from Frank Springer, Alan Kupperberg, Jack Abel, Jack Sparling, and Tony Tallarico. 

Devil Doone-Hart Amos-1955

Some lovely, clean art on this long running Australian strip as seen in a magazine called MAN, JUNIOR in the mid-'50s. The strip kept going until 1969. 

Doctor Nemesis-1941

There are nearly as many "Doctors" in superhero comics as there are "Captains" but one rarely comes across one who' actually a doctor!