Mister Breger-Dave Breger-1969

MISTER BREGER was a long-running newspaper strip started by cartoonist Dave Breger when he was in the army. Some sources credit Breger with the earliest use of the term, "G.I. Joe." This is a Charlton back-up strip done not long before the artist's death and may, in fact, have been ghosted as was the case with most--but not all!--strips to appear in comic books.

The Monkey & the Bear-Howie Post-1953

Been a few weeks since we ran some Howie Post so here's the Fox and the Cro....err...I mean, the Monkey and the Bear. Not the most original funny animal concept ever but always a treat to see the masterful cartooning of Mr. Post. 

The Last Voyage of the Nightingale-Don Perlin-1969

Never thought of as a particularly innovative artist, here's veteran Don Perlin, probably best remembered for his later work on Marvel's WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, doing some pretty creative stuff with panels, layouts and Wally Wood-style lighting effects in a 1969 issue of Charlton's venerable THE MANY GHOSTS OF DOCTOR GRAVES.

Alias the Spider-John Cavallo-1943

Yesterday we had Tarantula and now today we have yet another Spider-Man antecedent, Alias the Spider! Well...no. Come to think of it, this guy is more of a Robin Hood/Green Arrow kind of guy. For some reason. Seriously. Bows and Arrows. Look for yourself. 

Tarantula-Star Spangled Comics-1943

A striking splash and a familiar, if unidentified art style, highlight another tale of John Law, THE TARANTULA, a sort of combination of the much-later Spider-Man and DC's own superhero version of the Sandman.

Magno the Magnetic Man-Jim Mooney-1942

Here's one of my Golden Age faves, MAGNO (and Davy) in an early story with art by the great Jim Mooney. Mooney, of course, would go on to do such series as SUPERGIRL, PUSSYCAT, ELVIRA, OMEGA THE UNKNOWN, SPIDER-MAN and TOMMY TOMORROW.

Prof. Pipp-Jack Farr-1944

Cartoonist Jack Farr's old school screwball style works perfectly for this Tex Averyesque strip of predictions for post-war America from the Winter of 1944.