Tom Sparks: Boy Inventor-Bob Brown/Sy Barry-1951

Here we see a nearly forgotten DC hero who only appeared a handful of times. Timely and Fawcett and one or two other Golden Age companies had boy inventors, too, presumably a carryover from the popularity of Tom Swift. 

Dynomutt and the Blue Falcon-Mark Evanier/Paul Norris-1978

Dynomutt and the Blue Falcon have been in the news this week as they're co-starring in the new Scooby Doo feature, Scoob! Here's another Mark Evanier story of the pair (well, mostly Dynomutt this time out) with art by Aquaman creator Paul Norris. 

The Train That Vanished-John Buscema-1960

Within a decade, Big John would be one of the best in the business and he would continue to get even better in the 1980s. Here, he's a mere lad, yet already with the skills! A lot of words, though.

Dingle-Hoofer Und His Dog-H.H. Knerr-1940s

For dachshund fan supreme, Anthony Tollin.

Rip Kirby-Alex Raymond-1949

Everybody worships Raymond's lush art on FLASH GORDON, and rightfully o, but to me his storytelling had improved tremendously by the time of his post-war RIP KIRBY strip!

Lights Out-1944

Hey, look! I found another OTR-related one-off strip!

A Night's Wages-Alex Toth-1960

We started this blog with the great Alex Toth and we like to go back to him every once in a while, such as this enjoyably well-drawn short.