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| I've heard of Alfred Andriola for many years, but I think this was the 1st time I had a chance to read his stuff. KERRY DRAKE reminded me very much of many of the "B"-movie mystery series I love to watch. Kerry reminds me a bit of "Paul Drake" from the PERRY MASON tv series. I like his assistant Sandy, too. The villain in the story was a real MONSTER, especially with what he did near the end of the story. You can tell newspaper comics were aimed at adults back then-- and this was definitely before the censors started cleaning them up.
Interesting to see a humorous caveman strip named "Rocky". BOYS' LIFE magazine later had their own named "Rocky Stoneaxe".
You don't see many series dedicated to fireman, do you? Rather surprising for them to have a villain called "The Joker" (no relation to the one from BATMAN, of course). |
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| Up Against Fingers is a terrific story - would have made a great RKO movie |
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| Kerry Drake comics pop up from Different publishers. I think I missed this one.
I've posted on this before, but this is another strip where I see the strong influence of Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, Both in the Villains being named for Grotesque or exaggerated facial and bodily features or habits or tics, and - more importantly - in the narrative structure.
Going to read this shortly and eat brunch while I read. |
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| Publication | [circa Nov 1945] | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Cover | Up Against Fingers |
| Featuring | Kerry Drake Detective |
| Credits | Pencils: Alfred Andriola |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Kerry Drake; Fingers (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Up Against Fingers (26 pages) |
| Featuring | Kerry Drake |
| Credits | Script: Alfred Andriola | Pencils: Alfred Andriola |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Kerry Drake; Sandy Burns; Fingers (villain) |
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| Featuring | Johnny Devildog |
| Credits | Script: Mart Bailey | Pencils: Mart Bailey |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Johnny Devildog |
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| Featuring | Rocky the Stone-Age Kid |
| Credits | Script: Frank Engli | Pencils: Frank Engli |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Rocky The Stone-Age Kid |
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| Featuring | Rocky the Stone-Age Kid |
| Credits | Script: Frank Engli | Pencils: Frank Engli |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Rocky The Stone-Age Kid |
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| Comic Story | Jokeress on the Loose (12 pages) |
| Featuring | Streamer Kelly |
| Credits | Script: Jack Ryan | Pencils: Jack Ryan |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Streamer Kelly; The Joker (villain, female) |
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| Comic Story | FireFax (1 page) |
| Featuring | Facts on Firemen Tools |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Some illustrations, no credits |
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