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[crashryan]

There must have been some seriously weird rights situation going on when they made this comic. In the first issue not only was Norton hidden (his face was bandaged throughout the story), but Alice also got the no-face treatment. Norton's face was finally shown in the final issue, #4, and he was just some guy.

I get the odd feeling that St John's handling of the situation was partly an "up yours" move: told they couldn't use Norton's likeness the editor had Mike Roy go out of his way to call attention to the fact. That's just speculation, but stranger things have happened.

Link to the book: Jackie Gleason 2

[The Australian Panther]

What interests me is that the quality of the gags (in my opinion) is quite high for a comic of this type. Makes me wonder if they weren't working directly from Gleason's material. Apart from the Kramdens, the characters are all from the Jackie Gleason show. Kranden and Norton first appeared on this show too. 'Honeymooners' and 'Faulty Towers' have in common that they are both legendary but only went a few episodes. Absolute gems.