Tailspin Tommy | |
Available Strips: | 3 |
Latest Strips: | Tailspin Tommy (Sundays) 1937.03.07 - 1937.12.12 | Uploaded: Dec 3, 2020 |
Categories: | Aviation | Adventure |
Publication History: | Dates: - |
In the 1920s, aviation adventure had as much high-tech glamor as space travel did a half-century later. And after 1927, when Charles Lindbergh became the first solo pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean, non-stop - all of a sudden, the American public couldn't get enough stories about flying heroes. Within a few years, the comics pages were packed with strips like Scorchy Smith, Brick Bradford (before it went over to sci-fi), Skyroads … The very first of these high-flying adventurers was Tailspin Tommy, who debuted on May 21, 1928. Tommy Tomkins showed an interest in aviation from a very early age - so strong that his neighbors in Littleville, Colorado nicknamed him "Tailspin Tommy" before he even saw the inside of a real airplane. He got his first chance to do so when mail pilot Milt Howe made an emergency landing in a nearby field and found Tommy, who had seen the troubled descent and came running to help, waiting on the ground. Milt helped Tommy get a job fixing planes at Three Point Airlines in Texas, and Tommy jumped at the chance. Before long, he was piloting them on his own - in fact, within a few years, he, his pal Peter "Skeeter" Milligan, and his sweetheart, Betty Lou Barnes, had become part owners of the company. source:toonopedia |
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Tailspin Tommy (Sundays) 1937.03.07 - 1937.12.12 | 41 | jjonz | Dec 3, 2020 | 29.00 | 2385 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tailspin Tommy 1938.10.17 - 1939.04.11 | 51 | jjonz | Oct 31, 2020 | 81.00 | 1844 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tailspin Tommy 1939.04.11 - 1939.07.08 | 26 | jjonz | Oct 11, 2020 | 43.00 | 1954 | 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||