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First Comic with Comic Strip Character in NEW Stories? (Not reprints)

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DennyWilson

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Another subject along the lines of my recent thoughts.

Who was the first comic strip character to have a Comic Book with original stories, not strip reprints?
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skybandit

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Re: First Comic with Comic Strip Character in NEW Stories? (Not reprints)
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2010, 11:30:35 AM »

   Due to comic strip reprints in comics, I believe the Phantom was the first masked hero in the comic book format, and he may have been the first to have original stories done.  I read somewhere it could be argued that the first comic-book hero with super-powers was Popeye and I think he had pretty early original stories "all in color for a dime."
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narfstar

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Re: First Comic with Comic Strip Character in NEW Stories? (Not reprints)
« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2010, 01:44:20 AM »

All In Color called him the "first arf arf super hereo" You gotta admit taking a dose of spinach and gaining super strength predates Hourman
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