Rip Kirby was reprinted in the Daily Mail in the UK. How many knew it led to a rumpus in Parliament:
https://downthetubes.net/?p=126303
This reminded me that the Mail also ran Carol Day at about the same time as Rip - Carol is a long-forgotten but actually quite decent strip about (gulp) relationships - beautifully drawn:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Day
https://downthetubes.net/?p=43191
https://web.archive.org/web/20101129024125/http://www.carol-day.com/index.html
Link to the book:
Super Detective Library 150 - Rip Kirby-Case of The Crooked Mile.