John Lehti
https:www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lehti_john.htm
great artist, great story-teller!
[In the spring of 1946, Lehti sold his comic strip 'Tommy of the Big Top' to King Features, which ran until 1950. With the strip's demise, he returned to DC to draw 'Big Town' and 'Tarzan'. In the early 1950s,]
So this was originally a comic strip.
[ Lehti switched to Western, where he illustrated stories with 'Lassie', 'Tom Corbet, Space Cadet' and 'Flash Gordon'.]
obviously, I would loved to see his Tarzan and Flash Gordon.
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