[positronic1]

What a really odd place to find the first comic book appearance (pages 32-37) of Walt Disney's GREMLINS, in a title essentially devoted exclusively to true-life biographies of war heroes! I mean, granted it's a Dell comic book, and Dell held the Disney license in 1943... but still.

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[Robb_K]

What a really odd place to find the first comic book appearance (pages 32-37) of Walt Disney's GREMLINS, in a title essentially devoted exclusively to true-life biographies of war heroes! I mean, granted it's a Dell comic book, and Dell held the Disney license in 1943... but still.

Western's editor threw it in for "comedy relief".  Many publishers use such fillers to give a break to the seriousness of War or combat-themed comic books.  And so very many "Cowboy/Western' comic books also had Western-themed comedy fillers.  But, I admit that it does seem strange to place a fantasy/comedy series in what otherwise would be an educational, non-fiction book.