Super Comics #105 – Key Highlights
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Publisher: Dell Comics
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Publication Date: Not specified
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Cover Artist: Not specified
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Contributing Writers and Artists: Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Stanley Link, Frank Willard, Walter Berndt, Martin Branner, Al Posen, and Carl Ed
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Genre: Adventure, Humor, Crime, Newspaper Strip Reprints
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Pages: 48, Full Color
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Original Cover Price: $0.10
🔥 Key Significance
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An early Dell comic book anthology combining reprinted newspaper comic strips with new material.
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Features an impressive lineup of Golden Age newspaper cartoonists, including Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Frank Willard, and Martin Branner.
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Includes popular newspaper-strip favorites Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, Moon Mullins, Winnie Winkle, and Harold Teen.
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Features an unusual adventure starring Clyde Beatty, taking him into the Congo in pursuit of a monstrous ape named Gambadong.
📖 Story Highlights
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“Moon Mullins” – Mr. Smart's two friends repeatedly try to come between him and the beautiful Susie Q.
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“Dick Tracy” – Features Chester Gould's celebrated crime and detective strip.
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“Tiny Tim” – Tiny Tim uses his shrinking powers to outsmart two thugs, then discovers that Tommy is virtually a prisoner of Mrs. Greedy.
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“Smitty” – Walter Berndt's popular workplace humor strip.
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“Little Joe” – A featured comic-strip adventure.
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“Sweeney & Son” – A humor feature included in the anthology.
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“Winnie Winkle” – Martin Branner's popular newspaper comic strip.
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“Harold Teen” – A classic teenage humor strip.
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“Little Orphan Annie” – Harold Gray's celebrated adventure strip.
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“Clyde Beatty” – Clyde encounters danger while hunting the monstrous ape Gambadong in the Congo.
📌 Additional Details
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Format: 48-page, full-color anthology.
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Content: A mixture of syndicated newspaper comic-strip reprints and new material.
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Notable Creators: Chester Gould, Harold Gray, Frank Willard, and Martin Branner.
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Cover Price: 10 cents.
This early Dell anthology combines beloved newspaper-strip characters with unusual adventure material, highlighted by Tiny Tim's shrinking-power escapades and Clyde Beatty's dangerous Congo expedition.
