16 – Little Orphan Babs

Detective Dan Dunn had a child sidekick by October 1935 in the form of an orphan named Babs (shown above from Famous Funnies #16).  It feels like they were going for a Little Orphan Annie vibe here, but I’m sure it’s not coincidence that Dick Tracy also had also adopted an orphan son (Junior) just […]

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6 – Dan Dunn

Famous Funnies #6 (December 1934) marks the first time that consecutive comic strips were reprinted together in a comic book for better reading.  This is a panel from a 4-page section of square-jawed Detective “Dan Dunn“, Secret Operative 48, one of many hat-wearing detectives of the era (the most famous being Dick Tracy).

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