New to me was finding that ALAN LADD had featured in a series of 9 comics by DC Comics in 1949. It’s not surprising that the publishers licensed rights to use celebrity images.
At the height of his popularity, I’m surprised there were only 9 issues. The first 6 had Alan on the cover but the remaining three didn’t.
Whoever did the comic strips didn’t bother too much making his drawings look like Alan.
It looks like Alan posed for the cover photos. I don’t recognise them as scenes from his films.
I haven’t seen any of the comics, only the covers. The first issue mentions CHICAGO DEADLINE.
I found some other covers of a Bob Hope comic which apparently ran for years. Other than western star comics, I wonder if any other big star had a comic named after them.
Alan Ladd comics available here https://archive.org/download/AlanLaddComics
Thanks,Bob.
What a find! These are awesome. I’ll be on the look out for a copy or two or 9!
It certainly was interesting to find these covers.
Great idea for a feature, and it’s nice that Bob came up with a link to down load these.
I tried downloading one but nothing happened.
They download OK for me – the trouble is having the right software to open and read the download.
You’ve lost me! My computer knowledge is limited. What is the right software?
John Wayne had a comic series: https://sites.google.com/site/westerncomicspart5/home/john-wayne-comic-books
Roy Rogers, naturally:
https://comics.gocollect.com/series/roy-rogers-comics
Joel McCrea had a comic book series that went along with his Tales of the Texas Rangers radio show.
Thanks for links.