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IMAGINATION and FANTASIES

Drake, a detective, Little Abner and Sir Okay Doaks. Little
Orphan Annie had a neat couple of characters, Pun Jab, and
the Asp, but none were as moving as the radio or movies.
There were however a couple that had a lasting effect on me.
Not because of their story, but because of their drawings.

Edgar Rice Burroughs and Hal Foster created the comic strips
of Tarzan and Prince Valiant. They also had the most
interesting drawings of any comic strips. I preferred Tarzan
movies, but ‘Prince Valiant, in the Age of King Arthur’, was an
interesting story and a really intriguing artist. I would follow
them for years.
Roy Crane had a character called Buz Sawyer who was a Navy
Commander, and secret service fellow who spent a lot of time
all over the world. I particularly liked his stories and his
drawings of African trees on the Serengeti.

I read most of the comic books that have mostly survived as
legends of superheroes, like Superman, and his family,
Superboy, and Supergirl. The Marvel family, Captain, Junior,
and Mary. Batman and Robin, although I preferred the dark
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characters created by the late 20 century movies. There were
some comic books that were a little different. One that didn’t
carry on very long was ‘Black Hawk’ a group of flying
adventures that fought crime and war enemies. Another
which helped my imagination grow was ‘Plastic Man’. An
amazing character that could extend himself, arms, legs or
body to reach any distance. He frequently would reach around
buildings or stretch up ten floors to save a heroine.

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