Super Comics #119

This October–November 1948 Dell anthology packs an impressive lineup of newspaper-strip favorites into one ten-cent package, with the cover spotlight falling on Terry and the Pirates — depicting a tense face-off between a trench-coated hero, a young companion, and a grinning, top-hatted villain, while a sinister caped figure looms in the background. The left-side banner previews a terrific variety of characters: Little Joe, Harold Teen, Smokey Stover, Sweeney & Son, and Spooky, with bottom thumbnails adding Clyde Beatty, Gasoline Alley, Moon Mullins, and Tiny Tim to the mix. For fans of the golden era of comic strips translated to the comics page, this issue offers a genuinely fun snapshot of what American funny-paper culture looked like in 1948.