Super Comics #67
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeSuper Comics #67 is a representative artifact of Dell's long-running newspaper-strip anthology, which served as one of the primary vehicles for bringing Chicago Tribune syndicate characters — Chester Gould's Dick Tracy and Harold Gray's Little Orphan Annie — to comic-book readers throughout the Golden Age. Published in 1943, the issue captures both strips at a charged wartime moment: Gould's Tracy was mid-decade in his role as the medium's defining police-procedural hero, while Gray's Annie was in the thick of her wartime 'Junior Commandos' storyline, a narrative so culturally resonant that it inspired real youth scrap-drives across the United States. As one of the sustained anthology titles packaging Tribune Media syndicate strips for the newsstand, Super Comics was a crucial bridge between the newspaper funny-page tradition and the emerging comic-book format.
In "Cloudy" Williams Gets His Twenty-First Plane, a wartime aviation tale from 1943, the eponymous pilot faces his toughest mission yet—tracking down a rogue enemy flyer while navigating a web of deception and sabotage. Written and illustrated by Chester Gould, this Super Comics #67 entry blends wartime intrigue with pulp-style action, showcasing Gould’s sharp storytelling and dynamic art in a story where every flight could be a final one.
In the shadowy streets of 1943, detective Tracy follows a trail of clues that lead straight to Rudy Seaton—but something feels off. With Leota Sunny’s memory restored, Tracy sets a trap to catch the true killer, drawing in the ruthless Junky Doolb. When the jailbreak unfolds, a midget lawyer and his massive wife emerge from the chaos, riding a St. Bernard and seizing control of Doolb’s gang. The case takes a wild turn, but the real mastermind remains hidden in plain sight.
In the tense, sun-drenched corridors of a 1943 jungle-bound train, Jo and Clyde find themselves entangled in a mystery that unfolds with a single stolen pin. When Clyde uses the pin to lure Gaywood into a hidden compartment, the truth behind Jenkins’ identity erupts in a sudden, shocking twist—leaving Gaywood to vanish through the speeding train’s window in a moment of breathless suspense.
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Super Comics launched in 1938 under Dell's distribution partnership with Western Publishing, with Oskar Lebeck — a German-born former Broadway stage designer who had joined Western Publishing in 1938 as art director and managing editor — overseeing the editorial line that packaged reprinted newspaper strips for the comic-book market. The series continued numbering from a prior Western series beginning at #66, meaning #67 was an early issue in the Dell-branded continuation. Dick Tracy had been a fixture of the title since its debut issue in 1938, remaining a regular feature until 1948, while Little Orphan Annie appeared consistently alongside other Tribune syndicate strips such as Moon Mullins, Winnie Winkle, and Smitty.
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- Super Comics was published by Dell in partnership with Western Publishing, distributed monthly, and featured reprinted Chicago Tribune–syndicated newspaper strips reconfigured for the comic-book page format.
- Dick Tracy, created by Chester Gould, debuted in the strip on October 4, 1931, and became a regular fixture in Super Comics from the series' launch in 1938 through 1948.
- Little Orphan Annie, created by Harold Gray, debuted in the newspaper strip on August 5, 1924, and was a recurring feature throughout the Super Comics run alongside Tracy.
- The 1943 publication date places this issue during the peak of Harold Gray's wartime storyline in which Annie organized children into 'Junior Commandos' to collect scrap metal and support the war effort — a fictional initiative that sparked real youth participation across the United States.
- Oskar Lebeck, the editorial architect of the Dell/Western Publishing comic line during this era, oversaw Super Comics; he is credited with building the foundational editorial infrastructure of Dell's Golden Age output and hiring key talents such as Walt Kelly.
- The series carried a standard Golden Age cover price of ten cents and ran to approximately 68 full-color pages in its early issues, making it one of the more substantial anthology packages on the newsstand.
- Super Comics #67's series numbering continued from a prior Western Publishing series that ended at #65, meaning the Dell-branded run began at #66 — confirmed by the Grand Comics Database series entry.
- Both Dick Tracy and Little Orphan Annie strips reprinted in Super Comics were sourced from the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate, the same syndicate that also carried Terry and the Pirates, Gasoline Alley, Moon Mullins, and Winnie Winkle — all of which appeared as companion features throughout the anthology's run.
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Reprinted in Four Color #56 (1944)
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