Kerry Drake

A mid-century crime comic from Magazine Management, Kerry Drake ran for 18 issues from 1959 to 1961, adapting the classic newspaper strip created by writer Allen Saunders and artist Alfred Andriola. The series follows a hardboiled detective navigating a world of mobsters, femme fatales, and gritty urban mysteries, with its creators' long-running newspaper pedigree lending a polished, serialized feel to the comic-book adventures. It stands as a tidy snapshot of the late Golden Age, offering a brisk, professional take on the crime genre before the superhero boom reshaped the industry.