Reading Room: SUPERSNIPE'S GRAMP "Gramp the Air Raid Warden"

With all the talk about North Korea attacking us, you should remember...

...mainland US has only been invaded once, and that was back in 1812!

But during World War II, we were concerned that the Axis would bomb or invade!

And thereby hangs our tale...

Apparently, Koppy McFad aka SuperSnipe's talents are inherited...

George Marcoux gave the SuperSnipe supporting cast a lot of play, including solo tales for Gramp, boy inventor Ulysses Q Wacky, and Roxy Adams: Girl Guerrilla.
Story and art for this tale from SuperSnipe Comics V1N6 (1942), which was Koppy's first issue (the book used to be Army & Navy Comics), by George Marcoux.

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Reading Room: SUPERSNIPE "Haunted Money" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our Hero...

When Koppy McFad learns his friend Betsy and her mother are being evicted, he changes to SuperSnipe and attempts to help them...unsuccessfully.

The mother-daughter duo decide to move to the abandoned Morblid Mansion that everyone in town believes is haunted.

SuperSnipe, unable to dissuade them, assists the pair in moving their few possessions to the decrepit house, unaware that it is, in fact, already occupied!

Three criminals await the arrival of another crook, who knows where over $200,000 was stashed before he was sent to prison.

To keep people away, the evil trio have rigged the place to appear "haunted".

But, the arrival of SuperSnipe and his friends have thrown their plans into chaos as the fourth fiend arrives...

BTW, this was not a Halloween issue!

It came out in late Spring, 1949.

But, we felt the subject matter lent itself to Halloween, so here it is!

Herlock Domes was another supporting character (like Gramps and Ulysses Q Wacky) who had his own backup strip in SuperSnipe Comics.
The characters crossed-over frequently with each other and popped into SuperSnipe's strip creating a fairly cohesive and consistent "universe" much like Marvel Comics did a couple of decades later (but on a smaller scale, natch).
Story and art for this tale from SuperSnipe Comics V4N12 (1949) by the highly-underrated George Marcoux, who did all the "SuperSnipe Universe" strips.

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Reading Room: SUPERSNIPE "Haunted Money" Part 1

How do fanboys celebrate Halloween?

By getting into costume and battling crime and evildoers, whether human or incorporeal!

So, they're not specters, but sleazeballs!

How will our currently-unconscious hero overcome these foul fiends?

Be here tomorrow for the awe-inspiring answer...

Same Snipe-time!

Same Snipe-blog!

Herlock Domes was another supporting character (like Gramps and Ulysses Q Wacky) who had his own backup strip in SuperSnipe Comics.
The characters crossed-over frequently with each other and popped into SuperSnipe's strip creating a fairly cohesive and consistent "universe" much like Marvel Comics did a couple of decades later (but on a smaller scale, natch).
Story and art for this tale from SuperSnipe Comics V4N12 (1949) by the highly-underrated George Marcoux, who did all the "SuperSnipe Universe" strips.

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Reading Room: SUPERSNIPE & ULYSSES Q WACKY "Jap Trap"

SuperSnipe may have headlined his own title...

...but the supporting cast also merited their own ongoing strips, which guest-starred Koppy McFad both in and out of costume!

(BTW, despite the story title, there's no NSFW racist depictions in this tale, just racist attitudes!)

Koppy and his supporting characters tended to crossover a lot in these tales, giving the stories a nice "unified universe" feel unique in the Golden Age.
Story and art for this tale from SuperSnipe Comics V1N6 (1942) by George Marcoux, who did all the "SuperSnipe Universe" strips including this one, Gramp, and, of course, SuperSnipe himself!

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Reading Room: SUPERSNIPE "There Shall Come...a Costume!" Conclusion

When Last We Left Our FanBoy...

This scene does not appear in the comic, but it's really cool!

After inadvertently saving a scientist neighbor from enemy spies (but not receiving credit for the deed), Koppy McFad aka SuperSnipe decides to adopt a distinctive costume...a pair of his grandfather's red flannel underwear, his father's blue "men's club" lodge cape, and a domino mask.

Suitably-garbed, the Man of 1955 follows some state Conservation Wardens as they prepare to battle an invasion of Japanese Beetles.
Unfortunately, the neophyte superhero thinks "Japanese Beetles" are like Navy SEALS (they're really insects), and screws up the Wardens' attempt to trap and exterminate the bugs.
Spanked and chastised, Koppy is sent to the grocery store where he sees a sign denouncing sugar hoarding as being unpatriotic...

And you thought Peter Parker/Spider-Man was the first "hero with problems"!
Speaking of which, this story is actually untitled.
The Grand Comics DataBase made up their own title "Invasion of the Japanese Beetles".
But since that plotline is less than half of the story, I thought something a bit more evocative would work better.
Since the big point of the story is Koppy gaining his distinctive garb, I thought a Stan Lee-esque phrase would convey the point.

Story and art for this tale from SuperSnipe Comics V1N6 (1942) by George Marcoux.

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Reading Room: SUPERSNIPE "There Shall Come...a Costume!" Part 2

When Last We Left Our FanBoy...

After inadvertently saving a scientist neighbor from enemy spies (but not receiving credit for the deed), Koppy McFad aka SuperSnipe decides to adopt a distinctive costume...a pair of his grandfather's red flannel underwear, his father's blue "men's club" lodge cape, and a domino mask.

Now suitably-garbed, the Man of 1955 follows some state Conservation Wardens as they prepare to battle an invasion of Japanese Beetles...

You'll find out...tomorrow!

Story and art for this tale from SuperSnipe Comics V1N6 (1942), which was Koppy's first issue, by George Marcoux.

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