Perhaps the first comic strip to be created as a military recruiting tool,
Don Winslow U.S.N. was launched in 1934 to encourage enlistments in the U.S. Navy, which at that point had reached an all-time low. A clean-cut role model for American Youth, Don battled spies, saboteurs, and criminals on the home front, and even made brief forays to both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of war!
The strip proved to be a big success, not only improving Naval enlistments, but launching a series of novels, comic book series from several publishers, a dramatic radio show, and two movie serials (
Don Winslow of the Navy &
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard)!
Don finally retired from service in 1955.
Atomic Kommie Comics™ has returned
Don Winslow to active duty as part of the
War: Past, Present & Future™ line's enhanced
World War II section of classic cover art collectibles which also includes
Women of World War II and
Aviators.
Any of the shirts, fridge magnets, mugs, or other kool kollectibles in these series would make fun retro-style Armed Forces Day or Memorial Day gifts for the veteran in your life!
(I'm sending a set of all four
Don Winslow mugs to my Dad, a retired swabbie!)
From the cover of the Mystery Tales #40 comic book John Locke didn't choose: a close-up of the item in a fabric pocket on the wall just below the window between his fingers and the round green caption!
In a flashback on the LOST tv series ep "Cabin Fever", young John Locke had to choose items that "already belonged to him".
Perhaps the first comic strip to be created as a military recruiting tool, Don Winslow U.S.N. was launched in 1934 to encourage enlistments in the U.S. Navy, which at that point had reached an all-time low. A clean-cut role model for American Youth, Don battled spies, saboteurs, and criminals on the home front, and even made brief forays to both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters of war!
