COMIC BOOK COMPULSIVE — Jim Hardy Comics Book Giant Edition Part 2
Here as promised is Part 2 of Jim Hardy Comics Book Giant Edition which also pairs an obscure comic strip with an oddball superhero. And when I say ‘obscure’ I’m not kidding around; it started life as Joe Jinks and was about a short, middle-aged guy who was obsessed with cars, planes and finally prize fighters. Which is how in 1934 the strip got renamed Joe Jinks and Dynamite Dunn, a strip I have to confess I’d never heard of. Maybe because in 1944 another fighter took the spotlight, a factory second version of Joe Palooka called Curly Kayoe – who I have heard of. I’ll be featuring him in a future Comic Book Compulsive.
BTW, this sequence of Dynamite Dunn was drawn by Mo Leff, a journeyman cartoonist who worked as an assistant on both Li’l Abner and Joe Palooka.
Mirror Man was secretly Dean Alder who upon donning”the Mystic Garment” could enter mirrors and become an invisible, intangible shadow. It was written by Fred Methot and drawn by Reg Greenwood.
— Steve Bennett
Came across this while researching info about my father’s life when he moved to Boston. “Dynamite” Dunn’s full name is Thomas Leo Dunn, born St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada Nov.20, 1908. left home 1928 for Boston, trained for boxing while in Boston but later became a Pro-Wrestler from 1930-1939. Moved back to St. John’s 1940 and raised his family there. Died May 28, 1971.
Would be interested in any info you have or comic strips called ” Joe Jinks & Dynamite Dunn”.
Thanks