09 August 2019

Hot Zig! My Greatest Discovery!

I'm feeling in the mood for some simple silliness today. Might be good for all of us.

Meet Dan Tootin, The Madcap Dentist -


Dan debuted in Hit Comics #9 (1941), from Jack Cole working under the name Ralph Johns. He had about 3 dozen one-page adventures over the next few years.

Here's about half of them...


















"Now, Why can't I invent something like that?" became his final line. Seems like a good way to wrap up his series.

page art from Hit Comics #s 14, 17, 18, 20, 22, 27, 29-33, 37, 38, 40, 42, 43, & 46 (1941-1947)




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