Last time we met Tippy Taylor, sort of an American Tintin in jodpurs from George Loomis. Tippy is a young reporter whose global travels have dropped him on Fantasy Isle and into Lemuel Gullivar's world. Let's rejoin him now for his travels through the Underworld to the House Of Mystery to meet Satan.
With dinosaurs, wizards, and robots, oh my...
Despite the blurb, there was no "Next Month"
Issue #24 was the final issue for Amazing Mystery Funnies.
However, the following month, Tippy appeared in The Arrow #2 to continue the tale -
This time they didn't even pretend there was going to be another episode. They got him out of his immediate predicament, and we must assume that Tippy either made his way back home, or built himself a home here on Fantasy Isle.
With dinosaurs, wizards, and robots, oh my...
Despite the blurb, there was no "Next Month"
Issue #24 was the final issue for Amazing Mystery Funnies.
However, the following month, Tippy appeared in The Arrow #2 to continue the tale -
This time they didn't even pretend there was going to be another episode. They got him out of his immediate predicament, and we must assume that Tippy either made his way back home, or built himself a home here on Fantasy Isle.
page art by George Loomis from Amazing Mystery Funnies #s 19-24 and The Arrow #2 (1940)
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