Most often we see his more famous creations like Spacehawk, Powerhouse Pepper, and Scoop Scuttle. Let's avoid them today and stick to the side-streets and back alleys of Wolvertown. His artwork appeared in all sorts of titles, sometimes making it easy to miss some of his work, even if one is a fan. Today's strips come from a variety of sources - Sub-Mariner (back when he was hyphenated), Human Torch (back when he wasn't Human), Tessie The Typist, Comic Comics, Joker Comics, Black Diamond Western, and Star Comics.
Some are one-shots, others, like Mystic Moot and his Magic Snoot (with over a dozen tales) were ongoing series that are often forgotten or overlooked today -
Just to be extra odd, Leanbean Green is a one-shot, even though there are three episodes. They appeared as consecutive pages in Joker Comics #17 -
Bingbang Buster, however, was another ongoing series, with over a dozen appearances -
This one is earlier than the rest, from back in 1938, and is not signed. The style is simpler than later works, but all indications (including Jerry Bail's note that he was working for the publisher at this time) are that this is Basil Wolverton in early days -
Dr. Dimwit was just slightly more than a one-shot, with just 3 appearances -
Inspector Hector brings us a two-page mystery for you to solve along with him -
We pause for spoiler space while you contemplate the mystery with some Funny Boners -
Okay - now we continue with page two of Inspector Hector and the solution to the Cartoon Crime Mystery -
page art by Basil Wolverton for Tessie The Typist #6, Star Comics #16, Sub-Mariner Comics #9, Joker Comics #s 17 & 18, Comic Comics #9, Human Torch #8, and Black Diamond Western #22 (1938, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1950)
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