| Hawkshaw the Detective | |
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| Launch date | (1st run) February 23, 1913 (2nd run) December 13, 1931 |
| End date | (1st run) November 12, 1922 (2nd run) 1952 |
| Alternate name(s) | Sherlocko the Monk |
| Syndicate(s) | World Feature Service (1913–1932) United Feature Syndicate (1933–1952) |
Hawkshaw the Detective was a comic strip character featured in an eponymous cartoon serial by Gus Mager from February 23, 1913, to November 12, 1922, and again from December 13, 1931, to 1952. (The revival was a topper to The Captain and the Kids.)[1][2] The name of Mager's character was derived from the common American slang of the time, in which a hawkshaw meant a detective—that slang itself derived from playwright Tom Taylor's use of the name for the detective in his 1863 stage play The Ticket of Leave Man.
- ^ Stripper's Guide: Obscurity of the Day: Oliver's Adventures Holtz, Allan. "Obscurity of the Day: Oliver's Adventures" April 15, 2010.
- ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 185. ISBN 9780472117567.