Don Winslow of the Navy | |
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Author(s) | Frank Victor Martinek |
Illustrator(s) | Leon Beroth (1934 to 1952) Carl Hammond (layouts and research) Ken Ernst (1940–1942; assists and ghost art) John Jordan (1953–1955) |
Current status/schedule | Daily and Sunday; concluded |
Launch date | March 5, 1934 |
End date | July 30, 1955 |
Syndicate(s) | Bell Syndicate (1934–1953) General Features (1953–1955) |
Genre(s) | adventure |
Don Winslow of the Navy is an American comic strip created by Frank Victor Martinek and was distributed mostly by the Bell Syndicate from 1934 to 1955.[1] The title character was a spy-chasing lieutenant commander in Naval intelligence. The comic strip led to a radio adventure serial that began in 1937, as well as film serials that began in 1942. Original comic book stories also appeared in Fawcett Comics titles starting in 1943.