| Scorchy Smith | |
|---|---|
 Scorchy Smith strip from August 8, 1942. | |
| Author(s) | John Terry (1930–1933) Noel Sickles (1933–1936) Bert Christman (1936–1938) Robert W. Farrell (1938–1939) Frank Robbins (1939–1944) Edmond Good (1944–1945) Rodlow Willard (1946–1954) George Tuska (1954–1959) Alvin Hollingsworth (1950s) John Milt Morris (1959–1961) |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded daily & Sunday strip |
| Launch date | March 17, 1930 |
| End date | December 30, 1961 |
| Syndicate(s) | AP Newsfeatures |
| Genre(s) | Adventure, children, teens, adults |
Scorchy Smith is an American adventure comic strip created by artist John Terry that ran from March 17, 1930 to December 30, 1961.[1]
Scorchy Smith was a pilot-for-hire whose initial adventures took him across America, fighting criminals and aiding damsels in distress. Later, Scorchy traveled the world fighting spies and foreign aggression.
- ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 343. ISBN 9780472117567.