CREATOR

Name: Eastern Color Printing (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1928 by William B. Pape (1899-1974).  Stopped in 2002.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Eastern in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation published comic books from 1933 to 1955. From then on it printed comic books for other companies. The corporation never used a logo on their comic book front covers.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1942*. Stopped in 1943 after 7 issues.

The title character is a big-hearted and naive Indian Chief from Teepee Town, who becomes a millionaire when oil is discovered on his land. He is supported by two characters; his niece Minnie-Ha-Cha and his business manager The Great Gusto (a W.C. Fields clone), who accompany Wahoo on several adventurous trips.

* The series started as a newspaper strip in 1936.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


Chief Wahoo

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1942
#2 - 1942
#4 - 1943

#5 - 1943
#6 - 1943
#7 - 1943

 

 

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