CREATOR

Name: Dell Publishing Co. (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1921. Stopped in 1973. Formed partnership with Western Publishing from 1938 to 1962. First editor was Harry Steeger.
Other creations
: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Dell in the Creators section.
Successors
: None.
Comments
: Dell divided their comic book activities between original stories and stories based on films.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1949. Stopped in 1952 after 9 issues.

Initially, the title character was a ventriloquist's dummy, but in this comic book series he has his own life and freedom of movement. The intelligent and ressourceful McCarthy gets involved in numerous adventures, in which he occasionally is accompanied by a rather dimwitted sidekick named Mortimer Snerd.

The series is a spinoff from a radio show titled The Chase and Sanborn Hour, that ran from 1937 to 1956.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

Charlie McCarthy

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#2 - 1949

#3 - 1949

#4 - 1949

#5 - 1950

#6 - 1950

#9 - 1952

 

 

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