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 1950. Stopped in 1956 after 38 issues.

The title character, Howdy Doody, is portrayed as a boy puppet without strings, and we follow his eventful life with his friends. The series has a vast gallery of supporting characters such as Bluster, Clarabell, Dilly Dally, Flup-a-Dub, Ikky, and Joe.

The series is a spinoff from a TV series that ran from 1947 to 1960.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

Howdy Doody

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1950
#10 - 1951
#16 - 1952

#24 - 1953
#29 - 1954
#35 - 1955

 

 

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