(290) Flyin' Jenny Dailies by Keaton & Chaffin from 1942 Size: 3 x 10 inches

Description: This is a 12 month run of 290 (Near Complete Year). Flyin' Jenny Dailies by Russell Keaton and Glen Chaffin. Wonderful Artwork and Great Story Telling! These were cut from the original newspaper Daily comics sections of 1942. Size: Most = 3 x 10 inches Paper: some light tanning, otherwise: Excellent! ! Pulled from loose pages! (Please Check Scans) Free Postage! (USA) $25.00 International Flat Rate. I combine postage on multiple pages. Check out my other auctions for more great vintage Comic strips and Paper Dolls. Thanks for Looking!Flyin' JennyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchFlyin' JennyRussell Keaton's Flyin' Jenny (April 6, 1941)Author(s)Russell KeatonIllustrator(s)Russell Keaton (1939–1942), Gladys Parker (1942–1944), Marc Swayze (1944–1946)Current status / scheduleDaily & Sunday; concludedLaunch dateOctober 1939End date1946Syndicate(s)Bell SyndicatePublisher(s)Kitchen Sink Press (reprints)Genre(s)AdventureRussell Keaton's Flyin' Jenny (July 6, 1941)Flyin' Jenny was an aviation adventure comic strip created by illustrator Russell Keaton and distributed to newspapers by Bell Syndicate from 1939–1946.Contents1Publication history2Characters and story3Reprints4ReferencesPublication history[edit]Launched in October 1939, Flyin' Jenny was published both as a daily and Sunday strip, each running a separate storyline. Gladys Parker stepped in to draw Flyin' Jenny from 1942 until 1944, when Keaton's assistant Marc Swayze took over.[1][1]After Keaton died in 1945 (at the age of 35), Swayze and scripter Glenn Chaffin made an effort to keep Jenny airborne, but it became difficult to devise adventures equal to those of the World War II years. The strip began to lose its popularity and was discontinued in 1946.[2]Characters and story[edit]Initially a test pilot at the Starcraft Aviation Factory, Jenny encountered spies, saboteurs and criminals. Since the strip began simultaneously with the start of World War II, Jenny was active in wartime escapades.Keaton's widow, Virginia Keaton Anderson, recalled how he devised the name of the central character. He originally planned to name the strip's heroine Virginia Dare. Delighted that he wanted to use her name, Virginia Keaton cautioned, "Russell, I'm not criticizing, but historians might. Remember, Virginia Dare was the name of the first child born of English parents in this country. Why don't you name her Virginia something else?" Keaton explained that he had specific reasons for choosing his character's last name as well as the first: "No, I want to name her Dare because I'm going to make her a daring young aviatrix." Then he had an idea: "Jenny is a nickname for Virginia. I'll name her Jenny Dare."[3]The Curtiss JN-4, known as "Jenny," was made by Curtiss in 1915, and it was filmed by Lee De Forest in Flying Jenny Airplane (1921), a short film with the sound of the aircraft.Reprints[edit]Flyin' Jenny Sunday and daily strips were reprinted in The Aviation Art of Russell Keaton (Kitchen Sink Press, 1995), which also includes Keaton's correspondence with his collaborators and syndicate editors.Please note: collecting and selling comics has been my hobby for over 30 years. Due to the hours of my job I can usually only mail packages out on Saturdays. I send out First Class or Priority Mail which takes 2-5 days or more to arrive in the USA and Air Mail International which takes 10 days or more depending on where you live in the world. I do not "sell" postage or packaging and charge less than the actual cost of mailing. I package items securely and wrap well. Most pages come in an Archival Sleeve with Acid Free Backing Board at no extra charge. If you are dissatisfied with an item. Let me know and I will do my best to make it right. Many Thanks to all of my 1,000's of past customers around the World. Enjoy Your Hobby Everyone and Have Fun Collecting!

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