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 1948*. Stopped in 1949 after 7 issues.

The title character, Smitty Smith, starts out as a young office boy, and he has a gallery of secondary characters such as his dog Scraps, his baby brother Herby, his girlfriend Ginny, and the Indian guide Little Moose. Despite his job position Smitty is often involved in all sorts of exciting and adventurous travels.

* Initially, Smitty was a newspaper strip that ran 1922 to 1973.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

Smitty

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1948

#2 - 1948

#3 - 1948

#4 - 1948

#6 - 1949

#7 - 1949

 

 

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