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Subject:
John Wayne Adventure Comics
From:
Robert Hunt <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:31:33 EST
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One of the interesting bits of information comtained in J. Hoberman's new
book "The Dream Life" is a reference to a comic book called "John Wayne Action
Adventures" which began publication in the late 1940s and lasted for about 3
years.Does anyone know about this? Was Wayne presented as himself, i.e., a movie
star, or did the comics project some other sort of image for him?
When I was young (the early 60s), DC published comic books with Bob Hope and
Jerry Lewis as the hero, but aside from a few one-shot oddities (Prince, Alice
Cooper), I don't know of any other comic books based on real celebrities..

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