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- It wouldn’t be a surprise to learn that there aren’t too many movie lovers familiar with Tailspin Tommy. Based on the comic strip of the same name and created by Hal Forrest, the character appeared in two back-to-back movie serials: Tailspin Tommy and Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery.
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In 1934, Tailspin Tommy was among the strips reprinted in the first modern comic book, Famous Funnies, published by Max Gaines at Eastern Color Printing. That same year, Slesinger began publishing a series of Tailspin Tommy books in its Big Little Book line.
- Tailspin Tommy (serial)
Tailspin Tommy was the first serial to be based on a comic...
- Tailspin Tommy (serial)
Feb 10, 2017 · The first aviation adventure comic strip, Tailspin Tommy started in 1928 and lasted until 1942. It was followed by Skyroads, Scorchy Smith and Flyin’ Jenny, and many more after that. The strip focused on young aviation enthusiast Tommy Tomkins who soon become a pilot and had lots of adventures.
Tailspin Tommy was the first serial to be based on a comic strip. From 1936 to 1945, Universal almost made more serial adaptations of comic strips than both of their rivals, Columbia and Republic, combined.
Tailspin Tommy was a youthful pilot, living in Littleville, Colorado. Tommy Tomkins had such an obsession with flying that he was given the nickname Tailspin Tommy before he ever actually went inside a plane.
Hal Forrest was an American comic artist and the creator of the first aviation comic strips in history: 'Artie the Ace' (1926-1927) and 'Tailspin Tommy' (1928-1942). At the time, 'Tailspin Tommy' spawned various media adaptations, including radio plays, books, a full-blown magazine and several movies.
The second of a series of four features Monogram made based on the comic strip by Hal Forrest (Universal also used the strip characters in two serials), finds a movie company shooting a war picture at Three Points airport, with Tailspin Tommy Tompkins as a stunt pilot in the film.
CHJ Publications put Tommy in a pulp magazine, a rare honor for a comic strip star, but it lasted only two issues (October 1936 and January 1937). It was reprinted in the first modern-style comic book of all, Famous Funnies #1.
