Extremely rare surviving newspaper strips featuring Tailspin Tommy by Hal Forrest. 20 pages. The pages are in very good condition, wrinkles, tears, flaking will occur, look at the photos for details. The pages are folded in two. A selection is shown. Period 1933-1937 On the back you can find mostly episodes of Mutt and Jeff and Cicero's Cat by Bud Fisher. A couple have 'The Bungle Family' on the back. Tailspin Tommy was an aviation-adventure comic strip about a youthful pilot, "Tailspin" Tommy Tomkins (sometimes spelled Tompkins). Originally illustrated by Hal Forrest and initially distributed by John Neville Wheeler's Bell Syndicate and then by United Feature Syndicate, the strip had a 14-year run from May 21, 1928 to March 15, 1942. In the wake of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 flight across the Atlantic, the public's fascination with aviation escalated. Tailspin Tommy was the first aviation-based comic strip to appear as a result of this heightened interest. The strip's 1928 launch was followed by others, notably Skyroads (1929-1942), Scorchy Smith (1930-1961), The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1933-1973) and Flyin' Jenny (1939-1946). Will be shipped with track&trace. #specialcollectionservice