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CRANE, ROY - Captain Easy Sunday 10-11 1936, Easy follows femme fatale Pinky in 'Diamond Formula'

Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Strip Art
Artists: Roy Crane All

Roy Crane’s Wash Tubbs: Debuting on April 21st 1924 Washington Tubbs II was a comedic gag-a-day strip not dissimilar from confirmed family favourite Harold Teen (by Crane’s friend and contemporary Carl Ed). He moved into mock-heroics, then through harm-free action into full-blown, light-hearted, rip-roaring adventure series with the introduction of pioneering he-man, moody swashbuckling prototype Captain Easy in the landmark episode for 6th May, 1929. After a couple of abortive attempts starring his little hero, Crane bowed to the inevitable and created a full colour Sunday page dedicated to his increasingly popular hero-for-hire. Captain Easy debuted on 30th July 1933, As a solo hero, Capt Easy stared in the ‘The Hook-Nosed Bandit’ (4th April - 8th August 1936) When the Belfry’s returned to America, Easy accompanied them only to become embroiled in a whirlwind cops ‘n’ robbers thriller as mobsters and businessmen alike tried to obtain by every means fair and foul ‘The Diamond Formula’ (16th August – 13th December 1936): the inventor’s new process for creating gems from coal or sugar…

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