Don Winslow of the Navy (comic strip)
| Don Winslow of the Navy | |
|---|---|
Leon Beroth's Don Winslow of the Navy strip (1947). | |
| Author(s) | Frank Victor Martinek |
| Illustrator(s) | Leon Beroth (1934 to 1952) Carl Hammond (layouts and research) Ken Ernst (1940–1942; assists and ghost art) John Jordan (1953–1955) |
| Current status/schedule | Daily and Sunday; concluded |
| Launch date | March 5, 1934 |
| End date | July 30, 1955 |
| Syndicate(s) | Bell Syndicate (1934–1953) General Features (1953–1955) |
| Genre(s) | adventure |
Don Winslow of the Navy is an American comic strip created by Frank Victor Martinek and was distributed mostly by the Bell Syndicate from 1934 to 1955. The title character was a spy-chasing lieutenant commander in Naval intelligence. The comic strip led to a radio adventure serial that began in 1937, as well as film serials that began in 1942. Original comic book stories also appeared in Fawcett Comics titles starting in 1943.