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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).
TaleSpin is an American animated television series first aired in 1990 as a preview on Disney Channel and later that year as part of The Disney Afternoon.
Tailspin Tommy was an aviation-adventure comic strip about a youthful pilot, "Tailspin" Tommy Tomkins. 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.
The very first of these high-flying adventurers was Tailspin Tommy, who debuted on May 21, 1928. Tommy Tomkins showed an interest in aviation from a very early age — so strong that his neighbors in Littleville, Colorado nicknamed him "Tailspin Tommy" before he even saw the inside of a real airplane.
Feb 20, 2013 · Tailspin Tommy, closely following the early storyline of Hal Forrest’s daily comic strip of that name, tells the story of Tommy Tompkins (Maurice Murphy), a youthful garage mechanic in the small rural town of Littleville.
October 20, 1935. A 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs as he foils a plan by corrupt profiteers to steal an island's oil reserves. Mystery Plane. March 8, 1939. An American pilot with a top-secret invention is kidnapped by foreign agents. Stunt Pilot. June 30, 1939.
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Tailspin Tommy: Directed by Lew Landers. With Maurice Murphy, Noah Beery Jr., Patricia Farr, Walter Miller. A young mechanic gets a job with a small airline, which he helps win a mail contract. A rival airline plots to destroy it in order to get the contracts for itself.
