An Altar Boy Named Speck, also named Speck the Altar Boy is a newspaper comic strip. It ran from 1953 until 1974. It was created by Tut le Blanc and Margaret Ahern. Tut Le Blanc drew the strip from 1953 to 1954, and then Margaret Ahern took over the duties from 1955 to 1979. It relates the story of a mischievous but lovable youngster who keeps getting into some trouble or the other.
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