Characters and Story
Bazooka Joe is joined in his various misadventures by a motley crew of characters, who came from the tradition of syndicated kid gang comic strips such as Gene Byrnes' Reg'lar Fellers and Ad Carter's Just Kids. The group includes:
- Pesty (formerly Orville), who may be Joe's younger brother, with a 1950s cowboy sombrero
- Mort, a gangly boy who always wears his red turtleneck sweater pulled up over his mouth
- Joe's tubby pal, Hungry Herman
- Joe's girlfriend, Jane
- Toughie, a sailor hat-wearing, streetwise type
- Walkie Talkie, a neighborhood mutt
The comics generally consist of soft, child-friendly jokes, as well as small advertisements for kitschy merchandise one could purchase with enough comics and a few dollars. From the very beginning in 1954, the bottom of the comics included "fortunes" similar to those one would find in a fortune cookie but with a comedic bent.
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