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The Owl was a crime-fighting costumed superhero published primarily from 1940-1943, first in Crackajack Funnies and then in Popular Comics The definitive version of the character was created by Frank Thomas, likely from a concept by editor Oskar Lebeck, subsequent to a very different take on the character in his debut in Crackajack Funnies #25[...]

Crackajack Funnies was a comic book anthology published by Dell in the thirties and forties and which is probably best known for introducing superheroic comic book character, The Owl by Frank Thomas, running from Crackajack Funnies #25 A rare example of the superhero form from Dell, who mostly specialised in licensed properties, The Owl's invention[...]

The Owl was a crime-fighting costumed superhero published primarily from 1940-1943, first in Crackajack Funnies and then in Popular Comics The definitive version of the character was created by Frank Thomas, likely from a concept by editor Oskar Lebeck, and debuted in Crackajack Funnies #25 in July 1940 The character is a private detective and[...]