This Month in Children's Media: January 2018

A 1941 Newspaper advertisement for a regional sponsor of "The Lone Ranger" radio program.

85 Years Ago - The Lone Ranger radio series first airs in a broadcast on either January 30th or January 31st, 1933. The masked man and his eventually introduced faithful Indian companion Tonto, would become the most popular masked man in America via radio, a equally famous TV program, movie serials, feature films, comic strips, comic books and more. Perhaps his fame was not surpassed until the "Batmania" of 1966. 

100 Years Ago - "Tarzan of the Apes" starring Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey,  the very first film with the famous jungle man premieres, January 27, 1918. While not completely seen as a "kids" character, the impact of Tarzan on juvenile films and literature can't be ignored (Bomba The Jungle Boy, George of the Jungle, Disney's Tarzan).

80 Years Ago - "Tarzan's Revenge" starring professional swimmers Glenn Morris and Eleanor Holm, may be one of the most family friendly of the Ape Man's adventures. The movie premiered January 7, 1938.

Children's Comics 005: Little Audrey In "Hooked Playing Hooky"

Little Audrey jumped into comic book pages a little more than a year after her first appearance in 1947's Santa's Surprise. Last year I also uploaded the 1953 cartoon "The Seapreme Court" on the CMA YouTube channel and it has been very popular

While looking through here earliest comic book stories, I was surprised to find this earlier undersea adventures from Little Audrey #05 Vol. 1, April 1949. So those of you who like "Seapreme Court" should enjoy this story.