Flyin' Jenny
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Author(s)Russell Keaton
Illustrator(s)Russell Keaton (1939–1942), Gladys Parker (1942–1944), Marc Swayze (1944–1946)
Current status/scheduleDaily and Sunday; concluded
Launch dateOctober 2, 1939
| Flyin' Jenny | |
|---|---|
 Russell Keaton's Flyin' Jenny (April 6, 1941) | |
| Author(s) | Russell Keaton |
| Illustrator(s) | Russell Keaton (1939–1942), Gladys Parker (1942–1944), Marc Swayze (1944–1946) |
| Current status/schedule | Daily and Sunday; concluded |
| Launch date | October 2, 1939 |
| End date | July 20, 1946 |
| Syndicate(s) | Bell Syndicate |
| Publisher(s) | Kitchen Sink Press (reprints) |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
Flyin' Jenny was an aviation adventure comic strip created by illustrator Russell Keaton and distributed to newspapers by Bell Syndicate from October 2, 1939, to July 20, 1946.[1]
Launched in October 1939, Flyin' Jenny was published both as a daily and Sunday strip, each running a separate storyline. Gladys Parker drew Flyin' Jenny from 1942 until 1944, when Keaton's assistant Marc Swayze took over.[2]
After Keaton died in 1945 (at the age of 35), Swayze and scripter Glenn Chaffin made an effort to continue the strip, but it became difficult to devise adventures equal to those of the World War II years. The strip began to lose its popularity, and was discontinued in 1946.[3]