Perry Mason Part IV

In addition to the 82 novels (and a few short stories) Perry Mason succeeded in TV. For nine seasons and 271 episodes Raymond Burr created the Perry Mason most people remember. There were a few comics in the 1940s and 1960s, a short lived comic strip in the early 1950s and a radio series. Plus a failed 1970s reboot of the TV series.

Not hard to see why the comic books and comic strip failed. There is a great deal of talk in the novels with complex plots and very little that would help the creators of the comics produce something appealing to kids or adults for that matter. But they tried.

Here is one of the two 1940s comics from David McKay. They are part of a Feature Book series which rotated King Features comic strips such as Blondie, The Phantom, Popeye, Dick Tracy and Rip Kirby. The other Mason book is The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe.

I've read about 20 of the novels and Mason has yet to hit anyone. The Case of the Lucky Legs is the third Mason novel. The art is by Vernon Greene.

David McKay - Feature Book 49 - 1946

David McKay - Feature Book 49 back