Something Fishy from Super Circus Comics

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Super Circus 2, March 1951


 

Hi Guys!

Today I've got some odd anthro for you from the pages of Super Circus comics!  Super Circus is a pretty obscure comic.  It was put out by the equally obscure Cross Publications and ran for five issues in 1951.  The comic itself was a spinoff of the Super Circus TV show, which was an early television hit that first debuted in 1949.

The Super Circus show was basically a weekly variety program featuring different live-action circus acts.  These were hosted by "Ringmaster" Claude Kirchner, who was backed up by showgirl Mary Hartline and a couple of clowns, Cliffy and Scampy. These four were the glue that held the show together for something like seven years.

Even so, Super Circus was mostly about the acts themselves and while the show's stars did little comedy routines, there wasn't a lot of story material there.  That's probably the main reason why the comic didn't last very long.  Most issues focused on the antics of the Cliffy and Scampy, who were always getting into one scrape or another because they were stupid!

Our present offering stays on trend with the clown theme, except that instead of Cliffy or Scampy, we've got one Nicky Francis.  Nicky was a real-life professional clown who had appeared elsewhere on TV.  I guess he must have been a regular guest or something on the Super Circus show, because the comic takes for granted that we know who he is.  

Anyhow, here's Nicky interacting with some anthro fish in one of the weirdest comic stories I have seen in a while.  Check it out:












So I gotta admit, I've never seen a bunch of fish conduct a kangaroo court before!  The writing here is not too bad and for five pages, there's a lot of decent gags worked into the script.  The art is just so-so in my opinion; I don't much like those fish designs.  And I could see the "it was all just a dream" ending coming from a mile away!  Except I don't think Nicky was dreaming.  It seems more likely that he was higher than a kite and hallucinating when he fell into that river.  Oh well -- I guess when you're a clown, you gotta do whatever it takes to get you through the day!  

OK guys, that's all for now; see you next time!  


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