Jackie Gleason
St. John · 1955 · 4 issues
About the series
From 1955 to 1956, St. John Publishing brought television's "The Great One" to the four-color page in a four-issue series simply titled Jackie Gleason. Written primarily by Bill Shelly and Frank Ryan, with art by the versatile Mike Roy, the comic adapted the broad, boisterous humor of Gleason's iconic TV characters—from Ralph Kramden to Reggie Van Gleason III—into comic-strip adventures. A charming time capsule of mid-century American comedy, the series captures the energetic, larger-than-life persona that made Gleason a household name.