Kerry Drake

Alfred Andriola’s hardboiled newspaper strip detective, Kerry Drake, made a brief but punchy leap into comics with this five-issue series from Magazine Enterprises in the mid-1940s. Co-written by Andriola and Charles Roman, with Andriola providing the art, these issues captured the gritty, post-war crime vibe of the strip—featuring a tough, trench-coated investigator navigating murder and rackets. While short-lived, the series stands as a neat snapshot of the era’s pulp-to-comics migration, showcasing a character who would later influence TV crime drama.