Taschenstrip

Published by Tessloff, Taschenstrip ran for 39 issues from 1963 to 1965, blending the European comic album tradition with American adventure storytelling. The series is most associated with writers Gaylord Du Bois, Eric Freiwald, and Robert Schaefer, alongside artists Tom Gill and Jack Sparling, with many covers featuring photo art. It matters as a curious, short-lived hybrid that brought a distinctly American comic sensibility to the German market during the mid-1960s.