the character appeared primarily in the newspaper comic strip "dan dunn", syndicated by publishers syndicate beginning monday, september 25, 1933, with a sunday page added soon afterward. the strip, which ran through sunday, october 3, 1943, eventually would appear in approximately 135 papers. "dan dunn" strips were reprinted in comic books, through publisher eastern color's "famous funnies", dell comics' "the funnies" and "red ryder comics", and western publishing's "crackajack funnies" from 1935 to 1943.