During World War II, he was a scriptwriter for the character "Private Snafu". He was editor for the Herald Tribune Syndicate and for AP Newsfeatures in the 1950s. Straubing was also a comic book ...

The sales of comic books increased markedly during World War II. They were cheap, portable and had inspirational, patriotic stories of good triumphing over evil. The tales very much reflected the ...

In the comic books and pulp detective fiction Jimmy ... Read More Fascinating Stories from the Cold War: A version of this story was published in 2013; it has been updated for 2025.