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Monday, August 21, 2017 

Jerry Lewis' history as a funny-page hero

Famous comedian Jerry Lewis has died at 91 years of age. Besides being notable in past decades for his slapstick movies like the Nutty Professor, he also had some comics coming from DC where he was turned into a cartoon figure on four color panels, and ComicBook has some history notes on the series starring his illustrated counterpart, published between 1952-71.

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IIRC, there was also a Jerry Lewis animated cartoon TV series in the 1970's.

Arnold Drake once said in an interview that DC cancelled the Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope comics because the licensing fees were too expensive. Drake proposed dropping the characters of Hope and Lewis, changing the titles, and continuing both comics with the other characters. But DC did not think the comics could sell without the famous comedians' names.

There was a cartoon. Will The Real Jerry Lewis Please Stand Up. I don't know what it was about though. It was before my time and all I've seen of it is an intro. They did try to make Hope's nephew (in the comic) into a superhero called Super Hip, who showed up in the tie-in comic version of Batman: The Brave & The Bold as a cameo.

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