Junior was a short running title that only lasted for issues 9 - 16 before
changing to Western Outlaws 17 - 21, My Secret Life 22 - 25 and Romeo Tubbs 26 - 28. (Previously the run had been titled Li'l Pan 6 - 8, before that it began as Rocket Kelly 1 - 5.)
Collected avidly by those familiar with it, copies can be very had to locate and don't come cheap. Published by Fox, the company notorious for "babes, blood and
bondage". (Fox's superhero and jungle comics had the "blood and
bondage".) Junior was an obvious attempt to copy the success of Archie, and had only
babes- and what babes they were! As we can see on this cover, by future EC comics
legend Al
Feldstein, the artistic emphasis was on
exaggerated and stylized sexy young ladies. The interior art is all Feldstein too,
with plenty of lingerie panels and remarkably sexy artwork. Great
stuff, and surely quite provocative for the late 1940's. This is definitely one comic to keep
away from "Junior"!
