Sunday Comics for You...From the 1950s

No Sunday is complete without the Sunday comics section. With newspapers failing left and right, this hallowed weekend tradition seems threatened. To fill the gap, please allow Dusty D to bring you a selection from the Ypsilanti Daily Press of half a century ago. They hold up a mirror to the mores of the 1950s. Or do they?

(Click on each image for a larger version).

Ypsilanti Daily Press, Jan. 15, 1950: Etta Kett, Brick Bradford, Secret Agent X-9.


















YDP, Feb. 11, 1950: Brick, X-9:












YDP, Feb. 14, 1950: Etta, Brick, X-9:


















YDP, March 14, 1950: Myrtle, Etta, Brick, X-9:






















YDP, March 15, 1950: Myrtle, Felix the Cat, Muggs McGinnis:


















YDP, March 16, 1950: Etta, Brick, X-9:

















YDP, April 21, 1950: Etta, Brick, X-9: