Friday, October 16, 2009

Meet Wiggles the WonderWorm – Golden Age Funny Animal Comic Book Scans

WonderWorm by L.B. Cole Cartoon Superhero worm Taffy Comics #1 Cover

Obscure Funny Animal Comics Department: Meet Wiggles the Wonderworm from L.B. Cole’s 1945 Taffy Comics…Published by Rural Home/Orbit Publications.

Cartoon superhero worm battles Hitler Spider Wiggles the WonderWorm
Wartime comics often had superheroes battling the Axis powers, but I’ve never seen anything like this image of Wonderworm fighting a Hitler-Spider!

 Wiggles the WonderWorm Taffy Comics 3

 Wiggles the WonderWorm Taffy_4

 cartoon worm fights thugs over comic book cityscape Wiggles the WonderWorm ToyTown 3

Over the next few days I will be posting every chapter from the epic adventures of WonderWorm from Taffy Comics #1 March 1945

Aside from the actual comic book scans, the only other information I’ve found on Wiggles the Wonderworm is at:

Don Markstein’s Toonopedia
http://www.toonopedia.com/wiggles.htm

and at ComicVine.com:
http://www.comicvine.com/wiggles-the-wonder-worm/29-65393/