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''Flyin' Jenny'' was an aviation adventure comic strip created by illustrator Russell Keaton and distributed to newspapers by Bell Syndicate. Launched in October 1939, ''Flyin' Jenny'' was published both as a daily and Sunday strip, each running a separate storyline. ==Characters and story== Initially a test pilot at the Starcraft Aviation Factory, Jenny encountered spies, saboteurs and criminals. Since the strip began simultaneously with the start of World War II, Jenny was active in wartime escapades. Keaton's widow, Virginia Keaton Anderson, recalled how he devised the name of the central character. He originally planned to name the strip's heroine Virginia Dare. Delighted that he wanted to use her name, Virginia Keaton cautioned, "Russell, I'm not criticizing, but historians might. Remember, Virginia Dare was the name of the first child born of English parents in this country. Why don't you name her Virginia something else?" Keaton explained that he had specific reasons for choosing his character's last name as well as the first: "No, I want to name her Dare because I'm going to make her a daring young aviatrix." Then he had an idea: "Jenny is a nickname for Virginia. I'll name her Jenny Dare." The Curtiss JN-4, known as "Jenny," was made by Curtiss in 1915, and it was filmed by Lee De Forest in ''Flying Jenny Airplane'' (1921), a short film with the sound of the aircraft. Gladys Parker stepped in to draw ''Flyin' Jenny'' from 1942 until 1944 when Keaton's assistant Marc Swayze took over.〔〔(Lambiek: Gladys Parker )〕 After Keaton died in 1945 (at the age of 35), Swayze and scripter Glenn Chaffin made an effort to keep Jenny airborne, but it became difficult to devise adventures equal to those of the WWII years. The strip began to lose its popularity and was discontinued in 1946.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.toonopedia.com/flyinjen.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flyin' Jenny」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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