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:''This article is about the comic strip. For the evil spirit that is sometimes known by this name, see Bloody Mary (folklore). For the poet, see Mary Wroth.'' ''Mary Worth'' is a newspaper comic strip, which has had a seven-decade run since it began in 1938 under the title ''Mary Worth's Family''. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, this pioneering soap opera-style strip had an influence on several realistically drawn continuity strips that followed. The strip, by Allen Saunders and Dale Connor, initially appeared under the pseudonym "Dale Allen". Ken Ernst succeeded Connor as artist in 1942, and the title was shortened. Harvey Comics published a comic-book spinoff, ''Love Stories of Mary Worth'', from 1949 to 1950. ==Origins== Many reference sources〔Among them R.C. Harvey (see below) and 〕 state it was a continuation of King Features Syndicate's Depression-era strip ''Apple Mary'', created by Martha Orr in 1932, centering on an old woman who sold apples on the street and offered humble common sense.〔(''Apple Mary'' ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. (Archived ) from the original on April 4, 2012.〕 ''Apple Mary'' ran through 1939,〔 at which point, writes comics historian Don Markstein, "It's generally thought that under a new writer (Allen Saunders, whose credits include ''Kerry Drake'' and ''Steve Roper'') and artist (Dale Connor, formerly Orr's assistant), it gradually metamorphosed into ''Mary Worth''.〔(''Mary Worth'' ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. (Archived ) from the original on October 24, 2015.〕 As late as February 1940, the strip appeared as ''Apple Mary'', subtitled ''Mary Worth's Family''. (See example here.) King Features, which gives the debut year of ''Mary Worth'' as 1938, denies any connection between the strips, saying, "Contrary to popular belief, ''Mary Worth'' is not a continuation of the Depression Era favorite ''Apple Mary''. The strip was created as a replacement feature offered to newspapers when Martha Orr, who created the dowdy apple peddler, retired. The only thing the new title character had in common with her predecessor was a first name."〔(''Mary Worth'' ) at King Features. (Archived ) from the original on September 5, 2015.〕 Saunders himself recalled that ''Apple Mary'' became ''Mary Worth'': 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「Mary Worth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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