DOCTOR DAN DAZZLER "Deadly Playmates"

It's fascinating to see what, in the 1960s...

..."internes" had to do, including, serving as "physician-on-duty" when a circus comes to town!

Actually, I believe the esteemed interne is royally-pissed in this never-reprinted story, illustrated by John Tartaglione from Dell's Ben Casey #5 (1963)

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TRAMP DOCTOR "Tidal Wave"

Tropical locales and major storms go hand in hand...

...but this particular one is a little...weird...and inaccurate!

Dr Ivar should sue his medical school!

Tidal waves/tsunamis are caused by underwater earthquakes (aka seaquakes) which can occur on a perfectly clear day!

They have no connection to hurricanes!
In fact, the approaching storm may not even be a "hurricane".

According to the Red Cross...If it’s above the North Atlantic, central North Pacific or eastern North Pacific oceans (Florida, Caribbean Islands, Texas, Hawaii, etc.), we call it a hurricane.
If it hovers over the Northwest Pacific Ocean (usually East Asia), we call it a typhoon.
If it’s circling over any other region, we continue to call it a tropical cyclone.

While penciler John Tartaglione and inker Dick Giordano did their usual competent job on this never-reprinted tale from Dell's Nurse Linda Lark #6 (1963), the unknown writer seemed to have some problems with both science and the strip's continuity!

If the town of Gorbu is "smashed", isn't the hotel McCutchin and his hosts live in also smashed?

Will they be forced to live in emergency housing for awhile?

Gorbu is supposed to be a "dry", alcohol-free island!
In fact, alcohol is banned by law...as shown HERE!

Where did Dr Ivar get the booze and why wasn't he arrested for possession?
OTOH, I was expecting the clearly non-platonic interest by Tisara Lister in the final panel a little sooner in the strip, but I'm glad it's finally coming out of the background.
Will it lead to anything?
Only time will tell!

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TRAMP DOCTOR "vs Witch Doctor"

This atypical tale from Dell's Linda Lark: Registered Nurse #5 (1962) may be NSFW...

...due to the stereotypes of Pacific Islanders and "witch doctors".

You'll note in the final panel, there's a body on the ground, indicating Amok ingested some of the poisoned food he had given to Dr McCutchin, and he's either dead or dying.

It's odd that an island within swimming distance of a port still doesn't have even the basics of relatively-modern life, or even radio communication with the "outside world".
Isn't there some sort of regional government for the island group?
But, when the plot calls for it...I guess a lot of logical plot points are disregarded...

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TRAMP DOCTOR "Fugitives"

Crime comes to the island...

...as a couple in trouble arrive surreptitiously by boat!

Mikeli is a real blabbermouth, isn't he?

On the other hand, Dr McCutchin knows how to utilize his snoopy tendencies to advantage, as seen here!

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TRAMP DOCTOR "...the Flesh is Weak!"

Dr Ivar McCutchin faces his first crisis as a recovering alcoholic...

...and fails (a too-common occurrence in real-life)!

This never-reprinted tale from Dell's Linda Lark: Registered Nurse #3 (1962) featured both alcoholism and addictive narcotics, both of which were forbidden in newsstand comics after the Comics Code Authority was organized as a self-censorship board by the major comics publishers in 1954.

Dell, however, was not a member of that organization, since they had never published the type of horror comics that drew the public's ire!

As a result, they were able to handle topics like addiction, interracial romances, etc, that the "Big Guns" (DC/Atlas-Marvel/Harvey/etc.) didn't dare touch!

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TRAMP DOCTOR "Stranded on Gorbu"

This never-reprinted series was one of the most unusual medical comic strips...

...since it involved, among other things, alcoholism and interracial romantic relationships!

The only way Dell got away with some of the themes of this strip was that they weren't a participant the the Comics Code Authority, which forbade showing such things until their first major revision in 1971!

This tale from Dell's Linda Lark Registered Nurse #2 (1962) was illustrated by John Tartaglione, who also drew the book's main strip, Linda Lark!

Though best-known as an inker on a number of Marvel's Silver Age books, including The X-Men, Tartaglione was a decent, though slow, penciler, which he did for both Dell and George A Pflaum's Treasure Chest.

He also pencilled Marvel's occasional religious-themed comics, including Life of Pope John Paul II!

Dr McCutchin's saga continued until the cancellation of the book with #8.

You'll be seeing the rest of the tales once a month since this series replaces Dr Pat (which ends next month) as our ongoing feature!

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