Tullus
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Tullus is the fictional hero of an American comic strip
that was published in the Christian comic paper Sunday Pix
. The character was created by Joseph Hughes Newton, and originally appeared in What to Do, Boys' World, and Girls' Companion in 1943. Other artists later contributed to the strip.
Tullus, living in the 1st century, had many adventures throughout the ancient world, visiting Asia Minor
, Greece
, and Rome
.
Six collections of the Tullus comics have appeared in paperback book form, the first of these made in the 1970s by Sunday Pix publisher David C. Cook
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These collections reprint later Tullus stories, which are not as prized by collectors as the earlier stories.
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
that was published in the Christian comic paper Sunday Pix
Sunday Pix
Sunday Pix is a Christian comic book published weekly by the David C. Cook publishing company, beginning 1 May 1949. In the late 1960s, the title was changed to Bible-in-Life Pix, and in the 1990s the title was changed to Pix. It is usually sold or given away to Sunday school pupils...
. The character was created by Joseph Hughes Newton, and originally appeared in What to Do, Boys' World, and Girls' Companion in 1943. Other artists later contributed to the strip.
Tullus, living in the 1st century, had many adventures throughout the ancient world, visiting Asia Minor
Asia Minor
Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, and Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
.
Six collections of the Tullus comics have appeared in paperback book form, the first of these made in the 1970s by Sunday Pix publisher David C. Cook
David C. Cook
David C. Cook is a nonprofit Christian publisher based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was established in 1875 and publishes fiction and nonfiction. It uses its profits for global ministry. For many years, it published a Christian comic book, Sunday Pix, with stories about the adventures of...
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- Tullus and the Monsters of the Deep
- Tullus and the Dark City
- Tullus and the Ransom Gold
- Tullus and the Vandals of the North
- Tullus in the Deadly Whirlpool
- Tullus and the Kidnapped Prince
These collections reprint later Tullus stories, which are not as prized by collectors as the earlier stories.