Thursday, February 20, 2025

SUPERCUT: SKELETONS WITH JOBS

The Skeleton With a Job is a close cousin to the Looming Spectre of Death, only instead of merely lurking symbolically, they do a little task symbolically. I love them and they enhance every comic panel or splash page that they appear in.

COMMUNICATIONS:


Radio operator skeleton (Daring Mystery Comics 008, 1941)


Telegraphy skeleton (Daring Mystery Comics 008, 1941)

CRIME:

Gangster skeleton (Hit Comics 014, 1941)


Murderer skeleton (Mystery Men Comics 007, 1940)

Saboteur skeleton (Jumbo Comics 022, 1940)

MUSIC:


Conductor skeleton (Adventure Comics 068, 1941)

Violin skeleton (Feature Comics 035, 1940) 

SPORTS:


Football skeleton (Shield-Wizard Comics 002, 1940)

THEATRE

Puppeteer skeleton (Shield-Wizard Comics 002, 1940)

Stagehand skeleton, I think (Blue Beetle Comics v1 010, 1941) 

TRADES:

Not quite a skeleton but Blacksmith Skullhead can join the gang (Smash Comics 009, 1940)

TRANSPORT

Driving skeleton (The Funnies 047, 1940) 

 Pilot skeleton (Smash Comics 007, 1940)

Stagecoach skeleton (Adventure Comics 060, 1941) 

WAR:

Soldier skeleton (Crack Comics 006, 1940) 

Allied and Axis soldier skeletons (Smash Comics 007, 1940)

Sort of a generic ancient warrior skeleton (Smash Comics 012, 1940)


Roman-ish warrior skeleton (Smash Comics 014, 1940)

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