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

 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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