• Source: Brick Bradford

      • Brick Bradford is a science fiction comic strip created by writer William Ritt, a journalist based in Cleveland, and artist Clarence Gray. It was first distributed on August 21, 1933 by Central Press Association, a subsidiary of King Features Syndicate which specialized in producing material for small-town newspapers. The strip ended in 1987.
      Brick Bradford achieved its greatest popularity outside the United States. The series was carried by both newspapers and comic books in Australia and New Zealand. In France the strip was known as Luc Bradefer ("Luke Ironarm") and was published in many newspapers. The strip was also widely published in Italy where it was known variously as Giorgio Ventura and Marco Spada and in Greece in the newspaper Ethnos (as Princess Palona) during the 1960s. In Sweden it was known as "Tom Trick".


      Publication history


      Ritt grew tired of Brick Bradford in the mid-1940s, and by 1948 he had turned over first the daily and then the Sunday to Gray, who produced the strip alone until his health problems increased. In 1952, Paul Norris, who had been working on King's Jungle Jim, took over the daily. When Gray died in 1956, Norris took over the Sunday strip. Norris retired in 1987, and the strip was retired as well, with the daily ending April 25, 1987, and the Sunday strips two weeks later.


      Characters and story


      Brick Bradford was an athletic and adventurous redheaded (later blond) aviator from Kentucky who continually encountered fantastic situations. Initially, the strip was focused on Earth-bound, aviation-focused adventures, in a similar manner to Lester J. Maitland and Dick Calkins' Skyroads. However, as the strip developed, Brick Bradford increasingly featured fantastic elements in the manner of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. Ritt was an admirer of science fiction writers H. G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Abraham Merritt, and drew on some of their ideas when writing Brick Bradford. Brick Bradford now became more of a space opera/adventure story, with its tales of dinosaurs, lost civilizations, intergalactic villains, robots and subatomic worlds.
      By 1935, Brick Bradford's popularity had greatly increased, and it arrived in the Sunday comics sections of major newspapers in 1933, followed by a weekend edition that began November 24, 1934. In the daily strips Brick kept company with his friend Sandy Sanderson, balding and bearded scientist Kalla Kopak, and June Salisbury, Brick's girlfriend and daughter of his ally Professor Van Atta Salisbury. The Sunday strips featured completely different characters and plots. Here Brick was often accompanied on his adventures by Professor Horatio Southern and his daughter April, who was Brick's love interest . Later characters included Brick's pugnacious sidekick Bucko O'Brien and the beautiful, black-haired bad girl Saturn Sadie who reformed and in the end married the stalwart hero.
      Brick's enemies included Dr. Franz Ego, a spy; Avil Blue, inventor of a giant robot; and the "Assassins", descendants of the Middle Eastern sect of the same name.
      On April 20, 1935, the strip added a large top-shaped time machine invented by Professor Southern called, fittingly, the Time Top which could travel to both past and future and off into the depths of space, presaging Doc Wonmug's device in Alley Oop four years later and the TARDIS on Doctor Who by almost three decades.


      Daily strips by Clarence Gray and William Ritt


      D001 In the City Beneath the Sea (08/21/1933 – 06/30/1934) 270 strips
      D002 With Brocco the Buccaneer (07/02/1934 – 05/18/1935) 276 strips
      D003 On the Isles Beyond the Ice (05/20/1935 – 04/11/1936) 282 strips
      D004 Brick Bradford and the Lord of Doom (04/13/1936 – 02/06/1937) 258 strips
      D005 Adrift in an Atom [aka Voyage in a Coin] (02/08/1937 – 01/08/1938) 288 strips
      D006 In the Fortress of Fear (01/10/1938 – 02/11/1939) 342 strips
      D007 Brick Bradford and the Metal Monster (02/13/1939 – 03/16/1940) 342 strips
      D008 Brick Bradford Seeks the Diamond Doll (03/18/1940 – 12/28/1940) 246 strips
      D009 On the Throne of Titania (12/30/1940 – 06/12/1943) 768 strips
      D010 Beyond the Crystal Door (06/14/1943 – 10/21/1944) 462 strips
      D011 The Queen of the Night (10/28/1944 – 06/01/1946) 468 strips
      D012 The Witch Doctor of Wanchi (06/03/1946 – 12/07/1946) 162 strips
      D013 The Strange Case of Captain Boldd (12/09/1946 – 07/19/1947) 192 strips
      D014 Lost Train In Tunnel #10 (07/21/1947 – 05/01/1948) 246 strips
      D015 The Prophet of Thorn (05/03/1948 – 03/19/1949) 276 strips
      D016 The Colossal Fossil (03/21/1949 – 07/02/1949) 90 strips
      D017 The Island of the Eye (07/04/1949 – 12/24/1949) 150 strips
      D018 Smokeballs (12/26/1949 – 03/25/1950) 60 strips
      D019 The Howling Face (03/27/1950 – 06/17/1950) 90 strips
      D020 The Legacy of Low Lake (06/19/1950 – 10/07/1950) 96 strips
      D021 Detour of Doubt (10/09/1950 – 12/30/1950) 60 strips
      D022 Frame-Up (01/01/1951 – 03/31/1951) 90 strips
      D023 Mesa Macabre (04/02/1951 – 08/11/1951) 114 strips
      D024 Moon Maiden (08/13/1951 – 10/06/1951) 48 strips
      D025 Shadow in the Sky (10/08/1951 – 02/16/1952) 102 strips
      D026 The Six Seeds of Sibed (02/18/1952 – 05/10/1952) 96 strips
      D027 Mr. Distance (05/12/1952 – 10/18/1952) 138 strips


      Daily strips by Paul Norris



      D028 Condor Corridor (10/20/1952 – 04/04/1953) 144 strips
      D029 Operation Back Burner (04/06/1953 – 07/04/1953) 78 strips
      D030 Oroto Otoro (07/06/1953 – 10/24/1953) 96 strips
      D031 Poet and Present (10/26/1953 – 01/02/1954) 60 strips
      D032 Deadline Dilemma (01/04/1954 – 05/01/1954) 102 strips
      D033 Frogman's Folly (05/03/1954 – 07/24/1954) 72 strips
      D034 Poet's Revenge (07/26/1954 – 10/09/1954) 66 strips
      D035 Honey’n’Holly (10/11/1954 – 12/04/1954) 48 strips
      D036 Temperamental Tessie (12/06/1954 – 01/29/1955) 48 strips
      D037 Found and Profound (01/31/1955 – 04/30/1955) 78 strips
      D038 Bauble's Belle (05/02/1955 – 06/25/1955) 48 strips
      D039 Silent Partners! (06/27/1955 – 10/08/1955) 90 strips
      D040 The Case of the Vicious Vines (10/10/1955 – 12/31/1955) 72 strips
      D041 Stowaway (01/02/1956 – 05/12/1956) 114 strips
      D042 Something Borrowed, Something Blue (05/14/1956 – 08/04/1956) 72 strips
      D043 Astral Assignment (08/06/1956 – 10/20/1956) 66 strips
      D044 Return of Paul Bunyan (10/22/1956 – 01/26/1957) 84 strips
      D045 The Search For Kris Kreg (01/28/1957 – 04/20/1957) 72 strips
      D046 Time-Top Trials! (04/22/1957 – 09/14/1957) 126 strips
      D047 Eye of the Needle (09/16/1957 – 11/16/1957) 54 strips
      D048 Return to Pura (11/18/1957 – 02/22/1958) 84 strips
      D049 Deep Danger (02/24/1958 – 06/07/1958) 90 strips
      D050 X-S-S-16 (06/09/1958 – 09/13/1958) 84 strips
      D051 The Search for Doctor Eastland (09/15/1958 – 01/24/1959) 114 strips
      D052 Man on the Moon (01/26/1959 – 06/06/1959) 114 strips
      D053 The Sound (06/08/1959 – 09/19/1959) 90 strips
      D054 Mission to Maga (09/21/1959 – 01/23/1960) 108 strips
      D055 Steppingstone (01/25/1960 – 09/24/1960) 210 strips
      D056 Tattletale Tiros (09/26/1960 – 03/04/1961) 138 strips
      D057 Silent Search (03/06/1961 – 10/07/1961) 186 strips
      D058 Bradford's Bondage (10/09/1961 – 11/25/1961) 42 strips
      D059 Botanical Warfare (11/27/1961 – 04/28/1962) 132 strips
      D060 Adventure in the Aqua-Mole (04/30/1962 – 09/15/1962) 120 strips
      D061 The Proxima Centauri Run (09/17/1962 – 02/16/1963) 132 strips
      D062 Lady Loot (02/18/1963 – 05/18/1963) 78 strips
      D063 Adventure in Andromeda (05/20/1963 – 10/19/1963) 132 strips
      D064 Operation Chaos (10/21/1963 – 12/28/1963) 60 strips
      D065 Return to Panola (12/30/1963 – 05/16/1964) 120 strips
      D066 Cold Caper (05/18/1964 – 10/24/1964) 138 strips
      D067 Journey to Procyon (10/26/1964 – 01/23/1965) 78 strips
      D068 Saturn Sadie's Side Trip (01/25/1965 – 07/03/1965) 138 strips
      D069 Silverslinger (07/05/1965 – 10/23/1965) 96 strips
      D070 The Treasure of Toolee Tooee (10/25/1965 – 04/30/1966) 162 strips
      D071 The Agrarians (05/02/1966 – 08/27/1966) 102 strips
      D072 Strange Sargasso (08/29/1966 – 03/25/1967) 180 strips
      D073 Search for a Samaritan (03/27/1967 – 08/12/1967) 120 strips
      D074 Destination Laza (08/14/1967 – 09/23/1967) 36 strips
      D075 The Radiant Ruins of Ramdan (09/25/1967 – 05/04/1968) 192 strips
      D076 Ardun's Ark (05/06/1968 – 07/06/1968) 54 strips
      D077 Flight of Fantasy (07/08/1968 – 09/28/1968) 72 strips
      D078 Solitary Journey (09/30/1968 – 12/07/1968) 60 strips
      D079 Gathering on Gwaymus (12/09/1968 – 03/01/1969) 72 strips
      D080 The Evil Enkar (03/03/1969 – 05/03/1969) 54 strips
      D081 Galileo's Ghost (05/05/1969 – 07/26/1969) 72 strips
      D082 Revenge (07/28/1969 – 10/04/1969) 60 strips
      D083 Tabby's Tantrums (10/06/1969 – 12/13/1969) 60 strips
      D084 Return to Gwaymus (12/15/1969 – 03/14/1970) 78 strips
      D085 The Treasure of Tarabagara (03/16/1970 – 05/23/1970) 60 strips
      D086 Purple Pintar (05/25/1970 – 08/29/1970) 84 strips
      D087 Search for Urubu (08/31/1970 – 10/31/1970) 54 strips
      D088 Time and Trouble (11/02/1970 – 01/30/1971) 78 strips
      D089 Tenacious Tempo (02/01/1971 – 04/03/1971) 54 strips
      D090 Hoppy's Re-Migration (04/05/1971 – 06/12/1971) 60 strips
      D091 Tardy Tempo (06/14/1971 – 09/04/1971) 72 strips
      D092 Double Trouble (09/06/1971 – 11/13/1971) 60 strips
      D093 Stranded (11/15/1971 – 01/08/1972) 48 strips
      D094 Phoenix Fever (01/10/1972 – 04/08/1972) 78 strips
      D095 Going Home (04/10/1972 – 07/08/1972) 78 strips
      D096 Then There Were Two (07/10/1972 – 09/23/1972) 66 strips
      D097 Trail of the Tonabera (09/25/1972 – 12/02/1972) 60 strips
      D098 Polar Poltergeist (12/04/1972 – 03/03/1973) 78 strips
      D099 Long Way Home (03/05/1973 – 06/23/1973) 96 strips
      D100 A Change of Plans (06/25/1973 – 10/20/1973) 102 strips
      D101 A Flight of Ghosts (10/22/1973 – 12/08/1973) 42 strips
      D102 Old Masters (12/10/1973 – 02/16/1974) 60 strips
      D103 Cygnus Two (02/18/1974 – 04/27/1974) 60 strips
      D104 Lore (04/29/1974 – 08/03/1974) 84 strips
      D105 Search for Succor (08/05/1974 – 10/05/1974) 54 strips
      D106 Rescue (10/07/1974 – 12/28/1974) 72 strips
      D107 Stronger Force (12/30/1974 – 02/22/1975) 48 strips
      D108 Holiday on Hokuku! (02/24/1975 – 05/31/1975) 84 strips
      D109 Sea of Secrets (06/02/1975 – 08/16/1975) 66 strips
      D110 The Folly of Petro Leur (08/18/1975 – 12/27/1975) 114 strips
      D111 Lore Revisited (12/29/1975 – 02/14/1976) 42 strips
      D112 Beyond Bucala (02/16/1976 – 05/29/1976) 90 strips
      D113 The Way Home (05/31/1976 – 10/09/1976) 114 strips
      D114 Eye Spy (10/11/1976 – 01/29/1977) 96 strips
      D115 Rescue (01/31/1977 – 04/23/1977) 72 strips
      D116 Dead End (04/25/1977 – 08/27/1977) 108 strips
      D117 Lost (08/29/1977 – 01/07/1978) 114 strips
      D118 Dolphins of Dahgara (01/09/1978 – 04/22/1978) 90 strips
      D119 Wild Wet World (04/24/1978 – 08/05/1978) 90 strips
      D120 Space Trace (08/07/1978 – 12/16/1978) 114 strips
      D121 Emigres’ Reversion (12/18/1978 – 04/07/1979) 96 strips
      D122 Web of Life (04/09/1979 – 09/22/1979) 144 strips
      D123 Two, Too Many (09/24/1979 – 01/19/1980) 102 strips
      D124 Runagate (01/21/1980 – 06/07/1980) 120 strips
      D125 Loose Ends (06/09/1980 – 10/25/1980) 120 strips
      D126 Iona Incursion (10/27/1980 – 01/17/1981) 72 strips
      D127 Solar Power Play (01/19/1981 – 04/18/1981) 78 strips
      D128 Time Trials (04/20/1981 – 07/25/1981) 84 strips
      D129 The Realm of Ram (07/27/1981 – 01/02/1982) 138 strips
      D130 Jeopardy (01/04/1982 – 04/17/1982) 90 strips
      D131 Search for Saturn Sadie (04/19/1982 – 09/18/1982) 132 strips
      D132 Prekarius Plot (09/20/1982 – 04/16/1983) 180 strips
      D133 Topaz (04/18/1983 – 09/17/1983) 132 strips
      D134 Beyond the Limits (09/19/1983 – 12/31/1983) 90 strips
      D135 The Penny Black (01/02/1984 – 05/19/1984) 120 strips
      D136 Burawa Bondage (05/21/1984 – 08/03/1985) 378 strips
      D137 Aggression at Agwon (08/05/1985 – 12/21/1985) 120 strips
      D138 The Save of Saturn Sadie (12/23/1985 – 04/26/1986) 108 strips
      D139 What Next? (04/28/1986 – 07/26/1986) 78 strips
      D140 Mind Over Matter (07/28/1986 – 12/20/1986) 126 strips
      D141 Flight Tests (12/22/1986 – 04/25/1987) 108 strips


      Sunday strips by Clarence Gray and William Ritt


      S001 The Land Of The Lost (11/25/1934 – 08/11/1935) 38 strips
      S002 In The Middle Of The Earth (08/18/1935 – 12/29/1935) 20 strips
      S003 Nameless Empire (In The Middle Of The Earth) (01/05/1936 – 08/09/1936) 32 strips
      S004 Forest Of Terror (In The Middle Of The Earth) (08/16/1936 – 10/11/1936) 9 strips
      S005 The Mayan Empire (In The Middle Of The Earth) (10/18/1936 – 01/31/1937) 16 strips
      S006 Land Of The Swan (In The Middle Of The Earth) (02/07/1937 – 10/10/1937) 36 strips
      S007 The Time Top (10/17/1937 – 12/05/1937) 8 strips
      S008 Travel Through Time (Traveller In Time) (12/12/1937 – 07/10/1938) 31 strips
      S009 Pirates Of The 17th Century (World Of 1685) (07/17/1938 – 02/05/1939) 30 strips
      S010 The Mummy (02/12/1939 – 11/12/1939) 40 strips
      S011 The Crown Of The Desert's Kings (11/19/1939 – 10/06/1940) 47 strips
      S012 On The Seas Of China (In China Seas) (10/13/1940 – 03/23/1941) 24 strips
      S013 The Southern Treasure (Martin Bloodstone) (03/30/1941 – 09/28/1941) 27 strips
      S014 Lost People (The Lost World) (10/05/1941 – 12/28/1941) 13 strips
      S015 Cities Of Future (Futura) (01/04/1942 – 10/11/1942) 41 strips
      S016 The Men Of The North (The Ice King) (10/18/1942 – 04/25/1943) 28 strips
      S017 Ultrasphere (05/02/1943 – 11/21/1943) 30 strips
      S018 The Thief Of Light (11/28/1943 – 08/27/1944) 40 strips
      S019 The Ageless Voice (09/03/1944 – 09/16/1945) 55 strips
      S020 The Third Millenium (Millennium Three) (09/23/1945 – 10/06/1946) 55 strips
      S021 Cities In The Precipice (The Cone Dwellers) (10/13/1946 – 01/05/1947) 13 strips
      S022 The Lord Of Doom (01/12/1947 – 08/10/1947) 31 strips
      S023 Birth Of a Legend (08/17/1947 – 10/26/1947) 11 strips
      S024 The Aztec Migration (The Aztec Ancestors) (11/02/1947 – 01/25/1948) 13 strips
      S025 Among The Incas (02/01/1948 – 09/19/1948) 34 strips
      S026 The Land Of The Unicorn (09/26/1948 – 10/23/1949) 57 strips
      S027 The Healing Ray (10/30/1949 – 01/01/1950) 10 strips
      S028 The Way Of Stars (In Quest Of Crystal Q) (01/08/1950 – 08/20/1950) 33 strips
      S029 Shada, Prince Of The Black Planet (08/27/1950 – 03/18/1951) 30 strips
      S030 The Metropolis In Space (Planet Platter) (03/25/1951 – 11/04/1951) 33 strips
      S031 The Wonderful Meteor (11/11/1951 – 06/08/1952) 31 strips
      S032 Coral Labyrinth (06/15/1952 – 02/01/1953) 34 strips
      S033 Sargasso of Space (02/08/1953 – 11/15/1953) 41 strips
      S034 Trespassing in Space (11/22/1953 – 07/11/1954) 34 strips
      S035 The Blue Interlude (New-Look Interlude) (07/18/1954 – 05/29/1955) 46 strips
      S036 Stay In Relaxa (Sojourn At Relaxa) (06/05/1955 – 02/19/1956) 38 strips
      S037 Recalled – Earth (Recall) (02/26/1956 – 05/13/1956) 12 strips
      S038 World Of The Future (Quest Of Quentin Quado) (05/20/1956 – 04/21/1957) 50 strips


      Sunday Strips by Paul Norris


      S039 The Return Of Brick Bradford (04/28/1957 – 11/10/1957) 28 strips
      S040 Travel In Space (11/17/1957 – 04/27/1958) 24 strips
      S041 Beyond The Stars (05/04/1958 – 10/12/1958) 24 strips
      S042 Iperspazio! (10/19/1958 – 03/29/1959) 24 strips
      S043 Forced Landing (04/05/1959 – 09/13/1959) 24 strips
      S044 Meteor Rain (09/20/1959 – 02/28/1960) 24 strips
      S045 A Castle Of Papers (03/06/1960 – 05/01/1960) 9 strips
      S046 The Indians Of The Space (05/08/1960 – 07/31/1960) 13 strips
      S047 The Father Of Saturn Sadie (08/07/1960 – 09/25/1960) 8 strips
      S048 One Undeclared Submarine War (10/02/1960 – 01/01/1961 14 strips
      S049 Saboteurs Of The Missile Bases (01/08/1961 –04/02/1961)
      S050 The Search for Willa Ware (04/09/1961 to 06/18/1961)


      = S051 to S101 with date in European format.

      =
      S051 untitled 25.06.1961 - 29.10.1961
      S052 untitled 05.11.1961 - 01.04.1962
      S053 untitled 08.04.1962 - 02.09.1962
      S054 The Venus Viking 09.09.1962 - 30.12.1962
      S055 untitled 06.01.1963 - 02.06.1963
      S056 untitled 09.06.1963 - 03.11.1963
      S057 untitled 10.11.1963 - 26.01.1964
      S058 untitled 02.02.1964 - 09.08.1964
      S059 untitled 16.08.1964 - 25.10.1964
      S060 untitled 01.11.1964 - 17.01.1965
      S061 untitled 24.01.1965 - 28.03.1965
      S062 The Big Hunt 04.04.1965 - 25.07.1965
      S063 untitled 01.08.1965 - 28.11.1965
      S064 untitled 05.12.1965 - 06.02.1966
      S065 untitled 13.02.1965 - 24.07.1966
      S066 untitled 31.07.1966 - 26.03.1967
      S067 untitled 02.04.1967 - 03.09.1967
      S068 untitled 10.09.1967 - 31.12.1967
      S069 untitled 07.01.1968 - 30.06.1968
      S070 untitled 07.07.1968 - 13.04.1969
      S071 untitled 20.04.1969 - 20.07.1969
      S072 untitled 27.07.1969 - 18.01.1970
      S073 untitled 25.01.1970 - 14.06.1970
      S074 untitled 21.06.1970 - 30.08.1970
      S075 untitled 06.09.1970 - 28.02.1971
      S076 untitled 07.03.1971 - 16.05.1971
      S077 untitled 23.05.1971 - 25.07.1971
      S078 The RHO IV 01.08.1971 - 03.10.1971
      S079 The Strait of Sibod 10.10.1971 - 12.03.1972
      S080 Silent Satellites 19.03.1972 - 11.06.1972
      S081 Mission to Makahabe 18.06.1972 - 01.10.1972
      S082 A New Order of Makahabe 08.10.1972 - 14.01.1973
      S083 Stranded 21.01.1973 - 29.04.1973
      S084 Another World 06.05.1973 - 23.09.1973
      S085 Journey to Jurisik 30.09.1973 - 09.12.1973
      S086 Haloes 16.12.1973 - 05.05.1974
      S087 untitled 12.05.1974 - 14.07.1974
      S088 Earth Bound 21.07.1974 - 08.12.1974
      S089 Lost 15.12.1974 - 27.04.1975
      S090 Strings Attached 04.05.1975 - 21.12.1975
      S091 untitled 28.12.1975 - 04.07.1976
      S092 untitled 11.07.1976 - 21.11.1976
      S093 The Treasure of Tropoleetz 28.11.1976 - 03.04.1977
      S094 The Botanist 10.04.1977 - 03.07.1977
      S095 untitled 10.07.1977 - 02.10.1977
      S096 Power 09.10.1977 - 15.01.1978
      S097 Retaliation 22.01.1978 - 07.05.1978
      S098 Night Raiders 14.05.1978 - 12.11.1978
      S099 Astral Armageddon 19.11.1978 - 18.02.1979
      S100 Phool's Folly 25.02.1978 - 20.05.1979
      S101 Trial of Tempo III 27.05.1979 - ??.??.1979


      = Sundays end date : 09 May 1987

      =


      Reprints


      Brick Bradford was reprinted in comic-book form as King Features began to expand into that genre, including King Comics (published by David McKay Publications), starting from April 1936 (along with Barney Google, Henry, Popeye and Bringing Up Father among others), as well as in Ace Comics from 1947 to 1949. As the old comics were reprinted, a new series starring Brick was published by Standard Comics, but the series was soon canceled after 4 issues.
      Brick Bradford reappeared by 1966 in original comics published by King Comics. Brick Bradford stories appeared as back-up strips in The Phantom #26, 28 and Mandrake the Magician #5–7, 9, 10.
      In the 1970s, the Pacific Comics Club reprinted several Brick Bradford stories in book form. Numerous Brick Bradford stories were reprinted in Italian and French booklets.


      Collections of comic strip stories


      Brick Bradford in the Fortress of Fear: Daily Strips Jan. 8, 1938– Feb. 11, 1939. Club Anni Trenta, Genova, 1971, (English-language reprints).
      Brick Bradford : Voyage In A Coin by William Ritt and Clarence Gray. New York, NY : Comics Stars in the World & Pacific Comics Club, 1976.
      Brick Bradford in the City Beneath the Sea by Ritt and Gray. Papeete-Tahiti (Polynesia), Pacific Comics Club, 1976.
      Brick Bradford in The Middle of the Earth by Ritt and Gray. Papeete-Tahiti (Polynesia), Pacific Comics Club, (J. Taoc), 1976.
      Brick Bradford with Brocco the Buccaneer by Ritt and Gray. Papeete-Tahiti (Polynesia), Pacific Comics Club, 1976.
      Brick Bradford in The Land Of The Lost by Ritt & Gray. Papeete-Tahiti (Polynesia) Pacific Comics Club, 1981.
      Brick Bradford and the Combustion Furnace: Daily Strips 2/8/1937-1/8/1938 by Ritt and Gray. Toronto, Dragon Lady Press, Issue 5, 1987.
      Brick Bradford: Flight Tests by Paul Norris, in the Strip Adventure Special anthology, Forest Hills, N.Y. : JAL Publications, 1992.


      In other media


      The strip also had a book series produced by Whitman Publishing's Big Little Books.
      Brick Bradford, a 15-chapter serial film starring Kane Richmond, was produced by Columbia Pictures in 1947.
      Brick Bradford was referenced in the 1965 The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "Uhny Uftz" when Rob believe he has seen a flying saucer with the "Brick Bradford insignia" on it, which he describes as being like a lightning bolt (in the actual comic strip Brick's insignia was a "B" in a circle).


      Time Top sculpture


      Before his death from cancer, Canadian artist Jerry Pethick (1935–2003) conceived a large bronze sculpture in the shape of the Time Top as depicted in later installments of Brick Bradford. In 2004, his widow, Margaret Pethick, took over the project. It was submerged in sea water for two years while connected to an electrical source to accelerate barnacle and mineral accretion on its surface for an aged look. In August 2006, the sculpture was installed on its permanent site at False Creek, Vancouver, British Columbia.


      References




      Sources


      Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924–1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.


      External links


      Scoop: Brick Bradford
      Brick Bradford at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018.
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