John Lehti grew up in Brooklyn and studied at the Art Students League and the Beaux Arts Institute. His first published work appeared in pulp magazines in 1935. He also assisted on the 'Secret Agent X-9' comic. Lehti eventually moved to comic book art and joined the staff of National Periodicals (the future DC Comics). There, he worked on features like 'The Crimson Avenger', 'Sgt. O'Malley of the Redcoat Patrol', 'Steve Conrad, Adventurer' and 'Cotton Carver'.
In the spring of 1946, Lehti sold his comic strip 'Tommy of the Big Top' to King Features, which ran until 1950. With the strip's demise, he returned to DC to draw 'Big Town' and 'Tarzan'. In the early 1950s, Lehti switched to Western, where he illustrated stories with 'Lassie', 'Tom Corbet, Space Cadet' and 'Flash Gordon'. Lehti sold 'Tales from the Great Book' to Publishers Syndicate in 1954. It became a Sunday feature for many newspapers and ran until 1972. John Lehti returned to DC once again and worked on 'Sgt. Rock' and 'The Losers' in the mid-1970s. He retired in the 1980s.
Subject ID: 140352
MoreJohn Lehti grew up in Brooklyn and studied at the Art Students League and the Beaux Arts Institute. His first published work appeared in pulp magazines in 1935. He also assisted on the 'Secret Agent X-9' comic. Lehti eventually moved to comic book art and joined the staff of National Periodicals (the future DC Comics). There, he worked on features like 'The Crimson Avenger', 'Sgt. O'Malley of the Redcoat Patrol', 'Steve Conrad, Adventurer' and 'Cotton Carver'.
In the spring of 1946, Lehti sold his comic strip 'Tommy of the Big Top' to King Features, which ran until 1950. With the strip's demise, he returned to DC to draw 'Big Town' and 'Tarzan'. In the early 1950s, Lehti switched to Western, where he illustrated stories with 'Lassie', 'Tom Corbet, Space Cadet' and 'Flash Gordon'. Lehti sold 'Tales from the Great Book' to Publishers Syndicate in 1954. It became a Sunday feature for many newspapers and ran until 1972. John Lehti returned to DC once again and worked on 'Sgt. Rock' and 'The Losers' in the mid-1970s. He retired in the 1980s.
Subject ID: 140352
Subject ID: 140352
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
The Sandman: "Lady in Evening Clothes"
Barry O'Neill: "The Phony LeGrand"
Federal Men: "Anarchists at the Exposition"
Socko Strong: "Hassle in Hollywood, Part 1 (of 2)"
Captain Desmo: "The Gold Plane Robberies, Part 2 (of 2)"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Revenge of the Drug Ring"
Rusty and His Pals: "Mansion of Murder, Part 2 (of 7)"
Anchors Aweigh: "Captain Skinner and the Gold Ship"
Cotton Carver: "The First Ones"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hourman: "Presenting 'Tick-Tock' Tyler, the Hour-Man"
Barry O'Neill: "The Mind Slave of Fang Gow"
Federal Men: "Professor Dirk's Crime School"
The Sandman: "Death to the D.A."
Socko Strong: "Hassle in Hollywood, Part 2 (of 2)"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Singapore Sal"
Rusty and His Pals: "Mansion of Murder, Part 3 (of 7)"
Anchors Aweigh: "The Dope Smuggler's Double"
Cotton Carver: "The Earth Passage"
First appearance of Hourman (Rex Tyler).
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Tick-Tock Tyler the Hour-Man: "The Disappearance of Dr. Drew"
Barry O'Neill: "Trap for Fang Gow"
Federal Men: "Crime of a Criminologist"
The Sandman: "Cold Cures and Crime"
Socko Strong: "Mr. Krieger Vanishes"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "The Tiger-Men"
Rusty and His Pals: "Mansion of Murder: Part 4 (of 7)"
Anchors Aweigh: "On the Track of Serge Arno"
Cotton Carver: "At the Polar Zone"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hour-Man: "The Dark Horse"
Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow and the Stolen Planes"
Federal Men: "The Hot-Air Weapon"
Sandman: "Tuffy and Limpy's Revenge Plot"
Socko Strong: "Boxing Glove Versus Fiddle"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Spy of the South Seas"
Rusty and His Pals: "Mansion of Murder: Part 5 (of 7)"
Anchors Aweigh: "Search For Captain Miles"
Cotton Carver: "In the City of Glass"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hour-Man: "The Wax-Double Killers"
Barry O'Neill: "The Thought Machine of Fang Gow"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "The Return of Singapore Sal"
Sandman: "The Pawn Broker"
Socko Strong: "The Phony Trucking Business"
Federal Men: "The Nastonian Secret Agent"
Anchors Aweigh: "Captain Coffyn's Cutthroat Crew"
Rusty and His Pals: "Mansion of Murder (Part 6 of 7)"
Cotton Carver: "At Grips With the Wolf Men"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Sandman: "Wanted! Dead Or Alive"
Rusty and His Pals: "Mansion of Murder (Part 7 of 7)"
Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow and the Spoiler Ray"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "The Kidnapping of Col. Bentley's Daughter"
Federal Men: "The Canadian Dope Smuggling Plot"
Cotton Carver: "The Flying Men"
Socko Strong: "The Great I: Part 1 of 3"
Anchors Aweigh: "Gun-Runners of the WASP"
Hour Man: "The Phony Hour Man"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hourman: "Minute Man Martin and the Minute Men of America"
Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Daughter"
Mark Lansing of Mikishawm: "The Plot of Vas Onga"
Federal Men: "The Coast Line Limited Crackup"
Cotton Carver: "The Women Warriors"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Shanghaied"
Socko Strong: "The Great I: Part 2 of 3"
Sandman: "The Loan Sharks"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hour-Man: "The Kidnapping of a Minute-Man"
Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Challenge"
Mark Lansing: "The Dreaded Mokos"
Federal Men: "Death of a Borinquen Butler"
Cotton Carver: Cotton Carver and the Beast Men"
Socko Strong: "The Great I: Part 3 of 3"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Adventure of the French Agent"
The Sandman: "Case of the Kidnapped Heiress"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hour-Man: "The Boy's Week Crimes"
Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Terror"
Mark Lansing: "Battle To the Death"
Federal Men: "The Aircraft Plant Robberies"
Cotton Carver: "Revolution In Ugar"
Socko Strong: "Framed!"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Mediterranean Kidnapping"
Sandman: "The Star of Singapore"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hourman: "Dr. Slight's Living Statues"
Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Ruse"
Mark Lansing: "Death Behind the Waves"
Federal Men: "The Menacing Midget"
Cotton Carver: "At Grips With the Kraken"
Socko Strong: "Bodyguard"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Shipwrecked"
Sandman: "The Crook Who Knew the Sandman's Identity"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hourman: "The Menace of Dr. Togg"
Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Cut-Throats"
Mark Lansing: "General Kosta's Subterfuge"
Federal Men: "The Problem of the Phony Newspaperman"
Cotton Carver: "The Tree Folk"
Socko Strong: "Magna Cum Laude"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Peril In Africa"
Sandman: "To Hammer the Earth"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hourman: "The Great Train Robbery"
Barry O'Neill: "Legion of the Masked"
Mark Lansing: "Kosta Strikes"
Federal Men: "The PEGASUS Problem"
Cotton Carver: "In Emeralda"
Paul Kirk, Manhunter: "Manhunt on the Sun Limited"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Mango's Murder"
Sandman: "Orchids of Doom"
First appearance of Paul Kirk Manhunter.
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hourman: "Dr. Feher, Hypnotist of Crime"
Barry O'Neill: "The Thrust of the Dagger"
Mark Lansing: "Combat with Kosta"
Federal Men: "Mystery of the Smuggled Diamonds"
Cotton Carver: "Revolt In Emeralda"
Paul Kirk, Manhunter: "Manhunt on the Wharves"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "The Headhunters"
Sandman: "The Story of the Flaming Ruby"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Hourman: "The Plot Against the Minute-Men"
Barry O'Neill: "The Taxicab Murder Plot"
Mark Lansing, of Mikishawm: "Lishak the Gladiator"
Federal Men: "The Coach of Death"
Cotton Carver: "Tyranny In Barlunda"
Paul Kirk, Manhunter: "It Takes a Thief"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Castle of Mystery"
Sandman: "Mystery At Malay Mac's"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Starman: "The Amazing Starman"
Mark Lansing: "Lishak the Gladiator"
Federal Men: "The Ghost Plane"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Treachery Off Singapore"
Hourman: "The Runaway Dinosaurs"
Paul Kirk, Manhunter: "Too Many Suspects"
Cotton Carver: "Defender of Barlunda"
Sandman: "The Menace of the Metal Gun"
Debut of Starman (Ted Knight)
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Starman: "The Diminishing Ray"
Mark Lansing: "Karakan the Cruel"
Federal Men: "Sabotage"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "The Last of the Changs"
Hourman: "Mystery at Castle Manor"
Paul Kirk, Manhunter: "Mystery on Vacation"
Cotton Carver: "Prince of Sarthon"
Sandman: "The Purple Death Ray"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Starman: "The Adventure of the Earthquake Terror"
Federal Men: "Plots and Counter-Plots on Embassy Row"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Pyramid Sacrifice"
Hourman: "The Rich Robbers"
Paul Kirk, Manhunter: "The Parking-Ticket Murder"
Cotton Carver: "The Deadly Love Charm"
Sandman: "The Voodoo Sorcerer"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Starman: "The Mystery of the Men with the Staring Eyes!"
Federal Men: "The Rock Prison Poisonings"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "The Brazilian Vipers"
Hourman: "The Little Men Who Weren't There"
Paul Kirk, Manhunter: "Manhunter Behind Bars"
Cotton Carver: "The Bears of Barok"
Sandman: "The Unseen Man"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Starman: "The Mystery of the Undersea Terror"
Federal Men: "The Clinic of Forgotten Men"
Steve Conrad: "Outlaws of the Sahara"
Hourman: "The Black Ray"
Paul Kirk: "The House Without Stairs"
Cotton Carver: "The Deserted City"
Sandman: "The Sandman at Sea"
2.75
2.75
Featured Stories:
Starman: "The Case of the Camera Curse!"
The Shining Knight
Hourman: "Counterfeit Coal"
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Trouble in Tibet"
Federal Men: "The Girl Behind the Wall"
Paul Kirk, Manhunter: "Danger from Train to Plane"
Sandman: "The Cometiray"
First appearance of Shining Knight (Sir Justin Arthur).
We're trying to keep access to hobbyDB free forever, so we use ads to help offset the costs of running the site.
Please consider disabling your ad blocker to support our mission.
If you have feedback, feel free to contact us!
Click to continue without supporting hobbyDB
If the prompt is still appearing, please disable any tools or services you are using that block internet ads (e.g. DNS Servers).