Rip Kirby #3290 - 1956 September 4

Light ! Light ! Light !
Such a talent this Alex Raymond...

Alex Raymond - Rip Kirby - Original Comic Strip Art - dated September 4, 1956 (King Features Syndicate, 1956). An educational daily strip with deductive reasoning at its peak, showcasing Rip's investigative and reasoning skills at their best!
Ward Greene wrote the basic storylines until 1956 (up to "Human Beasts," in fact), before Fred Dickenson took over the series after Greene's death; so from "The Velvet Rose" and "The Elixir of Youth" onward.

Alex Raymond died in a car accident on September 6, 1956, a few days after this strip...

From "The Elixir of Youth"