Dan Dunn Detective Corps
date: label: date made
content: ca 1944
notes: label: Description
content: Created by Norman W. Marsh, Detective Dan Dunn was introduced in the tabloid comic magazine <i>Detective Dan: Secret Operative No. 48,</i> published by Humor Publishing in 1933. Marsh used his own experiences when creating hardboiled crime-fighter, having been a United States Secret Service Agent and a Detective in the Chicago Police Department.
label: Description
content: After his initial magazine appearance, Dan Dunn transitioned to a newspaper comic strip, starting as a daily in September, 1933, adding a color Sunday page that December. The strip ran for 10 years, with March at the helm for all except the last. Reprints of the strip were included in numerous comic books of the period.
label: Description
content: In 1944 a radio series called <i>Dan Dunn, Secret Operative #48 </i> first aired. The syndicated program ran for 78 episodes. It is believed this promotional badge is related to this radio show.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio
label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Promotional Item
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.314637.00516
label: catalog number
content: 314637.00516
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Badge
label: Object Name
content: pin
label: Object Name
content: badge, promotional
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 in x 2 in; 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm