Nellie the Nurse #21
marvel • 1949
- Series
- Nellie the Nurse
- Issue
- 21
- Publisher
- Marvel
- Cover date
- Oct 1, 1949
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Nellie the Nurse was a long-running humor comic series published by Timely Comics, the predecessor to Marvel, beginning in the mid-1940s. The character Nellie was a classic 'good girl' archetype, designed to provide lighthearted, often slapstick entertainment for soldiers and general readers during the post-war era. The title leaned heavily into the visual tropes of the time, emphasizing fashion-forward nurse attire and situational comedy centered on hospital life.
The illustrations for this series were created by a rotation of artists working under the house style of Timely’s editorial team. Issue number 21 reflects the bright, uncomplicated artistic direction typical of the genre in the late 1940s. These comics were intended for mass-market newsstand distribution and were generally regarded as inexpensive disposable entertainment, which has led to their scarcity among modern collectors today due to the fragile paper quality of the period.
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