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Bernard who appeared as Mark’s companion in the comic strip. I would visit Andy every time I went to visit Ed Dodd or to go fishing at the Lost Forest lake. Andy never had the freedom of his fictional counterpart and was kept in a running pen bounded by chain links. Ed’s other dog, Mose, was usually found at his master’s feet as Ed smoked his afternoon pipe. Famous people would visit Lost Forest, such as
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to perspective." In addition, time froze: scenes and plots have been recycled from the past. According to King
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took over the strip. Rivera's run began on
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met when they were with the Boy Scouts; Dodd was a Scout leader and Elrod was a Scout. In 1950, Dodd hired Elrod to work as the strip's background artist and letterer. In addition to Davis and Elrod, Dodd also hired
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By mutual consent with the syndicate, after Allen had posted a couple of controversial politically themed tweets using the handle "The Real Mark Trail", Allen abruptly left the position as Mark Trail's artist and writer in 2020. The feature was right in the middle of a story arc, which was left
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September 18, 1950, with 51 half-hour shows that ran thrice weekly until January, 1952. The series then switched to a 15-minute format, producing 125 episodes that aired weekdays through June 27, 1952. Only a handful of the 15-minute episodes are known to have survived.
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269: – Longtime (47 years) girlfriend of Mark until they married in 1993, living with Mark and her father (Doc) at Lost Forest. She is usually a supporting character, but she has sometimes (e.g., 1998) had her own wildlife adventures.
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287: – Pretty wildlife photographer whose flirtations with Mark, and competitiveness with him, land both of them in trouble; a semiregular character.
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184:. Introduced April 15, 1946, the strip centers on
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