There's a lot to be said for getting two for one, and the "topper" strips were sterling examples! Lesser-known works by legendary cartoonists, these strips were outshone by their main features, but they remain underappreciated works in their own right. We're pleased to present some examples here, virtually all of them never-before-reprinted!

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Percy Crosby, Oct. 6, 1935	Gene Ahern, Feb. 6, 1944	Chic Young, Mar. 31, 1940
Billy DeBeck, June 13, 1926	Russ Westover, Nov. 15, 1931	Pat Sullivan, Aug. 23, 1931
Billy DeBeck , Aug. 23, 1931	Cliff Sterrett, Nov. 18, 1934	Rube Goldberg, June 18, 1933
Billy DeBeck, Sept. 12, 1926	Harold Knerr, June 18, 1933	Jimmy Murphy, Sept. 10, 1939
George McManus, Feb. 17, 1935	Cliff Sterrett , Sept. 10, 1939	E.C. Segar, Jan. 20, 1935
George McManus, Apr. 21, 1935	Cliff Sterrett, Aug. 13, 1939	E.C. Segar, Mar. 25, 1934
George McManus, Oct. 6, 1935	Cliff Sterrett, June 9, 1929	Jimmy Murphy, Sept. 13, 1931
Otto Soglow, Oct. 6, 1935	Cliff Sterrett, Jan. 20, 1929	Cliff Sterrett , Apr. 1, 1934
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