Hayfoot Henry
Encyclopedia
Hayfoot Henry is a fiction DC Comics
character who made his debut in All Funny Comics #1 in 1943, then moved to Action Comics
, where he had a feature story in issues #78 through #118, with one final appearance in issue #123. This was in a time when Action Comics was an anthology title with multiple feature strips. Henry's strip was intended as comic relief to balance the more serious-toned other features of the comic book, such as Superman
.
" for which he was attempting to come up with a rhyme, at the same time that he was seeking clues to solve a mysterious crime, and the solutions to both of his problems would come along at once to resolve the storyline. Some of the rhyme solutions were rather questionable, however; for instance, "orange" ended up being rhymed with "sore binge".
The stories were done with all dialogue (whether by Henry himself or other characters) in rhyme.
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character who made his debut in All Funny Comics #1 in 1943, then moved to Action Comics
Action Comics
Action Comics is an American comic book series that introduced Superman, the first major superhero character as the term is popularly defined...
, where he had a feature story in issues #78 through #118, with one final appearance in issue #123. This was in a time when Action Comics was an anthology title with multiple feature strips. Henry's strip was intended as comic relief to balance the more serious-toned other features of the comic book, such as Superman
Superman
Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
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Fictional character biography
Henry was a police officer in the village of Sleepyside who was attempting to write a rhyming dictionary; in each story, he needed to solve both a crime and a rhyme. He would have a word such as "orangeOrange (word)
The word orange is both a noun and an adjective in the English language. In both cases, it refers primarily to the orange fruit and the colour orange, but has many other derivative meanings....
" for which he was attempting to come up with a rhyme, at the same time that he was seeking clues to solve a mysterious crime, and the solutions to both of his problems would come along at once to resolve the storyline. Some of the rhyme solutions were rather questionable, however; for instance, "orange" ended up being rhymed with "sore binge".
The stories were done with all dialogue (whether by Henry himself or other characters) in rhyme.