This never-reprinted feature about singer/actress Lena Horne has two distinctions:
1) It's the only pre-1960s mainstream comics appearance of a Black actress or singer in a biographical feature!
2) It was illustrated by one of the few Black comic book artists of the era!
This never-reprinted short from Eastern's Juke Box Comics #2 (1948) was illustrated by Alvin Carl "AC" Hollingsworth, whose comics career ran from 1944 to 1956 and later became a noted fine artist!
Trivia: it's one of the few times Hollingsworth illustrated a Black character in his comic book work!
He did also illustrate a couple of stories in Fawcett's short-lived Negro Romances comic which we presented HERE!
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Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books
(Including Alvin "AC" Hollingsworth)
(Including Alvin "AC" Hollingsworth)
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