Little Orphan Annie was a daily comic strip created by Harold Gray and was syndicated by Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the
1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, and made its
debut in the New York Daily News.

Harold Gray (1894–1968)

Artist Bob Kane (born Robert Kahn; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998)

NEW YORK (AP) – Batman creator Bob Kane’s own copies of the Caped
Crusader’s earliest appearances are going up for auction. The comics
come from the collection of Hollywood screenwriter Bob Underwood.

ComicConnect is selling Kane’s file copies of Detective Comics Nos. 27
through 45 and Batman Nos. 1 through 3. The auction house declined to
put an estimate on their value, saying such items rarely come up for sale.

The sale also has a nearly mint copy of the first Incredible Hulk comic book,
a 1962 issue that is one of four copies known to exist. It could bring as much
as $300,000.

There is also a 1942 Archie comic book. Archie No. 1 marked the first time
the red-headed character appeared in his own magazine. Its pre-sale price 
estimate is $150,000.

The five-session auction begins Monday Aug 3 and runs through Aug. 29.

Walter Andrew Brennan ((July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) 
Born in Lynn, Massachusetts

Brannan played Grandpa McCoy on The Real McCoys (ABC/CBS) from
1957 to 1963. He is one of three men to win three acting Oscars, the
other two being Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day-Lewis, having won the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936, 1938 and 1940.

While in school, Brennan became interested in acting and began to
perform in vaudeville at the age of fifteen. He served in WWI and grew
pineapples in Guatemala before moving to Los Angeles.

Penny Singleton as Blondie with co-star Arthur Lake playing Dagwood

Blondie is a radio situation comedy adapted from the long-run Blondie comic
strip by Chic Young. The radio program was originally a summer replacement
for The Eddie Cantor Show. However, Cantor did not return in the fall, so the
sponsor, R.J. Reynolds’s Camel Cigarettes chose to keep Blondie on the air
from 1939 to 1950 on several networks. 

Michael Keaton

Batman, a 1989 film directed by Tim Burton and produced by Jon
Peters, is the first installment of the Warner Bros.‘ initial Batman
film series and was a critical and financial success, earning over
$400 million in box office totals.