| Ashley Hartburn | |
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Real Name |
Ashley Hartburn |
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First Appearance |
Tippy Teen #4 (April 1966) |
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Original Publisher |
Tower Comics |
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Created by |
Samuel Schwartz |
Origin[]
Ashley tries to impress Tippy with his ice skating skills .
Ashley Hartburn was the school bully of Centerville and rival of Tommy Trippit for Tippy Teen. Tommy and Ashley had a similar relationship to Reggie Mantle and Archie Andrews over Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge.
His other classmates included Go-Go West, Animal, Peggy Fleagle, and Egghead Eggers.
Their stories dealt with familiar teen fare such as school assignments, un-groovy parents, fleeting opportunities for fame and fortune, sports try-outs, battles of the sexes, and of course an unhealthy dose of romantic rivalry.
Ashley tries to pickup Tippy in his automobile.
Public Domain Appearances[]
Tower Comics[]
- Tippy Teen #4, 8, 14, 17, 20, 24-25
- Teen-In #4
- Tippy's Friend Go-Go #13
Notes[]
- Tower Comics never registered its titles with the US copyright office, nor did it include a correct copyright notice on their books. The copyright notice on the first issue was not in the proper location of the book which under copyright law at the time of it's publication had to be "either upon the title page or upon the first page of text of each separate number or under the title heading." According to US copyright law, all works published between 1923-1977 that did not comply with copyright law became public domain upon publication. So, because the first issue had an incorrect notice, the characters fell into the public domain.
- Tippy Teen and its spin-off, Go-Go and Animal, featured many stories drawn by Schwartz, as well as contributions from moonlighting Archie artists like Harry Lucey and Dan DeCarlo.
- Atlas Seaboard later reprinted stories from Tippy Teen (Tower, 1965 series) and other associated Tower titles from 1960'with the Tippy's name changed to Vicki Young. Her supporting cast such as Ashley did not have their names changed however.
- Since some Tippy stories were redrawn from earlier teen humor comics such as Candy or Gabby from Quality Comics, characters named Ashley Hartburn also appear in those stories.