The Perimeter Patrol is Back!

Who ARE the Perimeter Patrol?

The Perimeter Patrol is a team of the World’s Best Heroes who set out to help all the planets on the outer fringe of the Solar System. Led by Captain Martin Hawkins, alongside Luther Mynot and more, the team sets their sails on saving the Universe.

Originally published by Ziff-Davis in Amazing Adventures #5 and created by Murphy Anderson, the Perimeter Patrol were left in the past to be swept up by the Public Domain until today.

Fruit Comics has republished the original Perimeter Patrol comic books to be available for purchase right now, alongside some bonus stories from across the Ziff-Davis Multiverse!

Who was Murphy Anderson?

Murphy C. Anderson Jr was born on July 9th, 1926 and grew up in North Carolina before moving to New York City to become an artist for a company known as Fiction House. Throughout the 1950s, Anderson began working at several other comic companies such as Ziff-Davis, Pines Comics, DC Comics and Atlas Comics, later known as Marvel Comics.

Over at DC, he worked on popular characters like Hawkman, Batgirl and Superman but it wasn’t until his work at Ziff-Davis that Anderson would create his characters, one of them being the Perimeter Patrol.

Throughout the 60s and 70s, Anderson would continue to work with DC on Superman alongside Jack Kirby, having to redraw Jimmy Olsen’s face several times as Kirby never seemed to get it right. Anderson also liked to hide his initials in every single piece of artwork he did across the multiple places he worked, so you always knew when you were looking at a Murphy Anderson original.

Throughout his life, he won many awards for his work in the comic industry, such as the Alley Award in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965 and also became a part of the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1988.

Murphy was married to his wife Helen for 67 Years and had 3 kids until his death on October 22nd, 2015 at the age of 89 due to Heart Failure. Murphy will be remembered for his amazing work in the comics industry, and for being one of the greats in the comic world.

Where can I find the Perimeter Patrol?

You can find the Perimeter Patrol Collection on Amazon right now - https://www.amazon.com/Perimeter-Patrol-Murphy-Anderson-ebook/dp/B0BV6XVDYJ

You can find the Fruit Comics interpretation of the Perimeter Patrol as a part of our Comic Strip series “Captain Martin” here - https://tapas.io/series/Captain-Martin