Dinty Moore - Wrigley's "Comic Club" King Features Syndicate - Einson Freeman Co. Mask (1933)
Made by Einson-Freeman Co. • Licensed by King Features Syndicate
Issued for Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit Chewing Gum Promotion
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Meet Dinty Moore, the cheerful Irish pub owner from George McManus’s long-running comic strip Bringing Up Father. Dinty was Jiggs’s drinking buddy, a voice of reason when Maggie’s temper flared, and a favorite supporting character in King Features’ 1930s funnies.
In 1933, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. partnered with Einson-Freeman Co. of Long Island City, NY to produce the legendary “Comic Club” mask series. Kids mailed in Juicy Fruit wrappers to get full-color masks of their favorite funny-page icons — including Popeye, Jiggs, Krazy Kat, Tillie the Toiler, and, in this rare case, Dinty Moore himself.
(Newspaper ad image shown for historical reference only — not included with the mask.)
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Character: Dinty Moore (Bringing Up Father)
Year: 1933
Maker: Einson-Freeman Co. for Wrigley’s
License: King Features Syndicate (printed on reverse)
Material: Lithographed heavy paper with original strap tab and “PAT. APPLIED FOR – EINSON-FREEMAN CO.” mark
Dimensions: Approx. 9½ inches tall
Condition: Excellent display example; bright colors, typical light creases and age toning; clear factory stamp on back.
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Rarity & Known Survivors
The 1933 Comic Club set contained roughly 18 characters, but secondary figures from Bringing Up Father — like Dinty Moore — appear far less frequently than Jiggs or Maggie. Most experts classify Dinty as Tier 1 rarity within this promotion.
Character Est. Surviving Examples Rarity Tier
Popeye < 30
Barney Google 25–35
Krazy Kat 30–40
Jiggs 40–50
Dinty Moore ≈25–35 known
Others (Tillie, Hans, Mac, etc.) 50–80
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This Dinty Moore mask captures a supporting comic character who became a pop-culture staple — even inspiring the name of the famous canned-stew brand decades later. Few examples survive, making this one of the hardest-to-find faces in the entire Wrigley’s “Comic Club” run.