English: Cover of Little Ike Comics, volume 1, number 3, August 1953, as published by St. John Publications Co. This image has lapsed into the public domain, due to St. John failing to renew the copyright. Little Ike was originally a supporting character in the Little Eva title, one of Eva's neighborhood gang. Ike was spun off into his own title in 1953, following much the same format as his predecessor. Eva guest-starred in various issues along with regular "pals" Nipper, Short Stuff and Hot Rod amongst others.
(Since this comic book was first published in the U.S. before 1964, the original copyright lasted 27 years from the end of the year of first publication. The copyright holder was free to renew the copyright any time during the year 1977, but they did not do so. (All copyright renewals after 1977 can be searched online here.) The copyright has expired.)
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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