Originally located in New York City, The syndicate specialized in comic strips based on licensed characters[1] such as Smokey the Bear, Bat Masterson, and Nero Wolfe.
Notable Columbia Features comic strip creators included Murphy Anderson, Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff, Jerry Grandenetti, France Herron, Fran Matera, Mike Roy, and Don Sherwood.
Beginning in 1955 and continuing until his death in 1966, writer France Herron worked on a number of strips for Columbia Features.
)[5] The Davy Crockett strip, though not a success, was notable for the fact that Jack Kirby ghosted the art in the early months of 1956.
[7] In 1968, Columbia syndicated 45 features to approximately 1,000 newspapers; at that point William H. Thomas was president of the company.