[4] Catman was a feline-styled caped crusader who, unlike the original American version of the character, had no secret identity or powers.
"[5] Piper also created Steel Barr for OPC's Hurricane in 1946 and Lemmy Loo as a filler strip for K.G Murray's Captain Triumph Comics[4] (October 1949 – February 1950).
Australian comic book researcher, Kevin Patrick, describes Steel Barr as being "a granite-jawed District Commissioner who patrolled the African jungles, battling myriad threats while searching for his elusive opponent, The Phantom Man.
[2][7][8] In October 1972 the Sunday Telegraph commissioned Piper to draw a comic strip, Wolfe,[4] for which ran for six years before it was dropped in favour of a syndicated American superhero.
"[7] Following the death of Ron Vivian Piper was invited by Jimmy Bancks's family to take over the role of writing and illustrating Ginger Meggs,[2] which was also published by the Sun Telegraph.
Piper claimed he kept as close as he could to the Bancks style with Ginger Meggs, and in an interview in 1983, stated "I have worked 30 years in advertising.