I almost never bother with crossovers between fictional characters and "celebrities playing themselves," all of which I deem null-crossovers. But here's a peculiar forgotten null-crossover from BOY COMMANDOS #22 (1947). I was reading all of the stories in which the Commandos encountered the florid fiend Crazy-Quilt, but in #22 the heroes also met cornpone singer Judy Canova. In fact, "Real Judy" forms a passion for girl-hating teenager Brooklyn. She also helps him bust a crime, though this doesn't make Brooklyn any more receptive to female attentions.
I wonder if DC got permission to use Canova's image. Possibly they were floating the idea of a Canova comic? The first and only comic book devoted to the persona of the hillbilly songstress came out in 1950 from Fox Features and only lasted three issues.
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