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Comic Cuts. [London]: 25 Bouverie Street [Amalgamated Press]. No. 1051. 2 July 1910.

Dicky the Bird-Man, winged avenger, regularly swoops down to earth to assist the weak and oppressed. Here he flies to a lady’s assistance (“That’s me all over, ever ready to die for the ladies!”), the lady being an ostrich pursued by an ostrich feather merchant. Artist: Jack B. Yeats. The Bird-Man series ended on 13 August 1910. See also B20–B25, B27 and B28.

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