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BACKGROUND ''Wee Pals'' first appeared on February 15, 1965. Syndicated by the Des Moines Register and Tribune Syndicate, the strip originally appeared in only 5 daily newspapers, as many papers refused to run a strip featuring black characters. After the assassination of Martin Luther King , the number of papers carrying the strip grew to 60; today it appears in over 100 dailies. The strip is centered the activities of a group of children from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. The regular characters include:
The strip is currently distributed by Creators Syndicate . Turner still writes and draws the strips. APPEARANCES IN OTHER MEDIA In 1972 Rankin-Bass produced an animated series based on the strip. Titled '' Kid Power '', the series debuted on September 16, 1972 on ABC . It ran for one season of 17 episodes. REFERENCES
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