Bazooka Joe Bazooka Joe Bazooka Joe is a comic strip character featured on small comics included inside individually wrapped pieces of Bazooka bubble gum. He wears a black eyepatch, lending him a distinctive appearance. He is one of the more recognizable American advertising characters of the 20th century, due to worldwide distribution, and one of the few identifiable ones associated with a candy. With sales of Bazooka bubble gum down, Bazooka Candy Brands announced in November 2012 that they will no longer include the comic strip in their packaging. The new wrapper will include brain teasers, instructions, and codes that can be
Joe Wilson (character) Joe Wilson (character) Joe Wilson is a fictional character appearing in several well-known short stories by Australian writer Henry Lawson. Joe Wilson first appeared in "," the first story Lawson wrote after his arrival to England, and the longest he had ever written up to that time. It was first published in "Blackwood's Magazine" in November 1900. "" was the final Joe Wilson story to have been written, though, chronologically, its events take place first. In 1901, when all four stories were published in the collection "Joe Wilson and His Mates", the stories were printed in order of narrative chronology.