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{{Short description|American comic strip by Jack Sparling}}
{{Infobox comic strip
|title= Claire Voyant
|image= [[Image:ClaireVoyant2.jpg|200px]]
|caption= Claire on the cover of ''Claire Voyant'' #2, a collection of the strips.
|author= [[Jack Sparling]]
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|status= Canceled
|syndicate= [[Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate]]
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|first= May 10, 1943
|last= November 23, 1948
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'''''Claire Voyant''''' is an American syndicated [[comic strip]] created by cartoonist [[Jack Sparling]]. The strip premiered on May 10, 1943, in the [[New York City|New York]] newspaper ''[[PM (newspaper)|PM]]'', and continued until November 23, 1948.<ref name=Holtz>{{cite book |last1=Holtz |first1=Allan |title=American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide |date=2012 |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=9780472117567 |page=107}}</ref> Her name is a pun on [[clairvoyance]].
==Characters and story==
The title character was discovered unconscious and adrift in a lifeboat. With no memory of her name or past, she called herself Claire Voyant. After several years, Claire was revealed to be Lyn Hall, a [[chorus line|chorus girl]]. Lynn had been touring with the [[USO]] when the ship she was on was torpedoed by a [[U-boat]].<ref>Don Markstein's Toonopedia: ''[http://www.toonopedia.com/clvoyant.htm Claire Voyant]''</ref>
The strip was carried by the [[Chicago Sun-Times Syndicate]] and appeared in many national dailies. Some of the strips were later reprinted in [[comic book]] format by [[Nedor Comics|Standard Comics]] with covers by [[Jack Kamen]]. After the strip was dropped by the ''Sun-Times'' syndicate, there were no further appearances.
==References==
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[[Category:American comic strips]]
[[Category:1943 comics debuts]]
[[Category:1948 comics endings]]
[[Category:Thriller comics]]
[[Category:Comics about women]]
[[Category:Female characters in comics|Voyant, Claire]]
[[Category:Fictional dancers|Voyant, Claire]]
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