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| | Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Rex Morgan, M.D. |
 | | And indeed, the fictional town of Glenwood, where Morgan's story is set, seems to have all the medical diversity of New York or Chicago tuberculosis, organ transplants and drug addiction are only a few of the issues the character tackled in the early years of his practice. |
 | | The Morgan strip started in 1948, after polls taken by Publishers Syndicate (The Great Gusto, Tales from the Great Book) indicated newspaper readers were likely to go for a down-home adventure series with a staid, serious professional man in the lead. |
 | | Except for the fact that Rex and June are married now (they finally tied the knot on August 2, 1995) and that it's now distributed by King Features, Rex Morgan, M.D. continues just as it always has, appearing in 300-plus newspapers not a runaway hit, but a very respectable level. |
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