A series of mystery and adventure novels for boys and girls was produced in the 1940s based on popular radio, movie and comic characters -- Red Ryder; Blondie and Dagwood; Nina and Skeezix from Gasoline Alley -- as well as actresses -- Deanna Durbin; Jane Whithers; Ginger Rogers. Sylvia Sanders and the Tangled Web is "The Story of a Girl's Struggle for a Radio Career."