Comic books in 'Comic Strip Reprints'

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Rip Kirby. Stories by Ward Greene and Alex Raymond. Art and cover by Alex Raymond. Reprints of the classic adventure strip from Flash Gordon creator Alex Raymond. Rip Kirby is an urbane, pipe-smoking detective who puzzles out mysteries with the help of his assistant Desmond. Collects the Rip Kirby daily strips from Aug. 26 - Nov. 2, 1946. Rip's old foe The Mangler escapes prison and targets the germ warfare formula Rip is escorting to the authorities in Washington. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Flash Gordon. Story, art and cover by Dan Barry. Reprints of the Flash Gordon daily strip from Street Enterprises. Earth athlete Flash faces monsters and aliens with the aid of his gal Dale Arden and scientist Dr. Zarkov. Collects the Flash Gordon daily strips from Nov. 18, 1951 - Feb. 2, 1952. Flash continues his exploration of the solar system and encounters Menta, Queen of Mars. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Stories and art by John Celardo, Paul Norris, Jay Kennedy and Mick Casale.  JAL Publications reprints the classic adventure comic strips of the 20th century. This issue collects the final adventures of three decades-old strips - Brick Bradford, Buz Sawyer and Captain Easy - all of which concluded their runs in 1988-1990. Also featuring  interviews with cartoonists Paul Norris, Jay Kennedy and Mick Casale. Brick Bradford; Captain Easy; Buz Sawyer. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.50.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1941-1942!" By Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Beginning in 1939, Superman reigned as the leading hero of both comic books and newspaper comic strips. These formative stories from 1941-1942 star a Man of Steel who boldly tackles the social injustices of his day. Softcover, 11-in. x 8-in. (Horizontal Format), 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

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1st printing.

Written by lvin Schwartz. Art by Wayne Boring. Cover by Peter Poplaski.

The Man of Steel's newspaper comic strips are among the rarest of all Superman collectibles. In these 15 storylines, Superman faces off against the "Crime Mentalist" who can predict crimes before they happen; finds himself locked up for speeding in "Superman, Jailbird;" plays cupid to help a millionaire Prince Charming find the mysterious "Miss Whisper;" and is at the mercy of his old foe Enthor's paralyzing weapon! Other stories in this third addition to the series include "Lois's Secret Identity" and "The Super Elixir."

Featuring never-before-collected strips!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 9-in., 260 pages, B&W. All Ages

Cover price $49.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing "1959-1961!" Written by Jerry Siegel. Art by Curt Swan. Cover by Peter Poplaski. The Man of Steel comes to the Library of American Comics! In partnership with DC Entertainment, the Eisner Award-winning imprint will produce deluxe archival editions of the Superman newspaper strip that ran from 1939-1966. The Dailies will be released in three sub-sets, starting with The Silver Age, then The Atomic Age, and finally, The Golden Age. (Sundays will be released in a separate, concurrent series.) These Silver Age classics have never been reprinted. The first volume boasts art by Curt Swan and Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye, as Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel scripts stories by Otto Binder, Robert Bender, Jerry Coleman, and a new version of his own classic "Superman Returns to Krypton!" The book includes almost 800 strips, the complete episodes from December 15, 1958 - July 1, 1961. This is the series Superman fans have been waiting for! Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W. Cover price $49.99.

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Does NOT have Dust Jacket - 2nd and later printings. By Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The first three years of the classic Superman Sunday comic strips are collected and reprinted in full-color in one hardcover volume! Originally published simultaneously with the groundbreaking first issues of Superman and Action Comics, these adventures are reproduced from the finest source material available, and also reprint the Siegel and Shuster Look magazine feature "How Superman Would End World War II." Hardcover, 12-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

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Slipcased Edition - 1st printing. "1939-1943" Collects Superman's Sunday comic strips 1939-1943. By Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster. A handsome hardcover collection of the first three years of the Siegel and Shuster Superman Sunday comic strips! Hardcover (horizontal format with slipcase), 12-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $60.00.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Jim Toomey.

Whether you are a faithful follower of the silly yet sophisticated strip or new to Sherman's underwater world, Surf's Up will be a book you can't put down. Once you've seen the world through the eyes of Sherman, you'll never look at marine life the same way again.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

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1st printing.

Written by Rick Kirkman. Art and cover by Jerry Scott.

The zaniest and most-relatable newspaper comic about parenting life is back with a brand-new collection. Baby Blues transcends the comic page by fusing the award-winning imaginations of Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott with familiar family life. Kirkman and Scott intuitively balance the humorous with the poignant through relatable and sometimes all-too-familiar parenting scenes.

This latest collection includes a year's worth of strips, many with commentary by Jerry and Rick.

Softcover, 11-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color.

Cover price $18.99.

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1st printing. By Darby Conley. Satchel, the Shar-pei-Lab mix in the Get Fuzzy family who actually believes what TV commercials say, and his owner-housemate Rob Wilco, a single, somewhat befuddled, Red Sox-best-sellers obsessed ad exec, endure the scourge of their daily existence, Bucky Katt. Whether baiting the ferret down the hall for battle, gorging on rubber bands (and the ensuing gastric consequences), or joining the gun repair club, Bucky continuously tests the patience and endurance of his hapless mates. Softcover, 8-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $10.95.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Bill Amend.

A collection of FoxTrot comic strips, featuring even more hilarious adventures with the Fox family.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $8.95.

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1st printing. By Jim Toomey. Sherman's Lagoon is an imaginary lagoon somewhere in the tropics, inhabited by a cast of sea creatures whose lives are curiously similar to our own. Sherman, the main character, is a great white shark who is completely unaware of how intimidating his species can be. He gets pushed around by the other characters, namely: Hawthorne the hermit crab, Fillmore the sea turtle, and his wife, Megan, who is another great white shark, of course. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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Tarzan (Sunday Page) Folio #2. Drawn by Hal Foster. The featured stories are (1) Tarzan and D'Arnot with the Foreign Legion (2) Tarzan and the Jungle Goddesses (3) The Return of Korak, the Killer (4) Tarzan at the Elephants Graveyard. 11 x 14.75, 64 pages, B&W.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "In the City of Gold!"

Written by Don Garden. Art and cover by Burne Hogarth.

This is the first of four exclusive volumes that will collect all of Burne Hogarth's Tarzan newspaper strips. Beginning with the adventures "Tarzan in the City of Gold" and continuing with "Tarzan and the Boers," Hogarth and writer Don Garden hit the ground running, and produced some of the most acclaimed stories ever to appear in the pages of newspapers worldwide. Volume one contains Hogarth's conclusion of "City of Gold" and five complete other stories. Full-color restorations of the newspaper strips, reproduced in the oversized full-page format made popular by current collections of Prince Valiant and Popeye the Sailor! Includes historical articles from Scott Tracy Griffin, author of Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 168 pages, full color. Cover price $39.95.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Tarzan and the Lost Tribes!"

Written by Simon Ward. Art and cover by Burne Hogarth.

THE WORLD-FAMOUS COMIC STRIP, RESTORED AND COLLECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS ENTIRETY! Following on from Tarzan Versus The Nazis, Tarzan in the City of Gold and Tarzan Versus The Barbarians, Tarzan - The Island Of Mua-Ao is the fourth and final exclusive volume authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate, collecting the entire run of the legendary Tarzan comic strip by one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century, Burne Hogarth (with Don Garden).

Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

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Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Tarzan and the Adventurers!"

Written by Simon Ward. Art and cover by Burne Hogarth.

The final entry in the Complete Burne Hogarth Comic Strip Library, this volume collects his rarely seen daily comic strips in one volume for the first time as well as two exceptional adventures from the Sunday strips. Each strip has been carefully restored from the highest quality source material available, lavishly presented to emphasize the exceptional quality of one of the most influential illustrators to ever take on the Lord of the Jungle.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $49.95.

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Volume 15A - 1st printing - Color Edition. Collects Tarzan newspaper strips from 1945-1947. Stories by Burne Hogarth and Don Garden. Introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Art by Burne Hogarth and Ruben Moreira, credited as Rubimor. Cover by Burne Hogarth. This volume includes some of the strips by acclaimed Puerto Rican artist Rubimor, who took over the strip while Hogarth briefly left to pursue his own comic strip. The conclusion of Tarzan Against the Gorm-Bongara Monster; Part 1 of Tarzan on the Island of Ka-Gor. Hardcover, 10 1/2-in. x 14-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $35.00.

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Volume 16 - 1st printing. Collects Tarzan newspaper strips from 1947-1948. Stories by Rob Thompson. Art and cover by Burne Hogarth. After a brief interlude, Hogarth returns to the strip that made him famous. The conclusion of Tarzan on the Island of Ka-Gor (begun in Volume 15); Tarzan and N'Ani; Part 1 of Tarzan on the Island of Mua-Ao. Hardcover, 10 1/2-in. x 14-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $35.00.

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Volume 1 – 1st printing. Stories by Burne Hogarth, plus introduction by Maurice Horn. Art by Burne Hogarth. Cover by Burne Hogarth. Reprints the Tarzan Sunday comic strip from Apr. 27, 1941 - Aug. 2, 1942. Blackthorne's Comic-Strip Preserves reprints Burne Hogarth's well-regarded run on the Tarzan comic strip. The Lord of the Jungle faces the menaces of Dagga Ramba and the Fatal Fountain. Also, a critical essay on Burne Hogarth's art, and a list of story titles for the Tarzan Sunday strips from 1937 to 1950. The Magic of Burne Hogarth (Introduction); Tarzan Against Dagga Ramba; Tarzan and the Fatal Fountain. 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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Volume 2 – 1st printing. Stories by Burne Hogarth. Art by Burne Hogarth. Cover by Burne Hogarth. Reprints the Tarzan Sunday comic strip from Aug. 9, 1942 - Oct. 24, 1943. Blackthorne's Comic-Strip Preserves reprints Burne Hogarth's well-regarded run on the Tarzan comic strip. The complete storyline Tarzan and the Barbarians. Also, a biography of Tarzan creator and legendary pulp writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. Edgar Rice Burroughs; Tarzan and the Barbarians. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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Volume 3 – 1st printing. Stories by Russ Manning. Art by Russ Manning and Mike Royer. Cover by Russ Manning. Reprints the Tarzan Sunday comic strip from Jul. 12, 1970 - Apr. 2, 1972 (strips #2053 - 2143) and Feb. 5, 1978 - Jan. 28, 1979 (strips #2448 - 2498). Blackthorne's Comic-Strip Preserves reprints celebrated fantasy artist Russ Manning's run on the Tarzan comic strip. Including a visit to the subterranean world of Pellucidar, and a biographical sketch of Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs. Edgar Rice Burroughs; The Slave Traders; Dead Moon of Pellucidar. 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

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1st printing. By Milton Caniff. For more than fifty years this famous signature has drawn readers to the finest in adventure comics. Terry is an All-American boy whose Grandfather left him a map of an abandoned gold mine in China. He is joined by a motley band of brave treasure hunters and together they will face perils and adventure undreamed of! Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 110 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1934-1935!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

NBM/Flying Buttress collects the Sunday pages of Caniffs influential adventure strip in full-color hardcover editions. In the very earliest days of Terry and the Pirates, the Sunday strips had a separate storyline from the daily strip. Adventurous kid Terry and his tough-guy pal Pat have their first encounter with the person who will become their most persistent, enigmatic opponent: The Dragon Lady!

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $35.00. Cover price $35.00.

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Volume 7 - 1st printing. "1941!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

This series of beautiful Hardcover volumes collect the complete run of the Sunday comic strip from 1934-1946.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $35.00.

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. "1942!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

NBM/Flying Buttress collects the Sunday pages of Caniffs influential adventure strip in full-color hardcover editions. Pat runs into his old flame Normandie, who now has a husband and child; if that wasnt bad enough, the husband is none other than the annoying, dishonest Tony Sandhurst. Also, the first appearance of Flip Corkin, the ace pilot based on a real-life war hero.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $35.00. Cover price $35.00.

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Volume 9 - 1st printing. "1943!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

NBM/Flying Buttress collects the Sunday pages of Caniffs influential adventure strip in full-color hardcover editions. Terry, now an adult, officially becomes a flight officer in the military, facing action in the skies and romance on the ground as the Pacific war heats up.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $35.00. Cover price $35.00.

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Volume 11 - 1st printing. "1945!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

NBM/Flying Buttress collects the Sunday pages of Caniffs influential adventure strip in full-color hardcover editions. As American forces are about to open up a major offensive in the Pacific, The Dragon Lady takes Terry hostage to ensure safe passage out of Indochina, and only Pat can save him.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $35.00. Cover price $35.00.

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Volume 12 - 1st printing. "1946!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

This series of beautiful Hardcover volumes collect the complete run of the Sunday comic strip from 1934-1946. Featuring Terry's final goodbye to Jane Allen, a poignant farewell from Milton Caniff to his beloved readers.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $35.00.

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"The Golden Age of The Comics No. 4" on cover but this is actually the 6th book in series.

1st printing. Story and art by Milton Caniff. Collects TERRY AND THE PIRATES comic strips. The cover lists this as "The Golden Age of The Comics No. 4" but the inside has a list of the series from Nostalgia Press, and this is actually the 6th book. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 212 pages, B&W.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1934-1935: Enter The Dragon Lady!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

The Library of American Comics and Clover Press are proud to publish Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection. Reproduced from Milton Caniff's personal set of color syndicate tabloid proofs that were unavailable for previous books, this series is the ultimate edition of Caniff's masterpiece. We present the Sundays in an unmatched color fidelity and larger than they have ever before been reprinted -- an unparalleled upgrade that no Terry fan can afford to pass up.

Terry and the Pirates debuted in October 1934. For the next twelve years, Caniff would weave a spell of exotic adventure, sex appeal, and humor. The cartoonist set the strip in exotic China, where historic events occurring in the region during the 1930s provided the raw material from which he blended fantasy and reality to create an extraordinary graphic narrative. The series introduces young Terry Lee, his adult pal Pat Ryan, their sidekick Connie, as well as an array of unforgettable brigands such as Captains Judas and Blaze, and the two toughest women to ever sail on the China Seas: the alluring Burma and the inimitable Dragon Lady.

No cartoonist has so heavily influenced his medium as has Milton Caniff, and no comic strip has had more imitators than Terry and the Pirates. Terry and the Pirates was read by 31 million newspaper subscribers between 1934 and 1946. Vol. 1 collects all dailies and Sundays from the strip's beginning on October 22, 1934 through the end of 1935 in a deluxe 192 pp, 11" x 14", hardcover.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 14-in., 192 pages, full color.

NOTE: "In the first few years of Terry and the Pirates, Milton Caniff invented the visual and textual language that defines the very vocabulary of all adventure and character-based comic art.... It is the greatest adventure comic strip ever done-a genuine masterpiece of its art form." - Howard V. Chaykin

Cover price $120.00.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "1936: The Burma Blues!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

Volume 2 of this landmark series-reproduced from Milton Caniff's personal set of color syndicate tabloid proofs-features the iconic 1936 daily and Sunday adventures, which continue their separate paths until the end of August when the stories-and cast of characters-are happily united once and for all.

In the Sunday Saga, Pat and Cap'n Blaze have it out across a checker board! Then things get really hot when the Dragon Lady and her men lay siege to Blaze's encampment! A twist of fate puts Pat in charge of the Dragon Lady's forces, but they're mistaken for soldier-of-fortune pirates when the Chinese Army storms their position. It takes timely intervention from a surprising source to gain their freedom.

Meanwhile, in the Daily Saga, fists fly when Terry, Connie, and Pat are taken prisoner by the insidious Captain Judas-and sparks fly when the boys have their first meeting with beautiful, blonde Burma! The famous strips from March 16-21 steamed up the national audience and became one of the most imitated sequences in comic strip history. Later, cat claws are unsheathed against the backdrop of plague on the planation run by Stan and Wendy Wingate, Burma takes a dive, and with the daily and Sunday strips integrated into a unified storyline the boys once again confront the Dragon Lady before running afoul (accent on the foul!) of Papa Pyzon.

The Library of American Comics and Clover Press are proud to publish Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection, the ultimate edition of Caniff's masterpiece. We present the Sundays in an unmatched color fidelity and larger than they have ever before been reprinted-an unparalleled upgrade that no Terry fan can afford to pass up.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 14-in., 164 pages, full color.

Cover price $100.00.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. "1937: The Return of the Normandie Drake!"

Story and art by Milton Caniff.

The saga continues in Terry and the Pirates Volume 3, reproduced from Milton Caniff's personal set of color syndicate tabloid proofs!

The Dragon Lady gets a bang out of her time with Papa Pyzon, but Terry, Pat, and Connie escape, only to have their first meeting with the lowest of the low, Tony Sandhurst-and is Pat in for a surprise when he meets Mrs. Sandhurst! Despite saving Sandhurst's miserable life on multiple occasions, Tony connives to bring charges against Pat. Friends and a former lover help acquit him, even as Connie finds a new ally, the gentle giant, Big Stoop. Burma and Captain Judas both make return appearances, and the year ends with Terry, Burma, and Connie assisting ragtag Chinese peasants, unaware a new menace grows near.

The Library of American Comics and Clover Press are proud to publish Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection, the ultimate edition of Caniff's masterpiece. We present the Sundays in an unmatched color fidelity and larger than they have ever before been reprinted-an unparalleled upgrade that no Terry fan can afford to pass up.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 14-in., 164 pages, full color.

NOTE: "In [these] pages, we see Milton Caniff emerging as one of the most gifted writers of narrative in the American 20th century. We see more clearly now that he was engaged in writing and drawing a picaresque novel, as full of adventures as Don Quixote, Tom Jones, or Huckleberry Finn." - Pete Hamill

Cover price $100.00.

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Volume 9 - 1st printing. "1943: Terry Earns His Wings!" Story and art by Milton Caniff. The saga continues in Terry and the Pirates Volume 9, reproduced from Milton Caniff's personal set of color syndicate tabloid proofs! Flip Corkin schools Joe Jitsu in good ol' American know-how before he schools Terry about the ins-and-outs of being a fighter pilot. The October 17th Sunday page-as Terry earns his wings and Flip delivers "The Pilot's Creed"-is so powerful it was read into the Congressional Record. Before that can happen, wily Rouge abducts Taffy Tucker and gives her amnesia before slipping away! Taffy is in safe hands, however, when she falls under the wing of Connie, Big Stoop, and Navy Lieutenant Pat Ryan! Taffy's reunion with her memory and with Flip coincides with the arrival of Flight Lieutenant Tote Bonny and Grett Murmur, while Terry investigates the French Captain Midi, whom some find almost-hypnotic. This tabloid-sized Volume 9 containing the 1943 dailies and Sundays is an unparalleled upgrade that no Terry fan can afford to pass up. Hardcover, 11-in. x 14-in., 164 pages, full color. NOTE: "In Terry and the Pirates all the storytelling tech-niques of the adventure strip fused and a classic style emerged. Caniff developed and integrated the narrative and its visual expression into a uniform aesthetic balance." - Jerry Robinson, The Comics Cover price $100.00.

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Volume 13 - 1st printing. "Odyssey on the China Seas!" Written by Bruce Canwell and Dean Mullaney. Art, photos and notes courtesy Estate of Milton Caniff. Using art, photos, and rarely seen design work Volume 13 of the Library of American Comics Master Collection of Terry and the Pirates offers an unprecedented look behind the scenes of the history and creation of Terry and the Pirates! Hardcover, 11-in. x 14-in., 112 pages, PCB&W, PFC.