Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy TPB (1987-1992) The Complete 1924-1943 comic books
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Issue #1-1ST
Published 1987 by Flying Buttress.$5.99
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1924-1925!" The Complete Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy by Roy Crane were published by the Flying Buttress Classics Library. Born in 1901 in Abilene, Texas, Royston Crane's creation Wash Tubbs was launched on Monday, April 21, 1924. Widely considered to be one of the first great adventure strips, Wash Tubbs was a small fellow with big spectacles who quickly emerged as a slang-slinging, girl-chasing opportunist. Soon Tubbs would be joined by Captain Easy the classic soldier of fortune. Easy was a wanderer, boxer, cook, aviator, seaman, explorer, and soldier. Gil Kane, before an audience at the San Diego Comic Convention once stated that Superman and Batman were both comparable to Easy. Volume 1 (1924-1925) reprints Crane's classic comic strips with an introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Wash heads to the South Seas in search of buried treasure. Softcover, (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.
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Issue #7-1ST
Published 1989 by Flying Buttress.$11.99
Volume 7 - 1st printing. "1932-1933!" The Complete Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy by Roy Crane were published by the Flying Buttress Classics Library. Widely considered to be one of the first great adventure strips, Wash Tubbs the wise-cracking, girl-chasing opportunist and soldier of fortune Captain Easy are back for more fun and adventure. Volume 7 (1932-1933) reprints Crane's classic comic strips with an introduction by Bill Blackbeard. Easy's own solo adventures premiere and Crane treats his audience with breathtaking landscapes, hordes of crazed warriors, and scores of harem girls. Softcover, (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.
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Issue #8-1ST
Published 1989 by Flying Buttress.$11.99
Volume 8 - 1st printing. "1933-1934!" The Complete Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy by Roy Crane were published by the Flying Buttress Classics Library. Widely considered to be one of the first great adventure strips, Wash Tubbs the wise-cracking, girl-chasing opportunist and soldier of fortune Captain Easy are back for more fun and adventure. Volume 8 (1933-1934) reprints Crane's classic comic strips with an introduction by Ron Goulart. Wash and Easy spend time in a haunted mansion, galloping across the Wild West, investigating a murder mystery, and still find time to return to Kandelabra. Softcover, (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.
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Issue #9-1ST
Published 1989 by Flying Buttress.$11.99
Volume 9 - 1st printing. "1934-1935!" The Complete Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy by Roy Crane were published by the Flying Buttress Classics Library. Widely considered to be one of the first great adventure strips, Wash Tubbs the wise-cracking, girl-chasing opportunist and soldier of fortune Captain Easy are back for more fun and adventure. Volume 9 (1934-1935) reprints Crane's classic comic strips. Wash and Easy have fun with the millionaire Horatio Boardman, until they learn Kandelabra is on the brink of war. Meanwhile, in Easy's solo-strip the good Captain embarks on a quest for underwater treasure and encounters pirates and perils aplenty. Softcover, (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.
