Steve Canyon Volume 3: 1951-1952 - Hardcover

Caniff, Milton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1613775768 ISBN 13: 9781613775769

Publisher: IDW Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

• In the third volume of The Complete Steve Canyon — reprinting every strip from 1951 and 1952 — new and old characters are paired off. Breck Nazaire and Dr. Deen Wilderness return. Steve meets the lovely Duchess of Denver and the sadistic Fungo; gets assigned to Eel Island, where he encounters crusty Colonel Index and his not-so-blushing bride; is sent to protect a government secret at Maumee University, only to reconnect with Summer Olson and meet her mysterious friend, Kate Subjekt; and eventually gets caught in the deep woods with Miss Mizzou and Roy Himmerskorn before coming face-to-face yet again with not only Summer, but the Copperhead herself — Copper Calhoon!
• Edited and designed by Dean Mullaney, with historical essays by Bruce Canwell, Steve Canyon is presented in a matching hardcover set to the Library of American Comics's Eisner Award-winning Terry and the Pirates.

About this title

About the Author

Born in Hillsboro, Ohio in 1907, Milton Caniff is one of the most honored cartoonists in history, with awards ranging from two Cartoonist of the Year “Reuben” awards from his peers in the National Cartoonists Society, to the Exceptional Service Award of the United States Air Force.

Reviews

Four years into Steve Canyon’s four-decade run, these 1951–52 installments begin to show the Cold War trappings that colored the strip for the rest of its days. With the onset of the Korean War, Canyon, initially a globe-trotting pilot-for-hire, has joined the U.S. Air Force, and in this volume, his missions involve rescuing American captives from a prison camp in Communist China, retrieving an errant Russian guided missile, sabotaging a Soviet submarine operation, and saving a military base on a strategic island from being blown up by Reds. In the process, he crosses paths with a bevy of gorgeous dames, most notably Summer Olson, the widow of one of Steve’s comrades-in-arms, who would become the strip’s primary love interest, providing a soap-opera element to leaven the high adventure. The collection, sharply reproduced from syndicate proofs, brilliantly shows off the hallmarks—cinematic storytelling, dramatic illustration, exotic locales, appealing characters, and snappy dialogue—that made Caniff one of comics’ most highly regarded and influential artists. --Gordon Flagg

Edition details

• Publisher: IDW Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1613775768
• ISBN 13: 9781613775769
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Mullaney Dean