Terry and the Pirates Large Feature Comic #27 - Limited Edition Reprint 1982

Description: "Terry and the Pirates Large Feature Comic #27 - Limited Edition Reprint" by Milton Caniff - Published in 1982 by Tony Raiola - 52 pages with full-color covers and black & white interior (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") - Very good condition. Terry and the Pirates was an action-adventure comic strip created by cartoonist Milton Caniff , which first appeared in daily newspapers on October 22, 1934, and the Sunday color pages on December 9, of that year. Initially, the storylines of the daily strips and Sunday pages were different, but on August 26, 1936, they merged into a single storyline. The adventure revolves around young Terry Lee, "a wide-awake American boy," arriving in then-contemporary China with his friend, two-fisted journalist Pat Ryan. Seeking a lost gold mine, they meet George Webster "Connie" Confucius, interpreter and local guide. Initially, crudely drawn backgrounds and stereotypical characters surrounded Terry as he matched wits with pirates and various other villains. He developed an ever larger circle of friends and enemies, including Big Stoop, Captain Judas, Cheery Blaze, Chopstick Joe, Cue Ball and Dude Hennick. Most notable of all was the famed femme fatale, the Dragon Lady, who started as an enemy and later, during World War II, became an ally. Caniff included a number of non-American female antagonists, all of whom referred to themselves in the third person. These included the Dragon Lady herself and crooks and spies like Sanjak and Rouge. In a rather bold move for a 1940s comic strip, Sanjak was hinted at being a lesbian cross-dresser with designs on Terry's girlfriend April Kane. Caniff purportedly named the character after an island next to the isle of Lesbos. Over time, owing to a successful collaboration with cartoonist Noel Sickles, Caniff dramatically improved to produce some of the most memorable strips in the history of the medium. Ray Bailey, Caniff's assistant on Terry and the Pirates, went on to create his own adventure strip. This limited edition 1982 book reprints Terry & the Pirates Large Feature Comic #27 originally published in 1941. There is some very minor edge wear and some light spotting (barely visible in the scan), mostly on the borders of the back cover, but this book is still in very good condition. No collection of Terry and the Pirates items is complete without this book. Please see the scan for the great Milton Caniff artwork on the covers and so you can judge the condition for yourself (the book in the scans is the one you will get). You can try to buy this book for less money from one of those eBay booksellers with hundreds, if not, thousands of negatives (you know the ones I refer to) and be lucky if the book is delivered in the stated condition (if you even get it at all), or you can buy it from me and be assured of receiving a high quality item (true to the stated condition) and a prompt delivery. You won't be disappointed. Don't get left out; this book is long out of print! All previous buyers of my comics have been completely satisfied. I have many others available; please inquire. The book will be sent via Media mail shipping in the USA to minimize shipping costs. I will combine shipping to reduce charges for multiple items. If you purchase more than one item, please wait until I send you an invoice with the appropriate combined shipping discount. Credit cards are accepted through PayPal.com. Please see my auctions and my eBay store for hundreds of books and a wide variety of sports and non-sports collectibles. All items are packed with care to insure safe delivery. Please contact me if you have any questions. 3-3-18 -- 5.2

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