Steve
Canyon like you've never seen it before—reproduced
in color directly from Milton Caniff's personal set of syndicate
proofs! For the first time, the definitive edition of Caniff's
famous flyboy featuring every Sunday in color and the daily strips
in their original, uncropped versions. The series is presented in a
matching hardcover set to our Eisner Award-winning Terry and
the Pirates.
Caniff quit Terry in 1946 to begin
Steve Canyon and it became his biggest-selling work.
Forever known as the Rembrandt of the Comic Strip, Caniff is at the
absolute peak of his artistic prowess in these strips. Your
passport is set for Adventure, Intrigue, and Danger on your
expedition to exotic locales with your pilot, the one and only
Steve Canyon!
Steve Canyon Vol 1: 1947-1948
by Milton
Caniff
Edited & Designed by Dean Mullaney, Essay by Bruce
Canwell.
The horizons are unlimited after World War II
when Steve Canyon assembles a flight crew of veterans for his new
air-transport business. Action flies high as Canyon and his men
befriend Happy Easter, cross swords with the hirsute Herr Splitz,
and match wits with Chief Izm. The Caniff women are also on
display, as Canyon meets the steely yet sexy "Copper" Calhoun; the
beautiful schemer, Delta; that modern-day Mata Hari, Madame Lynx;
Dr. Deen Wilderness, who is as capable as she is lovely; plus
Captain Shark, Convoy, and the footloose Fancy. The Library of
American Comics launches this highly-awaited reprinting by
collecting every daily and full-color Sunday from 1947 to 1948 in a
single hardcover volume. There's excitement, humor, lovely women,
and wonderful art in the exciting Caniff
style!
Oversized 11” x
8.5” full-color hardcover-with-dustjacket, 336 pp,
$49.99.
Coming Soon
Steve Canyon Vol 2: 1949-1950
by Milton
Caniff
Edited & Designed by Dean Mullaney, Essay by Bruce
Canwell.
In the second volume of the complete Steve
Canyon, the temperature of the Cold War heats up and Milton
Caniff expands his already large cast even further. Steve
re-engages with Copper Calhoon, encounters Chinese warlords such as
Serge Blu, spies like Madame Lynx, and joins a secret air force
from Western democracies taking on thinly-disguised communists. In
the midst of all this intrigue, Happy meets his Hooligans, Reed
Kimberly falls head over heels for Princess Snowflower, and Steve
learns that the end of the 1940s may be the best years of their
lives.
Oversized 11” x
8.5” full-color hardcover-with-dustjacket, 336 pp, $49.99.
ISBN: 978-1-61377-287-4
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 Socity, to the
Exceptional Service Award of the United States Air Force. The Air
Force created an official record for Steve Canyon, the only time a
fictional character was so honored.