TERRY AND THE PIRATES The Master Collection Volume 11 1945

"Things really begin to happen in the early '40s. Terry Lee grows up to be a Flight Officer in the Air Force and, played against the background of a World War, takes on considerable dimension. Now Caniff was in his element. Terry was no longer a mere comic strip. It was a war novel." - Jim Steranko. It’s a new year of reunions, not resolutions -- Terry and Pat join forces! They connect with the Dragon Lady -- and with Terry’s old flame, Hu Shee! Terry, Hotshot Charlie, and Hu Shee cross paths with swashbuckling pirate Johnny Jingo, in turn joining Terry’s old friend April Kane before a new encounter with Nazi collaborator Papa Pyzon! Papa is exactly who he seems, yet his henchman, Mr. Hutch, may have a different trick up his sleeve. Meanwhile, the trick up April’s sleeve is less successful, positioning Terry to weather a wintry storm with the delightful Fob Cobb and the prune-faced Ilse Grosse-Nach. It’s like getting both candy and a lump of coal in one’s Christmas stocking! This is the penultimate volume in this series; Vol 13 and Vol 1 were published together, so Volume 12 will complete the entire Caniff years. Volume 13 is all bonus material. In 1946 Caniff famously left Terry because the syndicate, not Caniff, owned the strip. He started Steve Canyon and the rest is history.