TERRY AND THE PIRATES The Master Collection Volume 9 1943

Reproduced from Milton Caniff's personal set of color syndicate tabloid proofs. Flip Corkin schools Joe Jitsu in good ol’ American know-how before he schools Terry about the ins-and-outs of being a fighter pilot. The October 17th Sunday page --as Terry earns his wings and Flip delivers “The Pilot’s Creed”-- is so powerful it was read into the Congressional Record. Before that can happen, wily Rouge abducts Taffy Tucker and gives her amnesia before slipping away! Taffy is in safe hands, however, when she falls under the wing of Connie, Big Stoop, and Navy Lieutenant Pat Ryan! Taffy’s reunion with her memory and with Flip coincides with the arrival of Flight Lieutenant Tote Bonny and Grett Murmur, while Terry investigates the French Captain Midi, whom some find almost hypnotic. The series will end with book 12. Book 13 is bonus materials and comes along with Volume 1 at a special introductory price. In 1946 Caniff left Terry, due to disputes over ownership, and started Steve Canyon. “Terry significantly altered and dominated the landscape of the newspaper comic strip. [Caniff’s] work is notable for its reliance on character instead of plot to dictate the action. The other thing Caniff brought to the comic strip was sex. Terry’s female characters practically oozed sexuality in a way that previous strips had never dared.” — The Harrisburg Patriot News