(August 1954)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Brand:
Dell Comic
Editing:
?
Format:
Color; standard Golden Age and later Silver Age formats; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was an On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "Milton Caniff's STEVE CANYON, No. 578." Code number is S.C.O.S. #578-548. Copyright 1954 by Field Enterprises, Inc. Based on the "Steve Canyon" newspaper strip by Milton Caniff. Second of seven Steve Canyon Four Color issues.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
? (painting)
Inks:
? (painting)
Colors:
? (painting)

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Steve Canyon; Tuck O'Tucker

India (Table of Contents)

Steve Canyon / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Steve Canyon; Maharanee; Maharajah of Bahar
Synopsis:
Introduction of setting and main characters of the story.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations and typeset text.


[The Missing Maharajah] (Table of Contents)

Steve Canyon / comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
William Overgard; Milton Caniff (see notes)
Inks:
William Overgard; Milton Caniff (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Steve Canyon; Tuck O'Tucker; Maharanee; Maharajah of Bahar
Synopsis:
Steve Canyon and Tuck go to India as civilians to map out the best strategy for air support of supplies to a famine-stricken area. When they get to the area they find that the Maharajah who asked for help is reported to be dead and the Maharajah's brother is now in charge. The former Maharajah's wife thinks her husband is still alive and asks Canyon for help.

Indexer Notes

Reference is made to the story in Steve Canyon Four Color #519. Story continues on the inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. According to Alberto Becattini, Caniff only drew Steve Canyon's heads. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. India
    Steve Canyon
  2. 2. [The Missing Maharajah]
    Steve Canyon
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Alan Hutchinson
  • Merlin Haas
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  • John P. Selegue
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  • Terry Vraspir
  • Gary Perlman
  • Jerry Hillegas
  • Craig Delich
  • James Ludwig
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Kenneth Blair
  • Mike Nielsen
  • David Porta
  • Matthew Torrance
  • Ken Kwilinski
  • Gary L. Watson
  • Gregg Whitmore
  • Max Capp
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Rodney Hinkle
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Karl Wilcox
  • Darrel McCann
  • Peter Croome