(June 1957)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Dell
- 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. 804." Code number is S.C.O.S. #804-576. Copyright 1957 by Field Enterprises, Inc. Based on the "Steve Canyon" newspaper strip by Milton Caniff. Fifth of seven Steve Canyon Four Color issues.
The Dew Line
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ? (photos)
- Inks:
- ? (photos)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Brief description of the Distant Early Warning stations spread across the Arctic in Alaska and Canada.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Six photos and brief text.
The Polar Peril
Steve Canyon / comic story / 32 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Milton Caniff
- Pencils:
- Ray Bailey; Milton Caniff (see notes)
- Inks:
- Ray Bailey; Milton Caniff (see notes)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Steve Canyon; Tuck O'Tucker
- Synopsis:
- Steve and Tuck escort a top secret piece of equipment to a secret base in Alaska. Tuck is set to work on organizing a chapter of the Civil Air Patrol, while Steve tests a new rocket plane in arctic conditions.
Indexer Notes
According to Alberto Becattini, Caniff only drew Steve Canyon's heads, the rest of the art was by Bailey. (May 14, 2007)
Arctic Air Force
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ray Bailey
- Inks:
- Ray Bailey
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Facts about aviation equipment used in bringing in material for the DEW Line.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white.
Workhorses of the Arctic
filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ray Bailey
- Inks:
- Ray Bailey
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Heavy equipment used in the Arctic.
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Next to last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Dew Line
-
2.
The Polar Peril
Steve Canyon -
3.
Arctic Air Force
-
4.
Workhorses of the Arctic
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Merlin Haas
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- Gene Reed
- Roger A. Budnick
- John P. Selegue
- Merlin Haas
- Ken Lemons
- Chris Launder
- Jim Walls
- 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
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