Four Color
#1033 - Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon
(September-November 1959)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1959-08-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Dell
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon
Steve Canyon / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Steve Canyon (photo of Dean Fredericks)
- Reprints
in 
[no title indexed]
Steve Canyon / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Bailey; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Ray Bailey; Milton Caniff (see notes); ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mayday! Mayday!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Steve Canyon (photo of Dean Fredericks); Nurse Maggie Gallagher
- Synopsis
- Preview of the first story in the issue.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. One photo and five panels with text underneath.
According to information in the foreword of "Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon: The Complete Series" (Hermes Press, 2011) #1, Milton Caniff inked the heads of the Steve Canyon character.
The Mystery of the Missing Jet
Steve Canyon / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils
- Ray Bailey
- Inks
- Ray Bailey; Milton Caniff (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Up from the long runway of the West Coast Big Thunder Air Force Base roars an F-105 on a goodwill south of the border...
- Feature Logo
Steve Canyon- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Steve Canyon; Nurse Maggie Gallagher
- Synopsis
- When a top secret Air Force jet develops engine trouble, the pilot bails out over Baja California in Mexico. Steve Canyon and Nurse Maggie Gallagher fly to the crash area to prevent spies from discovering the plane's experimental hardware.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
According to information in the foreword of "Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon: The Complete Series" (Hermes Press, 2011) #1, Milton Caniff inked the heads of the Steve Canyon character.
The Daredevil
Steve Canyon / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Paul S. Newman
- Pencils
- Ray Bailey
- Inks
- Ray Bailey; Milton Caniff (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And at nearby Big Thunder Air Force Base, the phones begin to ring...
- Feature Logo
- Steve Canyon
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Steve Canyon; Nurse Maggie Gallagher; Buzz Waller
- Synopsis
- Civilian test pilot Buzz Waller delivers a new model jet to Canyon's base. After nearly causing the death of a pilot in a jet-style game of "follow the leader," Waller is given a lesson in stunt flying by Canyon himself.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents."
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
According to information in the foreword of "Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon: The Complete Series" (Hermes Press, 2011) #1, Milton Caniff inked the heads of the Steve Canyon character.
Air Force Helicopters
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the jet age, side by side with the fast flying jets...
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation
- Synopsis
- Short article about Air Force helicopters.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Three photos credited as "Official U.S. Air Force Photos" plus typeset text.
Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson B. Canyon
Steve Canyon / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Commanding officer of Big Thunder Air Force Base, California, Steve Canyon is not content to be a chair-borne flyer.
- Genre
- adventure; aviation
- Characters
- Steve Canyon (photo of Dean Fredericks)
- Synopsis
- Short profile of Steve Canyon.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Two black and white photos from TV series with yellow and blue background.
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Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon
Steve Canyon -
1.
["Mayday! Mayday!"]
Steve Canyon -
2.
The Mystery of the Missing Jet
Steve Canyon -
3.
The Daredevil
Steve Canyon -
4.
Air Force Helicopters
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5.
Lieutenant Colonel Stevenson B. Canyon
Steve Canyon
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Merlin Haas
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Michael Hoskin
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Jim Van Dore
- Jim Walls
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