Buccaneers #27

(May 1951)

Alliance of Evil (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Daring [pirate] / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Reed Crandall

Inks

Les Zakarin

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

historical; adventure

Characters

Captain Daring; Patch; Sir Mark Drayton (Governor of Illyria); Lady Delores Drayton; Captain Jigg (villain); Captain Foxx [aka the Red Fox)

Synopsis

Capturing the villainous Captain Jigg, Captain Daring is warned by his foe that he will never overcome the Red Fox. Sure enough, through deception, Captain Foxx takes over the island of Illyria and declares himself the new governor. Thanks to the daring of Lady Delores, Jigg and Foxx go at one another, allowing Daring and his men to overcome them.

Reprints

• in Adventure Annual (T. V. Boardman, 1953 series) #1 (1953)
• in America's Greatest Comics (AC, 2002 series) #15 (2006)
• in Captain Daring (Boardman Books, 2014 series) (November 13, 2014)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #109 (2018)
• in Pirates: A Treasure of Comics to Plunder, Arrr! (Clover Press, 2020 series) (March 2020)

Keywords

Illyria; pirate; The Revenge (Captain Daring's ship)

Indexer Notes

Inker credit verified by Zakarin in interview with Jim Amash in Alter Ego #27 (August, 2003), which reprints the splash page.

[The Most Dynamic Magazine on the Newstands!] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Signet of the King (Table of Contents: 3)

Adam Peril, USN / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Harry Anderson

Inks

Harry Anderson

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

historical; adventure

Characters

Adam Peril; Tiny; Anita Galvez; Captain Pogue

Reprints

• in Adventure Annual (T. V. Boardman, 1953 series) #1 (1953)

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

The Lady in the Iron Mask (Table of Contents: 4)

Black Roger / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

historical; adventure

Characters

Black Roger [Roger Randolph]; Barty; The Lady in the Iron Mask [Princess of Jotphar]

Synopsis

The Black Roger succeeds in rescuing a lovely Princess.

Reprints

• in Adventure Annual (T. V. Boardman, 1953 series) #1 (1953)
• in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #2 (2002)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Last appearance.

William Fly, the Inefficient Buccaneer (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; historical

Characters

William Fly; Captain Green; Maurice Condon

This Is It! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Blackhawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Code of Treachery! (Table of Contents: 7)

Eric Falcon, Soldier of Fortune / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Sid Greene

Inks

Sid Greene

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

historical; adventure

Characters

Captain Eric Falcon; Captain Cutlass (villain)

Synopsis

Captain Falcon spots a ship ablaze and goes to her aid, only to discover a band of plunders who have looted the ship and set it ablaze.

Reprints

• in Adventure Annual (T. V. Boardman, 1953 series) #1 (1953)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #93 ([September] 2014)

Keywords

The Charity (a ship)

Indexer Notes

Art credit by Michael O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/ .

The Castle of Greed! (Table of Contents: 8)

Corsair Queen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Millard

Pencils

Chuck Winter

Inks

Chuck Winter

Colors

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Letters

typeset

Genre

historical

Characters

Corsair Queen; Count Dandy; Captain Slack