Buz Sawyer #1 - The War in the Pacific

(January 2011)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 3 pages (report information)

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credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Pencils

Roy Crane

Inks

Roy Crane

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Front matter, title page

Crane's Great Gamble (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jeet Heer

Pencils

Roy Crane (illustrations)

Inks

Roy Crane (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Characters

Buz Sawyer; Rosco Sweeney; Roy Crane (from syndicate promo)

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blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

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Buz Sawyer / comic story / 202 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane; Edwin Granberry

Pencils

Roy Crane

Inks

Roy Crane

Letters

Roy Crane

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Christmas Eve, 1942:

Genre

adventure; aviation; war

Characters

Buz Sawyer; Rosco Sweeney; Chili Harrison; Tot Winter; Dr. John Sawyer; Mary Sawyer; Hinena; Fritz von Steuben; April Forrest; Ted Sawyer; Peggy Sawyer; Veeby Smith; Colonel Bushira; Pops Ruggles; Jimmy; Beano; Captain Gulliver; Commander Smith; Major Yamasaki; the Cobra [Sultry] [Maharani Nasinga]; Sucha; Yogi Woegi; Mary Mason; Colonel Lynn; General Watanabi; Jack Hanson; Penfield Winter; Spot; Christy Jameson; Mrs. Winter; Colonel Cedric; Commander Flint; Rita; Kissable Jones; Wiggy Higgins; Gooch; Scuttlebutt; Orville Hix; Bushira; Ushayki (reprinted first appearances for all characters)

Synopsis

Pilot Buz Sawyer and his gunner Rosco Sweeney fight in the Pacific Theater during World War II, meeting the Japanese in aerial battles. Buz is also romanced by the guerilla fighter Maharani Nasinga. On a visit home to Willow Springs, Buz is pressured into an engagement with Tot Winter, despite his strong feelings for Christy Jameson. Buz returns to the war in time to fight in the last few months before Japan's surrender then prepares to return home for good.

Reprints

• from Buz Sawyer daily (King Features) 1943-11-01 - 1945-10-05

Keywords

Aircraft carrier; Fujiyama; Halmahera; Melatonga; Monterey; Morotai; navy; newspaper comic strip; submarine; Tinabonga; Tippecanoe; Willow Springs; World War II

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blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Roy Crane Letters (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane; Ward Greene; Alex Toth

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Three letters from Crane's personal correspondence files.

[Original Buz Sawyer Art] (Table of Contents: 9)

Buz Sawyer / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Roy Crane

Pencils

Roy Crane

Inks

Roy Crane

Letters

Roy Crane

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The fortunes of war, Sweeney.

Genre

adventure; aviation; war

Characters

Buz Sawyer; Rosco Sweeney

Synopsis

Original Buz Sawyer art from Roy Crane's personal files.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Selected Sundays

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Buz Sawyer / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Crane; Edwin Granberry

Pencils

Roy Crane

Inks

Roy Crane

Colors

?

Letters

Roy Crane

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Buz Sawyer featuring... his gunner on Bomber 13 Rosco Sweeney by Roy Crane

Genre

humor; aviation; war; adventure

Characters

Rosco Sweeney; Buz Sawyer; Captain Gulliver; Butch; John Hoolahan; Chili Harrison; Pops Ruggles; Orville Hix

Synopsis

Buz's pal Rosco gets into various comedic misadventures amongst the other sailors, including a boxing match.

Reprints

• from Buz Sawyer Sundays (King Features) 1943-11-28 - 1943-12-26, 1944-01-30, 1933-03-19, 1944-05-07 - 1944-06-11, 1944-09-03, 1945-02-25

Keywords

Navy; Tippecanoe

Indexer Notes

Pages fold out to 12 3/4" wide.

[Creator Biographies] (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Roy Crane (illustration)

Inks

Roy Crane (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Characters

Buz Sawyer

Indexer Notes

Page folds out to 12 3/4"

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