Buz Sawyer, Vol. 1: The War in the Pacific [Fantagraphics]
by Roy Crane
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Roy Crane created the adventure comic strip with Wash Tubbs, andmany a superhero owes a debt to Crane's square-jawed, hard-hitting adventurerCaptain Easy. But during World War II, he left the Captain Easy strip to createa more realistic fighting man, a Navy pilot named John Singer Sawyer, who foughtin the Pacific Theater from 1943 until V-J Day in 1945. This book, the first ina series reprinting the Buz Sawyer strip, reprints all of the dailystrips published during World War II. Buz serves show more aboard an aircraft carrier,flies combat missions against the notorious Japanese Zeros, crash lands behindenemy lines, and is captured by a Japanese submarine. The book also includes aselection of the best of the Sunday strips, which featured Buz Sawyer's pal andgunner, Roscoe Sweeny. Everywhere Buz goes, he finds high adventure andbeautiful women - in fact, his fellow flyers kid him about his ability to findromance on even the most hostile Pacific island, where he meets a dangerous spynamed Sultry. And when he goes home on leave, it is only to be caught up in arivalry between rich heiress Tot Winter and girl-next-door Christy Jameson. Itfeatures some of Crane's most atmospheric drawing, aided by his expert use ofCraftint tones, luscious romance, and exciting action scenes. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Buz Sawyer, Vol. 1: The War in the Pacific [Fantagraphics]
- Original title
- Buz Sawyer: The War in the Pacific
- Original publication date
- 2011
- People/Characters
- Roy Crane; William Randolph Hearst; Richard F. Outcault; Joseph Pulitzer; King Features Syndicate; George Herriman (show all 77); George McManus; E.C. Segar; Rube Goldberg; Chicago Tribune Syndicate; United Feature; Bell Syndicate; Hal Foster; NEA, an affiliate of United Feature; Alex Raymond; Milton Caniff; Fred Ferguson; Harold Gray; Ward Greene; Ebba Crane; Nancy Crane; Marcia Crane; Gary Groth; Captain Easy; Wash Tubbs; George Hill; Bradley Kelly; Alex Toth; John Dower; V.T. Hamlin; Hank Schlensker; Charles W. Starcher (Commander, USN); Gerard Arthur (Major); Harold B. Say (Lieutenant, USN); J. Clarke Mattimore (Lieutenant , USN); H.B. Miller (Rear Admiral , USN); Leo Frank; Leslie Turner; Charles Plumb; Ed Granberry; Buz Sawyer (lieutenant jg, USN); Rosco Sweeney; Chili Harrison, USN; Tot Winter; Captain Gulliver, USN; John Sawyer (father of Buz Sawyer, doctor); Mary Sawyer (mother of Buz Sawyer); April Forrest; Fritz von Steuben; Pops Ruggles (Commander, USN); Veeby Smith (Ensign, USN); Colonel Bushira, IJA; Commander Smith, USN; Mrs. Winter; Major Yamasaki, IJA; Nasinga, Maharani of Batu aka The Cobra (Sultry); Sucha; Ankah; Sultry aka The Cobra (Nasinga, Maharani of Batu); Yogi Woegi; The Cobra (Nasinga, Maharani of Batu [Sultry]); Mary Mason; Joe Poole (Captain, USN); Colonel Lynn, USA; Jack Hanson; Ted Sawyer (brother of Buz Sawyer); Peggy Sawyer; Penfield Winter; Christy Sawyer (as Christy Jameson); Col. Cedric, USA; J.F. Flint (Lieut. Commander , USN); Mrs. Flint; Wiggy Higgins; Kissable "Kissy" Jones; Lt. Commander Watts, USN; Orvie Hix; E. C. Segar
- Important places
- Pacific Ocean; U.S. Tippecanoe; Tinabonga; Willow Springs, Texas, USA; Halmahera, Dutch East Indies; Morotai (show all 14); Pearl Harbor, O'ahu, Hawai'i, USA; Pine Ridge, Texas, USA; Alameda Naval Station, Alameda, California, USA; Monterey Naval Auxiliary Air Station, California, USA; U.S.S. Swoose; Japan; Melatonga; San Francisco, California, USA
- Important events
- World War II (1939 | 1945); World War II, Pacific Theater (1941-12-07 | 1945-09-02)
- First words
- It was Hearst who enticed Crane into making the biggest gamble of his life, leaving an already successful strip, Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy, to start an entirely new feature, Buz Sawyer.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)If only the boys on the Tippecanoe could see me now!
- Blurbers
- Schulz, Charles; Williamson, Al; Severin, John
- Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- There are multiple Buz Sawyer collections called Book 1, Vol. 1, and/or The War in the Pacific, but they are not all the same book and should not be combined.
This is Buz Sawyer Vol. 1: The War in the Pacific in... (show all) a series published by Fantagraphics. It reprints strips dated November 1943 to October 1945.
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- Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
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- PN6727 .C688 .B97 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
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