Everything you need to know about comic book storytelling is in Milt Caniff!
By neil4161
That Bill Overgard sure stuck to Milt Caniff's sty. Amazingly cool stuff.
By crashryan
I'd swear Ray Bailey had some input into this. I can see Overgard in many places (e.g. his drawings of planes and "non-generic" automobiles) but so many figures, secondary character faces, and poses come right out of the Bailey style book. Other Overgard Canyon stories look more like Bill. Overgard and Bailey trading off pages? I admit I could be wrong.
Genre: Adventure | Characters: Steve Canyon; Tuck O'Tucker
Foreword/Afterword
India (1 page)
Synopsis
Introduction of setting and main characters of the story.
Credits
Letters: typeset
Content
Genre: Adventure | Characters: Steve Canyon; Maharanee; Maharajah of Bahar
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Illustrations and typeset text.
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.
Comic Story
The Maharaja of Bahar (34 pages)
Synopsis
Steve Canyon and Tuck go to India as civilians to map out the best strategy for air support of supplies to a famine-stricken area. When they get to the area they find that the Maharajah who asked for help is reported to be dead and the Maharajah's brother is now in charge. The former Maharajah's wife thinks her husband is still alive and asks Canyon for help.
Content
Genre: Adventure | Characters: Steve Canyon; Tuck Tucker; Maharanee; Maharajah of Bahar
Notes
Reference is made to the story in Steve Canyon Four Color #519. Story continues on the inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color.
According to Alberto Becattini, Caniff only drew Steve Canyon's heads. 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.
Title from "Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon: The Complete Series" (Hermes Press, 2011) #1.
According to information in the foreword of "Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon: The Complete Series" (Hermes Press, 2011) #1, William Overgard was busy with his newspaper strips and did not have time for working on this and Ray Bailey did the work. This source also listed Paul S. Newman as the writer.
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