Tag Roy Crane

Buz Sawyer Vol 4 Zazarofs Revenger cover

Buz Sawyer (Vol. 4): Zazarof’s Revenge

Frontier Oil, believing that the mysterious Mr. Zazarof is behind the sabotage of their oil wells, sends Buz Sawyer, their top troubleshooter, to Switzerland to investigate. Zazarof, it turns out, is all smiles and he invites Buz to go mountain…

Buz Sawyer Vol 3 Typhoons and Honeymoons cover

Buz Sawyer (Vol. 3): Typhoons and Honeymoons

Buz Sawyer, adventurer, bon vivant, and former bachelor, can’t let a little thing like romance and marriage slow him down. Buz knows that Christy is the only woman for him — brave, beautiful, and able to handle herself when the…

Buz Sawyer Vol 2 Sultrys Tiger cover

Buz Sawyer (Vol. 2): Sultry’s Tiger

World War II has ended, and with so many pilots mustered out at the end of the war, jobs for pilots are hard to find, and Buz’s record as a “hot-shot” pilot does not recommend him to commercial airlines. While…

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Buz Sawyer (Vol. 1): The War in the Pacific

Roy Crane created the adventure comic strip with Wash Tubbs, and many a superhero owes a debt to Crane’s square-jawed, hard-hitting adventurer Captain Easy. But during World War II, he left the Captain Easy strip to create a more realistic…

Captain Easy Vol 1 Cover

Captain Easy Vol. 1

I gave Roy Crane’s Captain Easy, Soldier Of Fortune: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips Volume 1 1933-1935 a good thumbing many, many times before picking it up. The artwork was too simple, the stories silly. One day in my local comic shop…