Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon: The Complete Series #1
"Mission in South America" kicks off Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon: The Complete Series #1 with a gripping blend of wartime intrigue and aerial adventure. Written by Paul S. Newman and illustrated by Ray Bailey, with inking by Bailey and Caniff, this story follows Steve as he recruits Tuck into the Civil Air Patrol for a high-stakes Air Force exercise involving secret F-109 jet interceptors. Cover by George Wilson captures the tension of a mission gone wrong when two spies hijack Tuck’s plane, swapping places with him in a deceptive duplicate.
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Steve is on a special mission in Tuck's home town air base and takes Tuck along. Tuck joins the Civil Air Patrol (C.A.P.). Steve involves the C.A.P. as part of an Air Force training exercise involving secret F-109 jet interceptors. Two spies force down the plane Tuck is in and take its place in a duplicate plane in order to take photographs to sell to a foreign power.
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