Terry and the Pirates #18

Nov 1990 · NBM · 6.95 USD

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This volume collects the 1943 daily and Sunday strips of Milton Caniff's classic adventure serial, focusing on the wartime exploits of the resourceful Taffy Tucker as she becomes embroiled in the global conflict alongside the series' regular cast. The 18th installment in NBM's comprehensive reprint series captures Caniff's masterful storytelling and evolving art style during a pivotal year for both the strip and the real-world war it reflected.

"Escape, Part 2" delivers a taut, atmospheric chapter in the enduring adventures of Terry and the Pirates, with Milton Caniff’s masterful storytelling and artistry on full display. As Taffy Tucker lies recovering from amnesia at a U.S. Naval base on an Asian island, a quiet threat brews beneath the surface—her intern nurse’s husband, using his wife as a conduit, plots to betray American military secrets to the Japanese. The cover by Milton Caniff and Ray Fehrenbach captures the tension with a sharp, evocative image that perfectly mirrors the story’s simmering danger.

Contains 3 stories

Escape, Part 2

4.5 pp · war · inks Ray Bailey

Taffy TuckerPat RyanGeorge Webster Confucius [Connie]Big Stoop

Amnesia

36.5 pp · war · inks Ray Bailey

Pat RyanTaffy TuckerGeorge Webster Confucius [Connie]Big StoopTerry LeeCapt. Flip CorkinJos Goode

In "Amnesia," Taffy Tucker lies hospitalized with no memory, her mind a blank slate on a U.S. Naval island in Asia. While she recovers, her intern nurse’s husband, a man with secrets of his own, begins to manipulate his wife to uncover classified details about American military movements—just as the war looms ever closer.

On the Wing, Part One

19 pp · war · inks Ray Bailey

Terry LeeCapt. Flip CorkinTaffy TuckerGrett MurmurSanjak [as Honore Midi]

In "On the Wing, Part One," Terry takes to the skies in an unarmed training fighter when he spots a Japanese bomber in a zone it shouldn’t be—only to find no trace of it when he reports back. The encounter leaves him questioning what he saw, as the silence of the sky grows heavier than the mission itself. Ray Bailey’s inks lend a stark, grounded tension to the moment, where the line between duty and doubt blurs.