Press Release
Terry and the Pirates: the George Wunder Years: Volume One 1946-1948; ISBN# 978-1-61345-041-3; now for the first time George Wunder’s first two years of the Terry dailies and Sundays continuing the stories and characters immortalized by Milton Caniff; 9 x 12 inches, landscape format; deluxe hardcover; black and white and color; dust jacket, printed laminated cover and end leaves, fully digitally restored; historical essay; $60.
Milton Caniff’s masterpiece, Terry and the Pirates, perhaps the most influential action/adventure comic strip every created returns! After Caniff left the strip in 1946 to create Steve Canyon he was succeeded by George Wunder. Under Wunder’s stewardship the strip continued for almost another 27 years.
More adventures, under Wunder’s capable hands, with the cast of characters beloved by fans for the last 70 years, beginning with his first work on the feature on December 30, 1946. Wunder’s Terry and The Pirates is brought back to life in this important new reprint. Hermes Press will offer this historic title in a deluxe hardcover format, 9 x 12 inches, landscape format, which includes the daily and Sunday strips (reproduced in full color) which ran in continuity.
