The Complete Terry and the Pirates #1 (2007) for Sale - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Complete Terry and the Pirates (IDW, 2007 series)
Issue: #1
Issue title: 1934-1936
Publication date: September 2007
Key date: 2007-09-00
Indicia publisher: IDW Publishing
Price: $49.99
Pages: 376
Barcode: 978160010100754999
ISBN: 978-1-60010-100-7

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Why this issue matters

On the record: Eisner Award - Best Archival Collection / Project - Comic Strips (2008).

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Burma; Dragon Lady [Lai Choi San]; Wendy Wingate; Stan Wingate; Merrily Sandhurst; Tony Sandhurst; Normandie Drake; Doctor Ping; Dude Hennick; Hu Shee; Captain Blaze; Klang; Singh-Singh; Kiel; Chopstick Joe; Deeth Crispin; April Kane; Twiddle-Wit; Reginald Smythe-Heather
1	-	illustration	1	pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset	Milton Caniff
2	-	credits, title page	1	pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff	Dragon Lady [Lai Choi San]
3	-	illustration	1	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff
4	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	3	script: Howard Chaykin; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff	Pat Ryan; Burma
5	-	illustration	1	pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset	Charles Raab; Milton Caniff; Phyllis Raab; Noel Sickles; Durbin Lee Horner
6	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	12	script: Bruce Canwell; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff
7	-	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff	Pat Ryan
8	Enter the Dragon Lady	comic story	14	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Dragon Lady [Lai Choi San] (introduction); Fang
9	The Skull and the Dragon	comic story	25	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Sherry Granger; Dragon Lady [Lai Choi San]; Tong
10	Blaze and the Dragon	comic story	21	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Captain Blaze (introduction); Dragon Lady [Lai Choi San]; Sing Hi
11	In Command	comic story	30	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Captain Blaze; Dragon Lady [Lai Choi San]
12	-	illustration	1	pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff	Pat Ryan; Captain Blaze
13	The daily strips began on October 22, 1934...	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Dale Scott; Poppy Joe; Pop Scott; Connie [George Webster Confucius]
14	The Lost Gold Mine	comic story	27.66	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee (introduction); Pat Ryan (introduction); Connie [George Webster Confucius] (introduction); Pop Scott; Dale Scott; Poppy Joe
15	On a Mystery Cruise	comic story	38.34	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Doctor McAndrews; Chauncey Drake; Normandie Drake (introduction); Dmitri Phoneeski; Limey; Weazel (introduction)
16	Thugs and Lovers	comic story	55.34	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Normandie Drake; Chauncey Drake; Augusta Drake; Inspector R. Preston Aintree; Krunch; Makilya
17	St. Louis Blues on the Road to Mandalay	comic story	36	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Burma (introduction); Captain Amon Judas (introduction)
18	A Jewel of a Woman	comic story	35	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Burma; Stanley Wingate; Wendy Wingate; Inspector Gwenn (introduction)
19	Return of the Dragon Lady	comic story	21.66	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; H. B. Burton; Michael Monahan; Dragon Lady [Lai Choi San]
20	Papa Pyzon, Part 1	comic story	34	script: Milton Caniff; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff; letters: Frank Engli	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Michael Monahan; Dragon Lady [Lai Choi San]; Papa Pyzon
21	In Our Next Volume	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff	Terry Lee; Pat Ryan; Connie; Big Stoop; Klang
22	Index	text article	3	script: Randall W. Scott; pencils: Milton Caniff; inks: Milton Caniff	Connie; Dragon Lady [Lai Choi San]
23	Character Key to Our Cover	illustration	1	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
1934-1935 - Enter the Dragon Lady ISBN 978-1-951038-39-7; 1-95103-839-8	2022	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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